The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-25
LIVE STOCK MARKET
National Stock Yards, ILL.,, April %.

CATTLE-The Lcnten season proved
a mighty determined factor in the
cattle situation throughout almost
the entire period, and conditions at
times were extremely unsatisfactory.
Naturally, owing to the high cost of
meat products, this itself was cause
enough to restrict consumption, and
with fairly decent supply available
most times, the trade reflected the
buyers influence to the extent that
at times, especially on the inIbetween
kind of cattle, that sales were very
difficult to effect at anything like a
satisfactory price. Since Easter Sun
day, the last day of Lent, the supply
has been able enough to retard any
marked increase in activity, still with
the outlet for beef products on more
normal plane, there has been some
improvement in market conditions,
particularly in buyers inclination to
absorb the receipts. Steer cattle,
both killers and stockcrs, have moved
rat; err readily at last weeks closing
prices, and if any change was appar-
ent, it tended toward strength, with
occasional sales here and there shade
higher. Butcher cattle and common
classes of mixed stuff showed the
most improvement, these generally ad-
vancng 15c and 25c, compared with
Tie low point of last week.
| HOGS-That the we'll finished,
heavy hogs are and have been very
scarce amongst the receipts, is plenty
evidence, by the fact of the strength
in the market the past several weeks.
The elimination of the lack of suit
able supplies is reflected in new
market record today Of $21 for prime
heavy northern hogs. All grades
naturally have shared in the upward
trend of values, though, of course, the
lighter weights and unfinished swine
have been more cratic at times, show
ing a rather sharp decline, and again
advances, whereas, the well finished
stuff at no time have hardly varied
more than 25c per cwt. in the past ten
days. Southern and southwest grades
of hogs have not been so plentiful of
late, and there has been more compe-
tition upon these than formerly,
though buyers still indicated their
displeasure of handling southern or
southwest hogs weighing 100 pounds
upwards, unless they are guaranteed,
and not then until cut of 81 to So
per cwt. in the selling price is made
by the sellers; for instance, fat guar
anteed corn fed kind weighing 100
pounds upward are quotable from 500
to $20.75, whereas the same quality
and flesh without corn fed guarantee
would land mostly from $3.50 to
$3.50. Southern pigs, however, move
along at par with natives, though, of
course, where the assurance can be
given that they are straight corn-fed,
it naturally helps the sale.
Hog shippers will do we'll to bear
in mind that the first period of warm
weather, the shipping mortality among
hogs is very great. By all means do
not overload your hogs; rather under
load and have the correct weight, and
be sure to see that the hogs are well
watered and we'll bedded before leav-
ing shipping point, and give positive
instructions to the railroads as to wa
tering en- route.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Clipped
sheep and lambs have begun to arrive,
and this is naturally forerunner of
the spring movement, which, no doubt,
has lent its pressure in weakening the
trade the present week. The current
supply has not been really excessive,
yet it is apparent that buyers are tax
ing, and will take advantage of any
moderate increase, to break away
from the existing high market. To-
days trade shows uniform decline
of 25c ON all grades Of sheep, com
pared with last weeks fbe5N time,
while lambs, the fank And 4iie of them
average Soc lower. yi.s.s:
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