The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-06-27
LIVE STOCK REPORT


CATTLE.--The cattle market has
shown no change this week; the gen.
eral trade averaging fully steady with
the corresponding time of last week.
Last week, it must be remembered,
the only class showing any loss in
price was the strictly choice light
northern butcher yearlings. Buyers,
however, are hard to interest on any
thing of strictly good nature, the
facts being they still show decided
preference for the commoner classes
of cattle; for instance, steers of value
$12 and less, cows $40 down, and
light butcher cattle from $11 down,
and such classes, Gamers and trashy
stuff included, and particularly the
Gamer grades, are selling higher in
proportion than cattle that have been
fed considerable length of time. The
supply has not been large, and this
has been one factor to maintain the
market. Opinions vary greatly as to
the future outcome of the market, but
we reiterate our viewpoint as eX-
! pressed in these columns recently that
the market hinges entirely upon re-
ceipt proposition, and if the influx Of
receipts are in any way above normal,
| it looks but logical to expect break
in the market.
HOGS.---LaSt week we mentioned
that it was hard to tell from one min
ute to the next what is going to take
place in the hog trade. To be perfec-
ly frank, that is the condition that ex-
listed, and it is existing at this very
moment. Monday of last week the
high time was $21,50; at the close Of
the market Thursday of last week
the extreme top was $2010; on Mon
day of this week the trade was wild
and woody as Wall Street in its palmy
days, and a new record was made
with prime heavy hogs being forced
up to $21.75. Today the market was
as mean rs it was good yesterday and
at the finish, when this article is writ
ten, very best heavy hogs would not
bring over $21.00. This places the
market on good weight hogs fully SOC
lower than Monday of last week, and
75c lower than yesterday, and only
$1.00 per cwt. higher than the low
spot made June 10Th. The pig mar
ket, however, has not fuctuated so
wildly. They have advanced in line
with the better weights, but have not
declined more than 25c to soc, COM
pared with the high time. Southern
grade hogs are not plentiful, and the
strictly guaranteed corn fed kinds are
selling as good as others, and at the
high time yesterday the heavy weight
finished kinds would have brought up
to $2l.50 top, but il is doubtful if,
at this writing, the same grade would
bring over $20.50 to SPOTS. The
country is watching the hog situation
very closely, as they are long on hogs,
and it is apparent, we believe, that
upon any sudden upturn, where the
prices increase anything like they
have Of late, they are going to dump
their holdings literally, but are going
to hold back on short breaks, and
while this, in a measure, indicates that
the control of the situation is still
within the power of feeders, yet at the
same time it proves conclusively that
owners are not toying with fate.
SHEEP.-The sheep receipts the
past few weeks have materially in
creased. That the market has de-
clined has not been surprising, be-
cause this is the season of the year
when big business is done in this de-
partment, and it is an expected event.
The price changes, however, have |
been more radical this year, due to
the fact that the market heretofore |
held phenominally high level, and
there was sufficient room for the
break in prices without any serious
consequences to owners. The mar
ket, compared with last weeks close,
shows loss of $1.00 per cwt. on
lambs and SOC on sheep, but with the |
high time few weeks ago, lambs are
fully So to 1925 lower, with sheep |
$1.50 lower. The offerings are being |
well taken care of at these prices,
though the plain habitat lambs are
being more or less neglected as buy
ers are inclined to keep away from un-
finished stuff.
National Live Stock Com. Co.