The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1919-06-13

The Sun Special Service
KANSAS CITY. Mo. June ~.
! Al cattle prices today were strong tu
ten cent. higher than last week >
close and fifty 10 iytyfivc cents
above a week ngp Prices have nd,auc.
ed steadily since last Tuesday, and
the demand today showed more
urgency than for some time past.
llogs were strong to ten cents higher
than Friday and sheep steady to
twenty cents lower Cattle rc.
Iccipis to-day we're eleven thousand ur
four thousand head fewer than 90 week
ngo, and two thousand les. than %
year ago Only about seventy carload.
of long haul cattle were included iu
today's supply. Hog receipt, seven
teen thousand, two thousand head
larger than q week ago and IN thou.
sand larger than year ago Sheep
receipts showed u moderate decrease
compared with q week aga. aud u
twenty. five hundred head increase
compared with year ngo. Prices for
fat steers were ten ~ fifteen cents
higher than last week = close and
fifty Ia si1ty.iivc cents above q week
ngo with considerable activity IN the
late trade. Offering, sold more close.
~ than for some time past 4 ear.
load Of fourteen hundred Kansas
steers sold ut $1,000, the highest price
for some time past California steers
Sl2b Ia $1,000 Arizonas NJ Ia
Sli25. aud Colurndus Sii.5O Cows
aud hciicrs we're quoted strong al
$3.50 Ia $1,000. and hciicr, ten cents
higher NJ $3.50 10 SliO0. Veal calves
we're steady. Trade N siockcrs and
feeders was rather quiet because Of
small receipts Prices firm. Feed, n,
are quoted NJ $1,000 to sliUn and
stuckcrs $3.50 H. $1,000.
Hog prices here remain materially
higher Than elsewhere. The top price
today 5000. paid by q packer. and
bulk of hogs brought 1880 Ia S30. ~.
Compared with last Friday the mar.
kct IN ten a. fifteen cents higher. Pigs
are selling at slh.6O to $1,000
Sheep prices today were about
steady with trade fairly active after q
late start. Spring lambs sold nt $3.50
to $3.50. and clipped sheep $3.50 to
5000. Goats mp To- Sgn1 Most of
the offerings were irum Arizona,
Texas and California.
Normal receipts ~ horses aud mules
IA the past week met fairly active
demand at steady prices There IN
some inquiry for thin mules for feed.
ing, but the demand for southern
horses Is dull aud prices weak.
DIR s. W Mcclure, secretary of the
National Woolgrowru' association.
has announced that the association
will offer "a hundred dollars in prizes
Tor sheep at the next state fair
Prizes OF ten dollars each will be- ot.
fcrcd for the best rams and ewes.
james 4. Hooper general agent ut
Salt Lake City Tor the National Wool
Warehouse and storage company 40
Chicago, received n Telegram last We'd
nesday frum there stating that 90 the
auction wool sales in Boston the day
before there WI, keen bidding. \
few choice woods were Offered, and
the balance sold above the government
minimum price.
me thc uelghbnrhond of seventeen
hundred ,lecrs, which uyttcd their
owners nearly Slun.Oup, Wrrc shipped
last week from ThomIsuns. The larg.
cot shipper, were the Shay Mountain
Cattle company which sold something
like thirteen hundred head The prices
they received we're llrty-iiye dollars
for ycarIiugs, siNtytiye dollars Tor
twu and twenty-five dollars Tor
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