Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-08-20
WEEKLY REVIEW OF
LIVE STOCK MARKET

South ST, Paul, Aug. 20.-Cattle,
hogs and lambs hit new high marks
tor the year last week. The week
stands as n of the most notable OF
% notable year.
Hogs were the t performers, pric-
es advancing $1@1.26 for b week TO
an extreme top of SIS, nearly 50 high
err than the record set last May. The
market all week was excited, prices
advancing by jumps every day. AT the
close of the week before top hogs were
selling at $16.25s and bulk of them at
SIC and under. At the close Of last
week top hogs had reached SIS, ana
on Friday most Of the business was at
$17.26. Average cost of hogs here
Jumped from SIS on Saturday of the
previous week to more than SIT Fri
day.
Receipts were smaller than the week
before which was the record of the
year for. light runs up to that time.
Total hog supply here last week was
showed a shrinkage in receipts last
week Of about $4,000 hogs.
Pig prices also advanced, some
choice young stock selling at $3.50
1850 at which top pigs held for nearly
a month prior to the recent upturn in
hogs.
Inc CaLLl0 WdTheL uiu HUI SIAdI0 AL
the upward swing that hogs n
lambs developed, and lost a little value
If anything during the week, when re-
ceipts increased and demand slowed
down. The week was of the heavi-
est of the summer in the matter OF
supplies, and indicated that another
run of cattle to market may be in
sight. Total for the week was nearly
10000 head, including calves. West
r. $50, =, n rlyafs o1pohjra1 ho1 ohnrIf IN =
900 more cattle than they did the
previous week.
Trade here started the week on q
strong basis, but eased off after Mon
day, and toward the close Of the week
prices were rated all the way from 10c
to Csc lower. Good beef cattle enjoyed
brisk demand most of the week, but
sellers found the inbetween n plain
hard to move at times. The highest
price ever paid on this market for dry
fed steers in load lots was paid Friday
for several loads of Minnesota fed
cattle, S13 being the price on them.
The poorest end of the shipment went
at $12. Some steers and heifers mixed
In another load made $11.50 during
the week, and a load of native grassers
made s11. Quite a few parcels, odd
head and straight loads of natives and
westerns sold at $500 1880. Fair to
good killing steers ranged from $3.50
down to 81, and the common and can
ner steers cashed as low a. $3.50.
Cows n heifers also were good
sellers where they possessed good beef
quality, as was shown when $10.75
was paid for a small lot of 1,130
pound heifers late in the week. A few
sales of choice beef COWS were made
at So 10, but anything that made the
latter price usually was on the western
order. Most of the trade in good
butcher cows was at $8@$8.50, with
fair to good COWS at sos and the
common killers down to $6.25. The
weeks trade in cutters and Gamers
was largely at $5@$6 again though
some cutters went up to 1925 and
some cheap came sold under SIS.
Bulls were not in very strong demand
and except where they were very
choice sold at 81 and under for the
heavyweights down to Sc and lower
for common light killing bulls. Veal
calves advanced $1.25 during the
week to a top of $13.
With the exception Of Monday
stocker and feeder trade was dull and
1nevenly lower. Dairy cows also were
slow sellers at about steady prices.