The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-07-18
LIVE STOCK MARKET
National Stock Yards, July Is.
Receipts

CATTLE.-Last weeks market was
the best encountered in months, and
after our article appeared in these
columns at that time, the general
butcher trade and killing steers indi-
Gated an advance of 81 to $1.5O per
cwt. and in extreme cases where fat
light butcher cattle were almost 81
higher. Stockers and feeders, can
ners and cutters, including bulls, ad-
vanced 25c to SOC. While it was con-
sidered that the unusual strength in
the market would cause oversupplies
and lower market the present week,
yet such has not been the case. There
has been no oversupply, though the
influx of receipts have been fairly
generous and what we consider a
most favorable turn in the market
was the activity which selling was &C
complished at a price basis fully the
equal of last weeks highest time. The
future offers no absolute certainty OF
any set state of affairs. A safe guide
to follow, however, will be the receipt
proposition-heavy runs for lower
values and light runs for higher val
ues.
HOGS.-After making a new high
record of $22.75 a week ago today,
the market has shown an erratic ten
dency, though not of the widely f1uc-
tuating kind as two and three weeks
ago. The range between the high and
low spot was Csc per ewt. and todays
market which records $22.65 level,
lacks but 10c to 15c on an average of
being up to the record. A factor that
has offered stubborn resistance the
present week has been the indiffer-
ence of buyers for unfinished hogs Of
any weight or of even fat hogs where
of plain quality and poor breeding
Among these classes we have en-
countered considerable difficulty in
negotiating sales at satisfactory
prices, but where offerings showed
fat as we'll as quality the trade has
participated in freedom of movement
due not only to the fact that the big
fellows sought these kinds but more
so to the influence of city butchers
and eastern operators who made quail
ity the dominant keynote in their Sc
lection of offerings.
The volume of receipts has been
fair but not what would be considered
beyond normal, because the demand is
of breadth on all kinds and is capa-
BILE of caring for the usual quantity
But as we have mentioned before, the
future hinges particularly upon the
volume of receipts-heavy runs mean
ing lower values and light runs high.
This particularly has ben noticed this
week when with only small excess OF
over II 900 hogs a day the tendency
has been to weakness as the compare
son we have made in the present mar
ket and the high time will show.
SHEEP.-Another big run Of sheep
this week In fact, slightly in excess
of the previous period. In view OF the
higher prices it seems remarkable that
the trade has not suffered in price. All
offerings have sold fully as high as
the best time last week, while fat
sheep are SOC higher. Very best
grades Of Kentucky and Tennessee
lambs furnish top of ST.; natives,
$16.75; fat sheep, $3.50. Breeding
ewes are becoming quite popular and
as the season advances the available
supply of such grades will dwindle to
normal volume and it is advisable for
any one needing either the breeders or
stockers that an investigation as to
present market conditions is logical.
National Live Stock Com. 20.