The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-09-13
LIVE STOCK MARKET
National Stock Yards, Sept. 10th.
Receipts and Comparisons.

1oudy LaSJ Wk.
Cattle ........ $500 10000
Hogs .... 5000 $4,000
Sheep ..... ... 5000 $500
So far this week the actual number
of cattle available is slightly over
10000. Yet, regardless of this in
crease which in itself, is a factor not
to be overlooked, still market condi-
tons in comparison with the same
time last week make a comparatively
good showing.
In particular is this the case with
steers, not only killing steers from
the inferior to the best lots, but as
well as stockers and feeders, all of
which have sold actively at fully
steady prices. Killing quality is not
very high and the bulk of the re-
ceipts still run medium grades down.
An influence that is Of considerable
Importance to the trade is the outlet
through Eastern killers for cheap
priced beef, then on top Of that is
healthy demand for stockers and feed
ers. Thus between these outlets,
which is taking considerable proper
ton of the receipts, packers who
without question of doubt would
have been a stubborn proposition, had
not those avenues of consumption been
available, have taken the balance of
the supply readily at the price basis
INDICATED.
Butcher cattle, mixed stuff which
included many Gamers and Southern
yearlings, have broken 15c to 25c per
cwt., and this we attribute not to the
fact that the demand has not been as
good as the past week, but owing to the
increase in supply, which has played
into buyers hands.
There is no arguing the fact, but
what the demand for all classes of
cattle for local and foreign consump-
tion, particularly for army require
ments, it broad, and while this speaks
of healthy undercurrent to the mar
ket, yet, the receipt proposition in
nine cases out of ten, is the deciding
point in the turn of the price basis.
That the country at large is fearful
of feeding So corn is apparent from
the quality and the average weight of
the hogs that have been coming of
late. Nowadays where one good fin
ished load comes in, many loads of
pigs or unfinished hogs, and even
Southern classes are available. The
scarcity Of the we'll finished product
naturally has had very buoyant eff
feet upon the market, and this termin-
ates in prime Northern hogs reaching
a crest of $20.421a per cwt., the high
est ever known in the annals of the
business. All good hogs from the
North have sold satisfactorily, but
with Southern weighty swine it is a
different proposition. AT one time
they sold fully 81 per cwt. under ma
tives, but due to a tightening up of
the supply they at this writing aver
age 75c to 81 below the same quality
and weight of Northern hogs. The
selling of Southern hogs is a pecu-
liar proposition and on light runs we
can usually find fair sale for them,
but on the least oversupply, buyers
invariably neglect such classes.
The sheep and lamb trade has not
varied one iota from conditions as re-
ported in these columns for the past
several weeks. In other words, the
market still maintains steady basis,
best lambs topping at $16.75 and fat
sheep at $12. The feature of the trade
of late weeks has been the inquiry for
breeding ewes and stocker stuff and
while these are commanding relative
ly high prices. yet the facts are that
later on it is not going to be ques-
ton of the price. Any farmer or
stockman contemplating buying breed
ing stuff, will find it to their advantL
age to write or come to market at J