Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-11
Denver Livestock
CATTLE

CATTLE
No cattle were bullet!ned for ar
| rival at the local yards Saturday. The
| market thruout had the usual quiet
appearance of the final session. Trad
| ing on the open market was at a
| standstill, also brokers and yard
| traders had few>cattle on hand and
| however, were practically cleaned up
] and local traders predicted ready
| demand for the coming week
The market opened the week with a
l decidedly healthy tone considering the
| conditions resulting from the strike of
packing house employees Prices on that
| day We're steady to slightly higher and
The same condition prevailed at the
close. Receipts were of fair size on the
opening day. but from that time on the
| daily supply was very light. Local
| packing plants were doing business
daily and their buyers purchased most
| Of the beef and butcher stock placed
| on sale.
| Receipts of beef steers were limited
| Ill week. Quotations held about steady
On both beef and butcher stuff. The
best grades of steers were quoted from
s5.26 to s6.25. Less attractive animals
sold from sa.25 to s5.65.
| A very satisfactory inquiry featured
| he market on cows and heifers. The
| 1roadest inquiry was evidenced on the
I sltth COWS anu TelIeTS. Country buyers
were wanting good light cows and
| heifers and both for stock purposes
i md TO put in feed lots. Prices held gen
| rally steady, altho in spbts slight
advance wos noted. Packers were do
'nE a good bit of buying. carly in the
| week. but later demand from this
source was curtailed. They showed
| 'avor for the we'll finished kinds and
| prices have ranged from $4i5 to IS
| OR such stock. Stock heifers sold up to
'5.lo which is the highest price paid
| his fall Medium and fair cows sold
| rom s3,5 to $425.
~rhe feeder and stocker trade was
| 1ery satisfactory and prices were
strong to slightly higher for the week
Strictly choice light steers showed the
| largest advance and were around Is
70 25 cents higher. The fair grades of
steers held pretty close to steady. QUO
.ations on good feeding steers ranged
| from sS.75 to IS. while the fair TO
| medium sorts sold from IS to $3.50
Choice yearling steers topped the week
at ss..6.
HOGS
marked reaction occurred in the
local hog market Saturday. when
values jumped around 15 to 2s cents
| This advance was surprise to local
raiders. as the strike situation had
had a rather unsatisfactory effect up
IN local market conditions. Local
| small killers absorbed the entire Of
| fering. altho packers were also repre-
scnted in the field. The competition
among the small buyers was keen and
salesmen seeing this took advantage
ern markets were also reported In bet
| ter shape.
The four loads OF hogs offered
| changed hands almost Immediately
| after trading began. Quality was very
| attractive as most of the hogs were
Il ~ t4
500. which is the highest price re-
ceivcd for several days. The rcmaind-
er of the hogs sold at 1918. Heavy and
mixed hogs were quoted from $500 to
| $3.50. depending upon the quality.
Trading in the local hog market has
been active all week despite the fact
that packing house employees went out
on strike.
Little trading has been done in the
pig market. Quotations have been un-
Tchangcd. Receipts were extremely
light and most pigs sold from $500 TO
ss.25.
| Altho better than 5000 sheep arrived
for tho Denver market Saturday. very
| little business was transacted UP to a
| late hour.
| Tho demand is holding good for well
finished stun and the market during
the past week has adbanced around as
Gents to 81 on killing material. Re-
| ccipts of this class. however. have been
worry light and quality was OF rather
| low average. Tho best lambs here sold
| at 1886. while quotations on choice
lambs ranged from $3.50 to 1915 and
fancy lambs were quoted UP to $40.
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Business in the feeder lambs divis-
ion has been quiet all week. The de-
mand here has been larger than the
supply most OF the time, and prices
are closing strong compared with last
Saturday. Best warmed-up lambs sold
from ss.2s to $3.50. while fair to good
lambs sold from S1.T5 to IS.
Fairly good receipts OF ewes were
received here. Quality. however, was
OF a more or less plain. Best fat ewes
were quoted around 81. altho most of
the ewes offered changed hands in a
range OF 1925 to s3.15.