Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-30
Choice Cattle Short
In Yards at Chicago;
Values Held Steady
BY L. C. GRUNDELAND
(Leased Wire Service to The Journal
Copyright, 1929

UNION STOCK YARDS, Chicago, Mon
day. Oct. 29.-After a strong market for
! choice cattle last week, the was com
| paratively light today, and sellers started
out after better values for choice stock.
Sheep supply also fell short here, but
IS 600 were reported at Buffalo, and this
cut off some of the shipuing orders. Only
about 100 cattle, 600 hogs and 500 sheep
were received by big killers from other
trading points. The supply of western cat
tie was placed at $500 for the day. In the
hog house less than 1000 were held over
from last week, but prices were lower from
the outset. Car report for the local yards
was 2,260 and of these less than 200 were
back" al the opening of the lower rate.
Receipts were so, 600 cattle, 5S, 600 hogs,
$4,000 sheep and 1000 calves.
Demand for cattle was little slow to
start but values held about steady. Few
choice heavy steers were offered but prime
Its were quoted at $1200@12.50. Good
yearlings We're again i'll demand at steady
values. Medium and palmer lots of beef
steers sold slowly but vaues were little
changed. Native, cows and heifers also
sold slowly at generally steady values.
Calves were at unchanged price levels COM
pared with the decline suffered last week.
Hogs were steady to 10 cents lower after
a weak start. Prime butchers went over
at $7.65, while medium weight lots also
brought the top of the market. Choice light
butchers sold up to $3.50, and many of
these sales were closed steady. Bulk Of
packing hogs were at $6.4Om6.75 ON a
weak market, while good pigs went at
SG.00@6,25.
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 29.-Cattle: Re-
ceipts, $4,000 calves, 1000; very slow:
undertone weak on all killing classes; few
sales desirable beef steers barely steady:
others dull beef steers, $7.5OM9.5 so; she
stock slow, steady to loo lower; beef cows,
$325O4 90 Gamers, $2.0002.25; bulls weak
to 1Oc lower; bolognas SO 50@3.S5; calves
dull and lower, $500; desirable stocket
yearlings and fleshy feeders steady; others
weak to lower; New Mexico yearlings, 81. 50;
ileshy feeders, $7.2J; other stockers and
feeders, $5.25uJ.60
Hogs-Receipts, $4,000; steady to strong:
good and choice 210 to 300-pound butchers,
$7.1OQ7.20 bulk $50 to 200-pound Sc $50
100; bulk packing sows mostly $6.10@6.35:
stock pigs strong to 25c higher, 50. 25M5.75.
Sheep-Receipts 5000; killing classes
generally steady; western lambs, $13 90;
others, $12S5@13.15; western ewes for
slaughter, $685..
EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,. Oct. 29.-U. s.
Department of Agriculture. )-Hogs-R
ceipts. $4,000; active, best weighty butchers,
little change; others mostly lie higher; light
stuff and pigs around loo to CSC higher, good
and choice. 30 to 250pound butchers, 81 so
al go; $50 to 210-pound, $7.4O@l7. 80; pigs
$6. 29@6.75; packer sows, Sc .00@6. %; few
$685..
Catt1e-Receipts, 10000; native beef
steers quality common to medium no early
sales; weak undertone prevailing, western
steers steady to $500; light yearling steers
and heifers, strong, $8.75@10.50; beef cows,
dull; other classes, steady! Gamers, So. 006Q
2.25; bologna bulls, SO. 5O@4.25; light veal
ers, $40 90; stocker steers $4.00@5.75.
Sheep-Receipts. $500, active, fat lambs,
strong to 25c higher; sheep unchanged; offer
ings consist medium southwest kinds, SELL
ing largely 1900; culls, $500.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 29.-Hogs-R Receipts,
1000, steady to 1Oc and 25c lower; heavy
$50; packers and butchers, $7.76; medium.
81 90; stays, S4. 5005.25; heavy fat sows
So .00@600; pigs and lights, So .O0Q6. TO.
Cattle-Receipts, 3,7O0; fat classes,
steady; medium and common slow and weak;
steers, So. 506l9.50; heifers, So .00@10. 90;
cows. 81. 50@5.50: calves, steady, $4,000
IL. so.
sheep-Receipts. 2OO steady. 81 .oO@5. so +,
lambs, steady, 81 0O@13 90.
of Agriculture. Cattle: Receipts 1900;
strong weight native steers strong. other
classes steady; part load Georgia bean fed
steers, $3.50; common cows and heifers,
largely, 1925; Gamers and cutters. $2.000
2.25; heavy calves, $5.50@6,50.
HOgs-Receipts $500; active, steady;
100 to 200pound averages, $7500S00 140
to 100 pounds, mostly, $3.50; 100 to 1870
pounds, $1,000 to 1O0-pound pigs, large
ly, SETS.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 29.-Cattle: Re-
cepts 300; best active others slow heavy
steers, $Sl00MS.50; beef steers, S4.OO@S.O0;
heifers, $4.00M7.50; cows, $2.OO@5.5 80; feed
ers. $4.50M6.50; stockers, $2.50@6.0O.
Hogs-Receipts 500; steady; 200 pounds
up, $40; 165 to 200 pounds, $7.25; 100. to
165 pounds, $685.; pigs, 12O pounds down,
8, SShHenep-Receipts 100; steady; lambs.