The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-03-28
LIVE STOCK MARKET

CATLE.-The trade in steers cattle
this week has been featured by indif-
ference, due to the fact of plentiful
supply; also owing to very unfavor-
able advices from other western mar
kets where big supplies of steers have
beau ava abe. As result of the in-
difference developing among killers
and stocker and feeder buyer; as well,
the trade has been slow from tart to
finish and values uniformly 25c to
40c lower than last weeks close. The
lenten season has also had it's effect
insofar as killers have shown no dis
position to take on normal supplies,
and in view of the fact that receipts
have been adequate, buyers have TAX
en- advantage of conditions, which
forced the general decline. Naturally
this had its effect in the stocker and
feeder mpetition, which, while fair
ly active, has been influenced to ma
terial extent by the weak packer de-
mand. Although the lenten season is
usually factor in the butcher cattle
trade, yet it has cut little figure this
week, because supplies in that depart
ment have been very light, resulting
in fairly active trend to the trade,
with selling values if anything a shade
better than they were week ago, or
at the close of last week. The veal
calf market, however, shows the full
effect of the lenten influence, very
best Of these at this writing now
bringing but SIS per cwt.
HOGS.--The hog trade, after being
keyed up to particularly active pitch
late last week, with top heavy native
hogs bringing $20.05, the highest since
last September, has since developed
a market tendency of weakness, ow-
ing to sufficient receipts being avail
able to develop this characteristic in
the trade. The market has presented
sluggish trend, particularly so to-
day when at the start prime heavy
native hogs brought 1890, averaging
l5c lower than the high time of the
year, but at the finish $3.50 was the
limit for the best hogs that walked
down the alleys, and it was only the
good weight fat northern hogs weigh
ing around $50 pounds upwards that
had any reasonable support from buy
ers whatever. Lighter weight hogs
and pig stuff, which were fairly plen-
tiful, found extreme laxness in COM.
petition, and these ranged fully SOC
per cwt. under yesterday, and in the
neighborhood of 75c to 81 lower than
the high time last week.
In the case Of southern hogs, it is
almost impossible to develop any
freedom of sales, due to the fact that
most of the offerings, either lack
weight or finish, or could not be guar
anteed as strictly corn fed, to induce
buyers to participate in any competi-
ton. Since the market commenced to
weaken early Monday morning, the
southern hog trade has become very
sluggish, and on a downward market
they prove much harder to sell than
the same classes do on an upward
trend in market, when receipts are
light. Strictly well finished good
weight southern and southwest hogs,
where they can be guaranteed strict
ly corn fed, and will kill In that mani
her, are. finding sales within probab-
ly 25c per cwt. Of natives, but where
they cannot be guaranteed, or the
owners will not take chances on guar
anteeing them then their sale is gov
erned strictly on their merits, as to
quality, weight and the territory
they originate from, and transactions
range anywhere from So to 50 per
cwt. under the same weight, and APP
parently she same grade northern
hogs.
SHEEP.-While receipts continue
very slim in this department, the mar
ket, due to unusually high prices prev
alent last week, has caused the mar
ket to recede from that lofty plain and
values average 25c to 40c per
cwt. lower than the high time, very
best prime lambs being quotable up to
5000; fat sheep SIS, but it necessar-
lily requires quality and fat to bring
the prices
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