Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-09
WEEKLY REVIEW OF
LIVESTOCK MARKET

South st. Paul, Mimi, July 9.-The
holiday influence hung over the local
down receipts materially, but not in
jecting any snap into the trade by
a Of the shorter supplies. By
long experience the trade has come to
discount the eefct of a holiday and
to look for a full week Of dull mar
kets. This is especially true when the
holiday comes the middle of the week,
upsetting the shipping schedules,
which causes many regular shippers
to hold v until the next week. The
net result here is a shortage of more
than 5000 cattle and calves compared
with the week previous, while the
west as a whole shows a decrease in
receipts for the week Of around co.
900 head.
Toward the end Of the period the
shortage began to tell and the market
reflected some improvement in de-
mand and prices. An early decline
of 10 @ 15c on all classes of killing
stock vas partly Cancelled on Friday
when a light run showed up here.
About six loads Of dry fed cattle
showed up all week, best Of which
sold up to $12, two loads of Ledebur
steers from Fairmont, Mimi, bringing
that price on Friday. A parcel of bull
locks sold at that the first of the week
and another load went at $11.35 and
others at $1O.75. Barring these loads,
steer quality was very commo all
week, only a light percentage Of steers
being of the kind able to get in the
50 q $40 spread, and much of the
daily runs being on the stock steer
order discarded by jobbers for lack of
suitable quality. A lot of steeer trade
stuff at Sc a $3.50.
Though cows and heifers ran pretty
largely to the grassy order, bulk Of
them sold higher on most days than
did the steers. The popular price
spread for she stock all week was
$3.50 a $3.50.
Gamer and cutter cows were cheap
ened at the first of the week until a
lot Of Gamer trade was being done
around $3.50. at which point buyers
aimed to get bulk Of their cheap cows.
Inferior stuff sold at 1928 and the
better ones up to $5.75. Cutter COWS
sold generally from the latter figure
up to $3.50, though s6.75 was regard
ed as top for the week on cutters.
Bulls recovered about all the value
lost In the first of the week decline.
There was a little rivalry among buy
ers for the bull supplies on several
days. Tor the week through clearance
was mainly at SO @ $3.50.
"A HdlI QOllar was addeQ TO the re-
cent decline in yea calves, which
topped at $13 at the close Friday.
Stocker andfeeder buyers were all
but out Of the market, and such little
trading as was O was at q decline
of is q 25c. Similar conditions ruled
in the dairy COW trade, which was
slow and weak toward the end of the
week.
A better feeling was noted in the
hog trade last week. What price
changes there were. were for the bet
ter, and during the six days about
every class of swine showed some i'm
provement. The choice hogs led the
climbing, which ranged from 10c to
30c for the week. Compared to q
week g top hogs are 85c higher and
the bulk rs @ SOC up
The firming up of the hog market
checked a further decline in pigs after
a drop of 25c the first Of the week,
Most of the weeks trade was at
1925.
Hog receipts fell far short of the
week before. and the total for the six
days makes M of the lightest weeks
runs In recent weeks, around 2 10000,
h western markets combined fell
behind nearly 10000 hogs.
After a sharp decline the first of
the week ranging from SOC to $3.50,
sheep n lamb prices steadied and
held that way the balance of the
week. Top lambs sold all week at
SIS, second around $13. ewes So q 50
mostly and bucks at Sc.