The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-01
CATTLE, SHEEP, HOGS.
Market Steady On Some, But Is Weaker On
OtherS'''Receipts For May the
Largest For Years.


THE sun Special Service
KANSAS CITY. Mo. May 2s.--Cat.
us footed up fifteen thousand five
hundred head today. not counting
eleven hundred calves and good
many stockcrs from dry spots IN Tex
a. and oklahoma. Market steady on
the best hut weak on others Tor
i18.5g. Hogs today ton thousand
head and five rents lower AZ the
opening and ten to fifteen ceru low.
81 az the close Top $1,000 sheep.
lamhH and goats nincty-fiye hundred
head. and about half goats Market
slow and unevrnly lower Spring
lambs $500. IN beef cattle four
head Of Kansas steers. 1870 pounds
svcruEc sold Ut st35o. the top.
sroasing s9OtOO. Good Nebraska
steers brought $500. other natives
tte75 and pulp steers SASS. These
rattje wcfr not far from steady The
BUR 81 the pretty good steers sold ~
iit.S0 Co tt225. around ten cents
luwcr. f.owor grades ~ the same de-
cline and down to sto25. \ ahip-
rent of Arizona cattle TODAY inrlud-
"a hcifcrs at $500. Fify ears "
quarantine cattle arrived. INCLUDING
steers NJ ail hadcs from ss25 to
ti20O. and u FUN load ~ veal calves
Weighing a hundred and scVonty-fi,c
pounds at ttt25. now high rccurd
fur quarantine vonla butcher cattle
are holding around steady. COWS up
20 sit.2s bulls stO.5O and heifrrs
t12bO. Prospects favor steady prices
thls week for the best cattle. but
others VIII probably work lower.
MAY cattle receipts viii total the
largest on record here hundred ana
NIFTY thousand cattle aud fifieen
thouaand calves Tho recent break
~ nny to Heveniy-fivc cents On stock
steers ala not prevent gpud run ~
that class today pfN spots TN the
Southwest drove IN some cattle. and
they met pretty good demand az
prices not far from steady Most ~
the ftock steers went az fs.25 Go
$500. Fancy ycarllnEs bring mot"
and feeders sell ~ tp.2i 90 $3.50.
Fieshy steers stili reach tit.oo sumr-
times
Reduced supplies ~ hogs today
miied Co divert the efforts nf packers
~ ireak prices shippers and yard
traders paid up e. tiGoo early
around five cents lower. but packers
MD fifteen a. twenty cents lower ana
finally got their hnRs ten a. fiftern
cents lower Hulk 81 sales $50 Co
ftb.Sa. Combined receipts ~ West
ern markets this morning were 20
per cent less than the same day last
year and 10 per cent less than week
Ago. ana u y expected that the mar
Ret viii take turn Tor the better
within day ar two. pis rorripis
src light aud prices ARE holding up
1850 To- ti}.Ts. 4 few rough hraVies
are coming bnt u h. hoped that the
summer run ~ HowH VIII be- lighter
than usual FOR the sake of thu fan
pig crop.
In sheep. lambs and goats the re-
eriptH were uinety-five hundred head
and the market sharply lower on nn
Kinds. Packers have been primcd fnr
an attack several days and the ar
rival OF more than four thousand
roats naturally brought softeninE ~
values. recently the highest ever
heard Of Arizona spring lambs sold
around 5000. some Tow GLASS native
spring lambs $3.50. clipped 'nmhr
are worth up o. tig.Ts. Slick hatred
hrusher goats sold around sS,oo.
hrusher Ansorss az tio.oo 10 sio.tb|
and tat Angoras around tie.so.