The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-12
LIVESTOCK MARKEr REPoRr.

| MAhAET REPORT.
United States Department of Agriculture.
! Bureau of Agricultural Economics Mar
| ket News Service. 964 Livestock Elk
/ change, Kansas City, Mo. Telephone
| CATTLE-Receipts were estimated at s.
600 against a holiday last Tuesday and
most offerings sold with fair freedom
Part of the run was late getting in, heavy
| were generally steady to I5c higher, the
better grades being largely Toe to l5c up
By load of Of Prime SaS steers ea tbs
price being SOTO. Before the close this
figure was passed. some heavies reaching
| $10.15. Eight other loads of heavy steers
other good and choice fed lots early went
from 3 Which had not arfxes bd
Many Many short feds sold at $s2S to
several loads 81 Ran.ss and and Missouri II souri,
palmer Texas out Of Kansas pastures max
ing $50 to $5-25. Some eake-fed Texas
steady to 15e higher. best mixed Offerings
9 aa hea9isr Ct prime quality around
good ones went at sS25 to So so.
Fat she stock ruled steady to 15c higher,
Bette. PansG o cows we mo
$3.50, common to good kinds selling gem
orally at $50 to 5000. Prime yearling
the year, others going at sas5 to $40 40 and md
choice ones selling at $s.T5. Bulls advanced
Most soiognas vent h Of to s
some reaching $500 Beef bulls sold at
enS a gR s seT eanG 0ns l ana
landing at $3.50 to $2.75 and bulk Of cut
$4o0. Calves were only steady, with pack
ers buying better grades of vealers at $500
| to $3.50. some to city butchers making
| SD0. M1nV hnnVipa and mpdiumq aOld al
$3.50 to $3.50. Stockers and feeders were
uneven, but bulk looked Zoe to 15c higher.
$50, with palmer kinds at $500 to So .25
Choice, light and medium weight feeders
ing at $3.50 F Ps'4fe lesbed dds STOCK
cows cleared at s3.75.
Last Tuesday being a holiday, there was
no market, while one year ago Tuesday
S,sT3 arrived. With decreased receipts
statesmen generally felt Justified in asking
higher prices. but shippers were out 10
puy steady to lower and after making a
retired dR tafke no s1 h9sS
to lover but made mo bids early. Later
shippers got few good and choice 1s0-lb.
sorted lights at SioS5. Some were still
held at $1O.7O to 5000, but such prices
d d1a mot s attract shippers After d1raggy
weights with bulk OF desirable kinds max
ing $1o55 to S1o.s5. One shipping order
cleared at S1o.S5 and 5000. Later packers
bid 5000 to $1O.45 or &c to Zoe lower than
the way they bought Monday, while Ship
ping droves were steady. Statesmen held
for steady prices on all weighty hogs and
on the close packers made a good clear
ance of everything but plain heavies and
heavily mixed at prices fully steady, pay
ing 5000 to 5000 for bulk of better 2O0-lb.
to 24o-lb- weights. the latter price being
the packer top. Good loads, but slightly
mixed and 250 lib. to 260-lb. weights cleared
mostly at $1,000 TO $10.35. Throw-out sows
sold mostly 15c to &c lower with the bulk
of good Kinds going at So 25 to $S.35. while
stays cleared at $7.T5 to $500. Stock pigs
were steady to Toe lower. While the top
was S10,65, the bulk of desirable natives
made S1O25 to $1,000.
Average cost Monday, $1,000; average
weight, 215 lbs.
SHEEP-Receipts were estimated Mt s.
600 Last Tuesday none arrived on ac-
count of the July 4 holiday and offerings
totaled 9,SOS the same day last year. The
market opened slowly with lamb prices
steady to Zoe lower, but late arrivals moved
readily and larger proportion of sales
were steady None passed $500, but sales
at this price were numerous. Bulk better
at $3.50 to 500 Most lots sold under an |
light sort Sales of sheep were
on a steady basis and most fat ewes went |
to killers at 5000 to $500. Demand for
breeding ewes improved and prices showed |
slight gains. Offerings were generally in /
Guided in n range of $3.50 TO $50, with |
the latter price securing very desirable |
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