The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-10
KANSAS CITY STOCK
MARKET.
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Riekart, Correspondent.

Kansas City Stock Yards, Feb. e.
Cattle prices broke Is to 25 cents last
week, covering pretty nearly every
thing. including stockers and feeders.
There was firm feeling the last days
of the week, with some promise of
strength this week at Kansas City,
though Chicago dealers sent out the
worst kind of a danger signal to ship
pers in their territory A bad storm
| in Illinois and Iowa cut down receipts
at that market today still further, and
with an estimate there today only two
thirds to one-half as big as the nor
NAL Monday size the trade pricked up
/ its ears and hurried to the selling
pens here this morning. Run here to-
day is 10000 head and sales are 10
to 10 higher all around. Top steers
today brought $500, the tail ends of
feed lot that furnished $3.50 cattle two
weeks ago Other cattle sold up to
1925 today, and it was a $500 to $6.15
deal on most of the steers. Commits
sion men say that good deal of paper
is maturing this month, which will
bring in some cattle that might be held
back otherwise. Killers say that beef
channels are worse clogged than ever,
that it got into a worse condition last
week even than ii had been in before.
Nevertheless, they are buying steers
anxiously attheadvance today They
admit making some profit on the med
ium priced cattle, and concede that if
receipts drop down a little beef may
b advanced a little, and show a profit
on the good heavy cattle they have in
coolers. Quarantine steers have been
coming in fair volume, but light today,
Is loads, steers today at $515 to 5000.
Hay fed steers from the west have
sold at $5.4O and $3.50 lately and Colo
RADIO feeders at $3.50 to $5.75. Native
cows bring $4,OO to $500, heifers $4.75
to $500. bulls $4.00 to $500, veal
calves up to 1925, stock steers $500 to
$575, feeders $3.50 to $500.
Hog receipts last week kere $4,000
head, an increase of $4,000 head over
same week last year. Prices went
down fast first of the week, but re-
covered a good part of the loss before
the close, net loss 10 cents for the
week Run is 5000 today, market to
10 higher, heavy hogs at $755 to $40,
medium weights $3.50 to $775, lights
1875 to $7.75. Eastern killers have
bought lot of hogs here lately, which
has forced the hand of local killers.
IArmours drove cost more here than
in Chicago on different days last week.
Hogs averaged 226 pounds in weight
here in January, 205 pounds January
last year.
Sheep and lambs dropped 10 to 25
Icents last week, but ended up pretty
strong Friday, when the top price of
1.-THE week was paid for a shipment of
theRonssee lambs from St Marys
Kansas, $500 Run is $1,000 head here
today, mostly from Colorado The
market Is around steady today, little
weak on the edges, top lambs $3.50
ewes today at $4.05, wethers worth uI
to $435, yearlings $3.50 to $515. A
good many of the Colorado feeders are
, Ipointing their stuff for the April mar
ket, so it may be that fed steuff will
be strung along in manner most ed
lvantageous for the market.
Horses and mules are very scarce
. with us, said B. F. Cox of Vinita
Okla. Settlers are pouring in, and 10
. 1cating on farms, and that is what takes
horses and mules. They have not haC
( time in which to raise TEN, and sc
they must be bought outside and ship
. ped in. have shipped hundreds Of
horses down there from the Kansas
City market, and the demand is still
ahead Of the supply. Brood maFes es
pecially are in great demand. Thai
will eventua llydevelop into good
: mule country, but it is going to require
seceral years before a supply can be
: lproduced. 1t takes time to raise horses
and mules. AS long as the country
. is settling up there is bound to be q