The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-18
packing. sls.5oa2o.1o; rough, sis5o@is2 25

1 packing, S19.50Ql20.10; rough, $i8.50919 25 ' pigs. good and choice, NsGis.5o. 1 Cattle: Receipts, 15,0oo; steers steady to
 i5c higher; butcher cattle steady to
 good. $165oq19.50; medium, $1OG16.5o,
 butcher stock, cows and heifers, N.65p l 1875; canners and cutters, s6 665G7. 65; stock
 CTS and reeders, good, $11G14; medium, $3@
 Il; veal calves. choice, $1S.50Q1s.5o.
 Sheep: Receipts. 24,000; fat classes
 strong to 25c higher; feeders mostly
 steady. Lambs, choice. $l7 7@91s,25; me- dium, $1eQ17s5: ewes, choice. sii.5o@12 I;
 medium, s10 25@1l.60; cuile $498. 1 St. Louis, September 17.-Hogs: Re- ceipts. $500; market higher. Lights, $20 15
 G20s5 pigs, $1525@20; mixed and butch CTS, $20@2075; good heavy. $2050Q20 75;
 bulk. $2o.15G2O.65.
 Cattle: Receipts, S9O0 market steady. Native beef steers, $iO55a1S25; yearling steers and heifers, $s. 5o115.50; cows, $7.5o@
 l2.5o; stockers and feeders. $s.5o@12; fair | to pSime southern beef steers, $1O@1S; beef | cows and heifers, $7.75@17.25. 1 Sheep: Receipts. 2000; market steady.
 Lambs. sic. 6.5oG1s.75; ewes, $i@12; canners and choppers. $5@s
 Kansas City, September 17.-Fogs: Re- ceipts. 1l,000 market higher. Bulk, $1950 aao.5o; heavy, s2oG2O65; packers and
 butchers, s1s5002o,6o; lights. sl9.25Q2o. 40;
 pigs, $17Q19.25.
 Cattle Receipts 24,oOo; market strong and higher. Prime fed steers, s17.50D 1910; dressed beef steers, $11Q1725: south ern steers. $7014; cows. $625d12.25; heifers, | $7. 5Od13.50 stockers and feeders, T.50@ l5.75; bulls. HG950; calves. $6G12.50. Sheep: Receipts, 15,o0o; market higher. Lambs, $15@1750; yearlings, $l0.50614: wethers, $lo@1S; ewes, $S011.5o. Over Stewards Wire F New Orleans, September 17.-Yesterday' 8 l limit drop at Liverpool was explained 1 by cables as having been due to the | mill strike in Lancashire. Liverpool was steadier today on reports of an appeal by the English premier to cotton man ufacturers to settle the strike speedily Other news of interest was the prompt and emphatic rejection by Washington of tho Austrian peace move. A report l from Washington says that southern sen- ators will meet President Wilson this price fixing for cotton and to call at | tention to the harm 1t would do Farrin- ! CTS meetings everywhere are wiring pro ltests through congressional channels. On ! the whole, there Is a more confident feeling on. the situation on the growing | Del1el that tNe BONcIuHiSHt IS not antaB- onistic to present price levels. but mere fly intended as warning action against excesses.
 l Yesterdays spot quotations from the in terior, particularly from Texas, shaw l greater firnness than expected.
 Although there Wss ne frost, temper. l atures over the north~cs terss quarter 3' the cotton belt are low eao.aN to org clude any hope of isia fraa sAse arowti Indications are f0r escuaaHNs ear Texas; generally fasF a sfsE 9Fer tthe rest of the ba
 The government ~s- s mort tomorrow should be bukish on selEs- lperatures, but favorable on harvesting lconditions.
 The market opened slightly easier with com paratively Ittle selling which, in line with smaller spot sales, might indicate resistance by spots to selling on de- Iciines. offerings were well taken and the market soon hardened. working up 4O points from the lowest towards the ciose of the first hour. Short covering. IbuyinK on weather and better feeling in \ L1oiitics were the supporting features. The market bore a scalping character with trading showing reserve on account of the pending decision at washington- 2 John r. Clark & Co.