Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-05
Atlanta Live Stock
Corrected by W. H. White, Jr., President of
White Provision Co. U. S, Food Admins
tration License No G-2137l.)

Corrected by W. H. White, Jr President of
White Provision Co. u. S. Food Admins
| tration License No. G-2137l.)
! Good to choice beef steers, $50 to 1000
| pounds. $9.OOd9.5O.
Good steers, $50 to $50 pounds, $s.75@9OO.
| Medium to good steers, $50 to $50 pounds,
Good to choice beef cows. $50 to $50. $s.OO@
/ lie llum to good cows. $50 to 75O pounds:
/ S1.OOdT.50
Good to choice neifers. $50 to $50 pounds.
The above represents ruling prices for good
quality cattle. Inferior grades and dairy types
Medium TO good steers. $50 to $50 pounds.
| $I.0O@S.OO.
Medium to good cows, GOO to 700 pounds,
Mixed common. $5.5o@e.5O.
Good fat oxen, $150@S.00.
Medium to good oxen, $70O@7.50.
Good butcher bulls, $60067.5O.
Choice veal calves, S7.50@s.5O.
Yearlings, $6.00l7OO.
Prime hogs. 1876 to POS pounds. s1s.5o@
l4.25.
Light hogs, 100 to les pounds. 1s.Oo@13. So
Heavy pigs. 100 TO 40 pounds. $12.0O9
1880.
Light pigs, so to 100 pounds, S11 OOa11.5O
Stays and roughs. $1O.Oo@11.O0.
Above quotations apply to good quality mixed
fed hogs.
LIVE STOCK BY WIRE
EAST 81. LOUIS. ILL.,, March Cattle: Re-
| ceipts $500. including $50 Texans. Market
slow; native beef steers. ss.OO@13.jO; yearling
steers and heifers, S7.OOG13.5O; cows, ssOOQ
11.5O; stockers and feeders, S6.OO@1O.5O; calves,
$6.OOG 400; cows and heifets, $6.O0a1OOO.
Hogs-Recelpts 1900; market, &c higher;
mixed and butchers, $16.75d17.Oo; good and
heavy, S16s5@17.OO; rough, $15.65Q16.OO; light,
$l6.9O@17.1O; pigs, S13.OOd16.75; bulk, $1o.75
@17.OO.
ewes, 100; lambs. S14.O0g15.75; can
ners and choppers, S6.0oG9.0O; wethers, s11.55
CHICAGO, March 4.-Hogs: Receipts SO 900:
unsettled. Bulk $16.8Oq16.s0; light, S16.45G
400; mixed, $16.15N17.0O; heavy, S15.7Oa
1865; rough, $15.70d $780, pigs, $1275d 16 p.
CattIe--Receipts p, goo; weak. Native steers
SS.75d 14.1j stOckers and feeders, S7.60@1O. 30;
cows and Aeifers, $6.65@ 1l.sS; calves, $s.75
Sheep-Receipts $4,000; firm. Sheep. $1O.25a
1910; lambs, $140O@17.50.
SHEPARD & GLUCK's COTTON LETTER
NEW ORLEANS, March 4.-COtton made a
wide advance on its merits today, standing 20
points up ON March in the early afternoon.
The near months made high records as
did also the price of middling in the spot
department at 323Sc. There was a good de-
mand for contracts the opening call and it
persisted throughout the session. Offerings were
NOT liberal eycept from satisfied longs and
they were unable to supply the demand. The
constant realizing from the long side served to
keep the market in a healthy condition tech
nicaIly.
Ruraors that March longs would demand cot
ton for their contracts developed covering
movement of Importance on the short side.
Among outside traders there a decided i'm
preston that the value Of the contract had
been enhanced by the recent widening of diff
ferences between spot grades, which has put
low mddling IT'S points under middling, rec
rd-breaking discount.
The lack of rain in Texas, very strong
Liverpool ma -ket and the most bullish kind
Of reports from the cotton good market were
features which increased the demand. At the
highest levels the trading months were IS to rs
points over last weeks close. Spots were
marked SO points up.
With the situation strong it is,
see every reason why the advance should con-
tinue, with natural reactions from time to
time, and advise buying on such soft spots.
JOHN f. CLARK & CO.'S COTTON LETTER
NEW ORLEANS, March 4.--The market at
present is quiet. Preparations for a new crop
and the high price checking general par
ticipation while large discounts on lower grades
are against delivery of cotton on contracts with
resulting tightnesS. The present advance seems
to have its origin in the reduction of tonnage
allotment for Liverpool for this month. Liver
pool is advancing in consequence and this gives
rise 10 a straddle demand at New York with
strength there, reflecting to our market
According to New York advices there is
large hedge and straddle short interest for Liv-
erpool account in that market subject to
squeeze,
Further good rains fell in Texas and Okla
iona over Sunday and the weather map indi-
Gates part cloudy weather. scattered rains for
the belt, with prospects for more general rains
west by the middle of the week.
Towards the close Of trading In Liverpool,
30 points, principally Liverpool covering of
Straddle short interest. This carried our mar
ret in sympathy 70 around $3.50 for May. The
premium on March widened to 50 points.
spot quotations unchanged, quotations likely
higher on sales on the basis Of higher futures.