Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-09-23
Live Stock Market

UNION STOCkYARDS,N Chicago, Sept. Y.
The weeks supply of cattle shows an in
crease over the number on sale last week
but ON account of a small percentage of
choice steers this end of the trade is now
far higher than at the close of last week,
with best animals at the years high point.
A week ago today the best steers were
placed at $115O, while they were quoted
at $11.95 today. Hogs and lambs alho
show a good gain in values compared with
week ago
Receipts today were 5000 cattle, $4,000
hogs, 1900 sheep and 1000 calves.
Cattle: Choice steers were again fully
steady but other grades were slow with
some weak spots in prices. Some heavy
animals went at $11.65 while strictly prime
lots were quoted higher. Cows and heifers
sold slowly at unchanged values while can
ners at $3.00@3.10 for good lots were like
the general levels of the day before. Bulls
also were slow while calves were weak.
Choice calves sold at $12.75@13.00.
Hogs: Hogs were higher. Prime light
grades had the best of the market from
the start while it was late before many
of the heavy animals went to the scales
Top light hogs sold at 5000, the high
point of the week. Light hogs were mostly
25c higher while others showed a gain of
1OGl15c in most cases. Tough packing hogs
went at $7.25@S.00 with good lots up to
9.75.
Sheep: Lambs were again strong to 25c
higher with top lots at $14.15. Packers
paid $14. @1450 for many lots. Feeders
went at 1425I1435. Aged muttons were
steady, some Montana ewes going at 81.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept 2o-United
states Department of Agriculture Cattle.
5000; Gamers, strong, generally S250GG
3.O0 beef steers, stockers and feeders,
steady to lower; calves, steady to weak;
steers, $4.55@7.2j; odd load fed offerings,
50. 90; most common to middling cows, $500
@5.00; early good grass heifers, 1928; best
vealers, around $11.00; palmer grades feed
ers? $5.50@6.50.
Hogs, 5000; fairly active, 1oc to 2oc
higher; shipper, top, 1915; packer, top,
$9.65; 40 to 16O-pounders, 50, 25@9.55: 100
to 240-pOunders, mostly $9.50@9.7O; $50 to
FOUNDERS, $o'Sc@9;6o; bulk, $$91o@99;65;
one smooth load, $S.25 stock pigs, steady,
Sheep, 1000; killing classed steady to
25c lower; bulk range lambs, $1425@147
EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,, Sept. 22.-United
States Department of Agricultural Cat
tie, steady: common and middling cows and
bologna bulls weak to 25c lower; light yea!
calves, 25c lower; stockers and feeders,
steers, lower; beef cows, $4:25@5.25; can
4.25; calf, top, $l275; quote good and chocie
| stockers and feeders, $6.25@7.5O.
Hogs, 5000; Is o25c higher; top. $1,000;
bulk. $50 to 260-pOund averages, $10.25@
1O.40; pigs and light lights, % to SOC high
er; bulk prices. on good weights, 10000
sows, 25c up: bulk, S7.15MS.25.
Sheep, 1900; active and strong on fat
| lambs; culls. SOC higher; sheep, steady; top
| lambs, $14.25; bulk, $14,00@14.25; culls,
| $S.00@S.50; fat light ewes, 5000; heavies,
$3.0O@4.Oo; culls, 5Oc@$25O.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Sept. 22.-Cattle
700; best steady; others slow; heavy steers
| SS.00@S.25; beef steers, $5.5O07.75; heifers,
$5.50@7.50; cows, $2OO@6;Oo; feeders
| $5.50@7.00; heifers, S3.50@6.50.
| Hogs, 1900; 15625c higher; 165 to 300
pounds $1O.O5; 120 to 1GO pounds, 1915
300 pounds up, $9.15; 30 pounds down
Sheep, 800; steady; lambs. 1900; sheep
| $3.50 down.
| CINCINNATI. Ohio, Sept. 22.-Hogs: Re-
ceipts. G,500; steady to Zoe higher; heavy,
| S975@10.35; packers and butchers, S10.35
| S7.O0Gl10.00; stays, $5.O0@60O.
| Cattle-Receipts. 1850; steady; calves SOC
| lower. $4.00@13.50.
sheep-Receipts, 1900: steady, s2O0@
| 600; lambs. steady. $4.O0@14.50.