The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-24
KANSAS CITY STOCK
MARKET.
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Rickart, CORE

Kansas City Stock Yards, Feb. 90
Storms in Kansas and the west Satur-
day and Sunday cut down loading at
railroad points, and receipts here to-
day are light of all kinds of live stock.
Cattle run is 5000 head. The market
last week was an up and down affair,
without any net change for the week
worth mentioning. Wednesdays mar
ket was snappy. and the loss of the
previous two days was put back on,
and trade balance of the week was un-
important. Packers did not load up
their coolers last summer with grass
cattle as heavily as usual. They
figured on a heavy crop of corn fed
cattle this winter, because Of the big
harvest. Their needs now are more
or less urgent all the time and this ac-
counts for the continual fiuctuation OF
prices. II coolers were full of grass
beef, packers would not now be pay
ing so much for common fed steers.
The run today is small enough to al
low small advance in prices, but
Chicago is over supplied, and eastern
orders are being filled there, not many
outside orders here. Buyers here, too,
are expecting larger supplies later in
the week, and are buying skimpily to-
day. These things account for the
decline today. Best steers today
brought $6S5, but they were net in
the same class as the steers at $6.75
last week Yearlings sold up to $6.40
last week, and bulk of steers now bring
$5.75 to $6,25. Cows sell at $4.00 to
$5.35, bulls within the same figures
heifers at $4.75 to $500, calves $500
to 1925. The calf market remained
steady last week, but from this time
forward, the market on calves will be
subject to violent fluctuations. Stock
ers bring $3.50 to $5.75. feeders $5.4C
to $3.50, stock COWS and heifers $3.75
to $4.75. Stock and feeding cattle
are about 25 cents higher than a year
ago. Quarantine steers sold today al
I$5.15 to $500, Colorado fed steers
1885 to $500.
Average hog prices last week We're
I36 cents lower than previous week
Ibut the week closed with an advaDc
ling market, and prices today are VI
Is to is cents. Run today is 5000 head
Iabout half normal Monday run. The
shortage>is due mostly to bad loading
weather last two days, but dissatis
faction of shippers with last weeks
market is also probably keeping some
hogs away. Dealers look for libera
runs few weeks yet, but predict ligh
runs in the spring months. Heav.
hogs lost some in the scale Of values
last week, as compared with the other
demand from outside buyers for med
ium and light hogs accounting for i
Outside buyers took about 20 per cen
of the hogs here last week. Heav
hogs sold today at 1920 to $3.50, met
ium weights 1925 to $7.S5, lights s7.S
to $740.
Lambs and yearlings closed las
week without any change, but eve
and wethers gained little. The ru
today is only 5000 head, slim suppl
when contrasted with the supply G
$4,000 head on each of the last pre-
vious Mondays. The market is /
higher today. top lambs at 1910, yea
. lings $5.25, ewes $4.S5, and wether
worth up to $475. Prime lambs Nigh
reach $6.25. Some feeding lambs wer
bought last week, at $3.50 to $5.4O
and wethers at $4.25. Dealers sa
they are worth the money, bulls
sentiment prevailing at this time r.
specting future markets.
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