Evening star., 1922-05-14
Industrial Situation Hopeful.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

BALTIMORE, Md. May 13 (SpeciaD.
I'm the live poultry market there is
fairly good demand for spring chick
ems averaging IA pounds and up at
As to SIS a pound, while smaller birds
are slow sale at 40 and white Leg
horns are slow at 35 to 40. Young
winters. two pounds and over, active
at 40 to As; receipts of this sort be
1 ing light General market for old
hens has a steadier tone and better
| conditions are looked for as receipts
are running lighter with an improved
demand at 25 to %: old rooSters in
ample supply, especially small white
leghorns, at 16 and Il.
Ducks are hard to move unless eX-
ceptionally fat. pekins bringing u
and 25. puddle. 90 and %. and mus
covy. 81 and %; small and poor neg
lected at IS to 90. Pigeons continue
easy under ample receipts and slow
demand at "a to 40 pair for young
| and old. Guinea fowl receipts run
ming light and values hold firm at
70 to rs each for young, and 40 to 45
for old.
The live cattle market has an easy
| tone on all lines, including spring
| lambs, which is increasing in re-
| ceipts. Wharf receipts of all cattle
| continue light and ample offerings
at stock yards and except on top
grade cattle the movement is slow.
Quotations today at Light street
| wharf: Beef Cattle-first quality.
pound, 7aS: medium. 5a6; bulls as 10
quality, 4a5; cows, choice to fancy,
! Az as; common to fair, 2a4 Oxen as
to quality, 3a4 x; milch cows. choice
to fancy, per head. 50.00aT5.00: COM
mon to fair, per head, 30.00a4o.0o.
Calves, choice to handy weight, veals,
pound, 9a91s; choice. fat. heavy veals,
smooth, fat veals, 6a7; heavy, rough
calves. sac.
Lambs and Sheep-No. 1 sheep In,
6a7; fair to good, ia12; spring lambs.
IS to 40 lbs. 16al1; poor and heavy
lambs. 14a15. Hogs-Straight. 10:
sows, as to quality. 1aS; stays and
boars. SAT: live pigs, as to size and
quality, 12a13; sloats. as'to size and
quality, 12a13: Aoats, as to size and
quality, 10all.
CHICAGO. May 1s United States
ceipts. 500 head; compared with week
ago, beef steers and she stock large
ly steady; bulls. 25 TO 40 lower: veal
calves, IS to LOO higher; stockers and
feeders, 10 to 25 lever: weeks top
beef steers, 9.25: weeks top price
beef steers. 7.75aS.70; stockers and
feeders, 7.25a7.75; butchers. 5.S5a7.25:
Gamers and cutters. 5.S5a4.75; bo-
logna bulls. 4.sOa5.15.
Hogs-Receipts. 4.5OO head; market
closed active: light, about steady
with Fridays average: top. 1855:
bulk, 1030a1O.75: holdover light
pigs. weak to lower: packing sows.
about steady.
Sheep-Receipts, 1000 head: today's
receipts direct to packers; compared
week ago. prices mostly about LOO
lower; week bulk prices spring
lambs, 14.08a15.50: shorn lambs, 1850
a13.75; ewes. 5.50a7.50; wethers, $50
a90O; yearlings, 1l.00al1.25; few
wooled fed lambs up to 1850; shorn
feeding lambs mostly 10.00a10.50.
NEW YORK. May 13-Cattle-Re-
ceipts. 700 head: no trading; calves.
receipts. 325 head: steady; veals. S.0Oa
II so; culls. 6.00aT.50; little calves, 5.09a
500: sheep and lambs, receipts. 2.Ss0
head; steady; spring lambs. 12.0oa17.0o;
clipped lambs, 7.00al3.00; clipped
sheep, 4.O0a7.50.
Hogs-Receipts, $3.50 head. lower:
light to medium weights, 11.00a11. .2a;
pigs and heavy hogs, 11.00a11.25;
roughs. S.00a9.00.