The independent., 1907-02-21
SUNDAY.
RANGE OF PRICES.
Cattle.

There was another liberal run of cattle
today, although receipts were not as
large as yesterday and day before There
was, however. plentiful showing of cat
tie of all kinds and fully enough to sup
ply the demands of buyers.
While there was no very great change
in the market for fat cattle, the feeling,
If anything, was a little better. Buyers
were looking around for desirable killers
and statesmen who happened to have the
kind wanted thought that they were able
to secure fully steady prices. Now and
then statesmen could be found who figured
that his Sales, If anything, were little
strong as compared with yesterday. It
will be understood. however, that there
was no very great change In the situa-
tion.
Cows and heifcrs were In liberal supply,
but there was also a fair demand, and
the market opened somewhat earlier than
yesterday and the trade was little more
active. The feeling generally was better.
while prices were in the main steady. As
was the case with beef steers now and
that he got out better than yesterday,
but in order to do that one had to have
something that just happened to suit a
buyer
The feeling in the morning was that
stockers and feeders would be more than
likely to sell lower, inasmuch as operators
who were heavy buyers yesterday and
day before had been unable to sell, so
that the feeder division was full of cat
tie, many of which had been carried from
Monday. In spite Of this fact and in
spite of the lack Of good country de-
mana, the market opened steady on good
kinds of feeders, and sellers who had
the right kind of cattle in the morning
invariably reported that they secured as
good prices as could have been obtained
any time yesterday. There was, never
theless, an undertone OF weakness and
some of the later cattle were hard to
sell on account of buyers being so gem
orally filed up.
Hogs sold SC higher than yesterdays
opening market about like the later
market of yesterday. In other words,
the hogs sold this morning at IS. 500
6.S21 for the general run of the receipts
with quite a sprinkling of the better loads
at $6.S5 1T will be remembered that hogs
sold largely yesterday morning at $3.50
s77h, while the bulk OF the late sales
were around A So After the more urgent
ers dropped out the trade eased off In
sympathy with the lower close at Chr
cago.
Receipts were very liberal this morning
the only trouble being the lack OF variety.
an there was very little on sale aside
from ewes and lambs. The market opened
early on sheep and might be described M
a good, steady and active market so far
as the desirable kinds were concerned.
Right good ewes sold as high as S.I.
Some OF the Same ewes that sold at s.. 2s
Yesterday brought 30 today. showing
that the market was fully steady. When
II came 10 the medium and less desIrable
grades, OF which there was quite a
sprinkilng. the market was not 80 active.
packers not appearing very hungry after
anything hut the strictly good killers
The uncertainty about the arrival 81
trains. owing to high water and washouts.
naturally tends toward delaying the trade
somewhat. as buyers are always inclined
90 hold on a little % ac. what N coming.
especially where the stun already In