The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-21
LIVE STOCK

! CHICAGO Ill.,, Dec. 2O.-cattle: Re- 1 ceipts, 1l,oO0; uneven; demand broad for
 ping account; these unsevenly higher | mostly 15c to 25c up; kind of value to sell at S9 up getting advance; lower grades dull, about steady; no choice year l lings here; few about Sf0; best matured steers, $10.90, weight about 1s500 pounds;
 some, 1.529-pound steers, s1o.S5; 1.6s2- pound average upward to S10.65; bulk short fed bullocl1s, sS @9.50; several lots
 warmed up plainly bred kind, downward to y6 and below; fat she stock little
 changed; canpers and cutters active and strong; best canners upward to s275; lower grade beef heifers very dull. both to killers and feeder dealers bulls steady to 10c higher; good to choice handyweight vealers closing 25c higheri bulk, $90950; country outlet for stoclSers and feeders rather narrow; better grades steady; light stockers slow weak
 Hogs: Receipts. 64.oo0; opened Dc to 1oc lower; mostly to shippers and small kill
 CTS elosing mostly 10G to 1Se lower to big late s7; finished weighty butchers in de-
 mand, showing least decline; bulk 240 to
 pound average, mostly $675@7; packing 1 sows. mostly $6.35 @6.5os stocker pigs closing bid, 25c lower; best bids late. s5.75 | downwarl estimated hodover, 12.000. Sheep: Receipts 13000 best grade fat lambs steady; in-between kind weak to slightly lower; fat sheep mostly 25c lower; pra ticaly no feeding lambs on sale; bulk good and choice fat wooded lambs, S1275@ 12. 90; top, s13 one load good to choice fat clipped lambs S10.65; bulk fat ewes, St 97.25.
 EAST ST. LOUIS. III. Dec. 2o.-Hogs: Receipts, 13.000; most trading 15c to 25c cline; top. s7; bulk 1so to 2so pounds, $6S5@7: 1s0 to 1s0 pounds, s6.75q6s5 1SO to 150 pounds, s6. 25 O 660; good 110 to 13o pounds, $5.75 4625; lighter kinds s5.2565.75.
 Cattle: Receipts. 1.2oo; slow; generally steady with good and choice light vealers. ss.75@9, or 25c to soc higher one load cars Texas steers, $5.25; few light year lings S6.25@925: beef cows largely, $S.70 @5; canners, $215@2.50. bologna bulls Sheep: Receipts. 500; steady; few good to choice native Lambs to packers, s12;25@ si1 50 O F; ,culls. ss5O; light mutton ewes s6@6.50.
 KANSAS CITY, Mo, Dec 2o.-Cattle Receipts. $500; calves $S; fairly active beef steers and desirable yearings strong to 25c higher; beef steers, mostly short feds, $6. M8.75; mixed yearlings s9. Co 9.75: beef cows steady; canners and cut ters strong to shade higher; medium qual- ity heifers very dull; bulls steady; calves
 steady; practical top veals, ss; stockers
 and feeders slow, about steady; bulk, se@7I
 Hogs: Receipts. 12.ooo; very slow Sc to
 1oc lower to shippers; closing loe to ton a1c
 s675; bulk of sales, s6.4O 16.75; packers holding back; desirable 22O to 27o pound
 averages, $6.7O@6.S0; good 1so to 2lo averages S630@6.65; bulk 1S0 to 150
 pound averages. s5.s5@6.15; packing sows
 s6. S5 a6. 50; stock pigs weak to 2Sc loweri Sheep: Receipts, 15oo; lambs steady to 25c higher; best fed lots, s1246; others, SHEDS e 12.15; sheep steady; lightweight 1 ewes, $e.15
 NEW YORK, Dec. 2o.-cattle: Receipts $50; steady; steers, $5. .25 a l0 4o, state httltg Sl.1O 4.DU Calves: Receipts, 5so; steady; .veals. s1s.5o@14; culls and little calves 's@7i
 Sheep and lambs; Receipts. 1880; lambs. ss@is; culls: s7@s.5o, ' medium weights. s7.5O@7.75; pigs $7.S5Q 75O; heavy hogs. s73O@755; roughs, s6.25 @6.5o
 CINCINNATI. o., Dec; 2o.-Hogs Re
 ceipts, $500; steady to loc lower packers sF
 and butchers, s7lS; medium Ta7l0'
 ''e Cattle Receipts, 500; dull and weak; calves. steady.
 steady.
 LOUISVILLE. Ky, Dec. eo;-cattle: Re
 eg9pts $oo siow steady m7 9esSy so helsers sfers s4@S cows, s3@5.5o; feeders s4.So@Si
 stockers. s2.5o@ 5.7o. ,oa
 Hogs; Receipts 2soo dn steady 9So to to iSs ISs
 pounds. s6.5o, pigs, 12O pounds down,
 S575; throwouts, s5,6b down , e,
 sheep: Receipts. 50; steady; lambs, VII NASHVILLE. Tenn; Dec. 2o.-cattlei Receipts, 100; steady; heavy steers, SauS;
 beef stters. s5g6; heifers se.So 2 ., 9o'
 cows, ss.5o@5. feeders, $4.50 66o; stock
 CTS. $250q5.
 Hogs. Receipts. 1,500; heavy and me dinm hogs and throwouts I0c lower; 200
 pounds and up s7 165 to 200 pounds. sl
 i S5 to l65 pounds, $665; pigs. $5.25 e o.soi
 throwouts. S5 50 down.
 Sheen: Nominal steady; fat sheep.
 ss. 5oQ 4.5o: choice lambs. ss@lo un-