Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-11-15
Prime Cattle Higher
With Supply Light;
Hogs Trade Is Weak
BY L. G. GRUNDELAND
(Leased Wire Service to The Journal.)
Copyright, 1921

CHICAGO, Nov. 14.-Cattle supply was
light at the iQtal yards today while the
run of live muttons was about normal. IN
the hog house another large supply was on
hand as nearly 1900 were held over from
the previous session. Big killers had less
than two hundred cattle forwarded from
other trading points, with the supply Of
westerns posted at 1900. Sellers were not
able to prevent another decline but the
drop WAS not large. 1t was found that the
run of sheep would go above the early s.
innate. Car report for the local yards was
placed at l, 142.
Receipts were IS 900 cattle: 40 600 hogs;
10, 900 sheep and 1000 calves.
Prime CATTLE met with good demand
after a somewhat slow start and values
were 10@15c higher in some spots for the
stuff showing best of quality. Other trades
were less slow during the ses-
sion but prices were called steady. Choice
steers went over at S12. 006l12.2 %. Bulk o,
steers went at 50 00M11.00. showing some
improvement in quality. Calves sold high
er to outsiders. Cows and heifers were
steady while bulls also went at unchanged
levels.
One load of prime butchers sold ct
$3.50 to a trader but practical top of the
was weak to dime lower; Bulk of good
butchers sold at $7.00M720 with many
good hogs at $6.50@G.I5. Packing hogs
Lambs sold Wen at fully steady prices
but the trade was not active. Shippers and
small local killers paid $3.50 for prime
animals win bulk or Good stuff 10 pack
at $13.00@13.2j. Prime light yearlings
made $11.50@11.75 while best light ewes
sold at $500.
EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,. Nov. 14.-(United
States Department of Agriculture. Hogs:
Receipts 10000; extremely slow; few sales,
100 to $50 pounds to butchers, $6.75@l6 80;
general market looks ten to fifteen cents
lower; best heavies holding around 500:
pigs nearly steady; good ITO to 130-pound
pigs, S5.50@600.
Cattle: Receipts. $500; beef steers
scarce; quality plain; few loads strong to
fifteen cents higher. at $7.25@8.60 can
ners, cutters and beef cows, ten TO fifteen
cents higher; cows, S3.75@5.00; Gamers,
s.. 00@2.40; bologna bulls and stockers
S4.00@5.25; light vealers, unchanged at
S9.50@10.00.
Sheep: Receipts, 900; very little doing:
generally asking higher: load good to
choice na tive lambs to packers, $12.75,
about steady.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Nov. 14.-Cattle, ST.
slow and weak; heavy steers, $7.50I8; beef
steers, $4@7.5O; heifers, $3.5007; cows,
S2@5.50; feeders. $4.50@6; stockers, $2500
5.75.
Hogs. 3,100: Is cents lower: 200 pounds
up. 81; 165 to 200 pounds $3.50: 100 TO
1G5 pounds, $6.10: pigs, 100 pounds down,
$40; throwouts. $3.50 down.
Sheep, 100, steady; lambs, ] 100.
ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. 14-United States
Department of Agriculture. Cattle market
steady, active; common native steers, $3.50
to $3.50; one load 67j-pound feeder, $500;
small lot Tennessee Angus cows and heif-
erS. Sc 90; palmer kinds, 1925 to $3.50:
common cows, 1925 to $3.50; Gamers and
cutters. $1.s0 to $3.50. Receipts, 200
Hogs: Very little trading. Selected no.
pound averages, steady at $500; part load
01-DOuud pigs 5000. Rpceints 900