Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-11-17
Larger Cattle Receipts
Bring Quiet Market
In Chicago Alley;
By I. G, GRUNDELAND
(Leased Wire Service to The J0urnal.)
Copyright, 1929

| UNION STOCK YARDS. Chicago, Nov.
| 15.-Cattle receipts were a little larger
! than expected, while the supply of hogs
went far above the number on hand last
Thursday. The total supply of hogs also
| showed a big increase compared with q
| week ago. aud values were again cut.
Present prices show the low point of the
| season. or the estimated run of cattle.
| about 1,200 were westerns. Sellers had
nearly 1000 hogs forwarded from other
| trading points, while close to 1900 were
! held over from the previous session.
| Receipts were IA, 0O1 cattle, IS $50 hogs,
| u 600 sheep and 5000 calves.
Demand for cattle did not show up az
| well as expected and some sales of
| medium aud palmer lots of steers We're
weak to little lower. Anything good
enough TO reach $1,000 and above sold full
| ly steady, however, but the market was
$3.50, while good yearlings went at
| S11. 0001l. 40. Western cattle slow.
Native cows and heifers were picked up
slowly at about steady values, but bologna
| changed price levels
Hogs sold 10M15c lower from the start
and there was no improvement in demand
at sos while bulk of stock went over
at $6.j0@7.o0 Packing hogs took the full
Lambs were unevenly lower after a
slow start Most Of the sales were Off
1O@15c lower. This did not show ON paper,
but buyers sorted harder than they DID
the previous day. Best lambs went at
$3.50, with bulk of choice stuff to pack-
ers at SD. 11@13;00. Feeders were wetA.
Aged muttons sold slowly at unchanged
prices.
ATLANTA, Nov. 15.-Cattle-R Receipts.
$50; very little trading dull aud draggy:
common native steers, SO 50@ 80; better
grades unsold: Gamers and cutters. $1.50@
30; heavy calves, $3.50.
Hogs-ReceiptS, 700 not enough sales to
test values; loogs PC lower.
EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,, Nov. 15.-Hogs-
Receipts, $1,000; fairly active, steady to
Sc. 75@6. 80; bulk, $50 to 300-pound kinds,
Sc. 65@6.75; good light killing pigs. $5.70@
800; packers sows mostly $500.
Cattle-Recepts, 1000; beef steers,
scarce; quality plain beef cows, strong to
Gamers, yearlings and stocker steers,
steady; bulls largely So. o56l4 90: Gamer
yearlings, So 00@2.10; locker steers, 81. OF
Mj.25; light vealers, SOC higher at $40. So
Sheep-Receipts. 900; slow, about steady;
wooded offerings most unsold; light muttOI
ewes, 5000.
CINCINNATI, Ohio Nov 15-Hogs-Re-
ceipts, 1000; steady to Toe lower; pigs and
lights, $4.0O@6.23.
Cattle-Rcceipts, 900; slow, fat classes,
steady; plain medium and common, weak;
cows, 81. 25M5.50; calves steady to 50 cents
higher $3.00@12. 90.
sheep-Recepts. 400, steady; lambs,
steady.
Kansas City, Mo-, Nov 15.-U. s. De-
partment Of Agriculture. )-Cattle-Receipts,
5000; calves. So 0 steady; bulk short
feds. 81. s5@9.50; bulk beef cows, So. 25@l
80; Gamers, $1.S5@2.1 Is; bolognas, 81. 80
as. 10; bulk choice light veaIs, SIS. 100000;
Stockers and feeders, dull. around steady.
Hogs-Receipts, 5000; weary slow; steady
to sc lower to shippers; packers bidding 10c
lower; bulk of sales, Sc 3o@I6.70!; packing
sows mostly $5.90@6.10; stock pigs, steady ;;
bulk, 81 50@5 CO.
sheep-Receipts, 1000; lambs. slow; gem
orally steady to 25c lower; top natives,
ST. 65; fed westerns, $12. 80; sheep, steady.
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 15.-Catte, 200;
slow; heavy steers, $7.50MS; beef steers,
$3.50; heifcrs, $3.40-7; cows, $3.50; feed
ers, $4.50M6; stockers. 81 .50M 90.
Hogs, 5000; steady: 200 pounds up. 81:
l65 to 200 pounds, $500; 120 to 1G5 pounds,
$610; pigs, 120 pounds down, $40; throw
| outs. $3.50 down.
Sheep, 100; steady: lambs, $11.