The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-02-22
The sun Special Service.

Tho sun Special Service.
KANSAS CITY. Mo. Feb. ts.-Iir-
ccipts Of live stock today thirteen
thousand cattle eleven thousand hogs
and six thousand head Of sheep. were
about az expected. The market. how
ever. was stronger the improved tone
coming from the belief that all sup
plies. detained from market because
Of severe weather conditions early
this year. have now been disposed of
and that from now on receipts will be-
moderate and more evenly distribu-
ted. Shipping conditions throughout
the East have shown marked inn
proycmcnt In the past few days and
shipping demand ~ the various mar.
kcts " rc-cstablishcd with packers
able e. make large Eastern consign-
munts Of dressed product. The mar
kct last week rallied on "Wednesday
and has shown steady Improvement
since then. In beef cattle today's re-
c.ipts were two thousand less than o.
week ago and double those OF year
ago. Trade In beef steers opened
fairly carly and ruled active and
strong to ten cents higher prices com
pared with last Friday ana twenty
five Co forty cents higher than last
Tuesday. the low point 1T last week.
Killers orders have increased and
the shipping demand ~ -nlarging.
Though average quality Of steers b.
fairly good and well suited To- current
needs. few prime steers were offered.
Kansas. Missouri and Nebraska steers
nrc selling mostly ut 5000 To- ti2.bo.
Top si3.O0. Colorado. Utah. Idaho.
wyoming aud oregon steers brought
Sp2b To- SASS. Butcher cattle are
twenty-five o. forty cents higher than
u week aKo. Receipts remain small
TOP price Tor western COWS was Sio.lO
ana native cows gtO.15. iIcifcrs sold
| up H. $3.50. Veal calves declined
ISt.2s last week and today were TWEEN.
ty-fiVe t. NIFTY cents lower Top
Ift2.Gb. Thin cattle sold readily today
and "A fuli quarter higher than q week
age. Demand n large ana buying b.
principally on account 1T IN" APP
preaching grazing season Few
heavy steers are going o. feed lots at
IkII.SO to Stg.OO Tor short finish.
I Most IT the seven fifty C. eight nny
pound steers arr bringing $3.50 To-
sIO.76. Stock hsiforH aud good Young
COWS are In active demand, Stock
/ hcifurH soid up to ttU.b0.
Thursday 1T last week the hog mar.
k,t broke sixty cents and that drVlin"
carried prices hvisw the his point ~
the preceding week. "wednesday The
market turned up vigorously ana to-
day was more than u dollar higher
than the low point. ana SIKH q" seven
| ty-fiNc cents higher than week aEo.
Today advance compared with last
weeks close was thirty o. furtN.tiNr
cents. aud thu top SiG.gO with bulk
flG.GU tu tiG.NO. shippers are in the
competition usuin aud packers are
buying frvciy. In the past two weeks
close tu milton hogs arrived nt thu
I five Western markets. but kanraF
| city h tho only market that b. show
I ing "a net increase Ia receipts for thu
year a. date, The average weight uf
hogs the past week was tive hundred
nnd eighlo-n pounds. ur tw"nty-siN
pounds hsayior than year agu. Az
ongc quality uf tho offerings IN good,
/ Pkg ar scarce,
Though receipts are about normal,
[ tat sheep and lambs w,r" not quota
I bly higher. aud trade remained rather
quiet at ten o. fifteen cents lower
prices. Some heavy native lambs sold
az $3.50 To- flG.G0. Choice western
lambs were quoted az SiG,7s, sheep
were scarce and ycarlings are quoted
at Sia.O0 o. sl3.7b. wethcrs si2.O0 To
lsla.g5 and ewes tii,2b t. St2.sb,
Several lunches 1T owe lambs brought
siT.OO o. si5,so ana feeding lambs
tii.OO o. Sl5.Ab.