Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-11-10
Live Stock Market
Shows Better Tone
But Irregular Prices
BY [. C. GRUNDELAND
Ueased Wire Service to The Journal
Copyright, 1929


UNION STGCKYARDS. Chicago (Thurs-
day., Nov. S.-Better support of the cattle
and sheep markets today due to reduced re-
ceipts and a fair demand for hogs on a sub
stantial run gave the local markets an i'm
proved tone, though price movements were
not uniform. Hogs dipped to slightly lower.
levels, while cattle and fat lambs showed
recoveres.
Receipts were estimated at 10000 cattle
$1,000 hogs. 1000 sheep, and $500 calyeG.
Cattle-Bulk of the offerings in the cat.
tie alleys showed the same lack of finish
that has charact erizcd offerings for weeks
past The small number of fat native steers
and the good yearlings were wanted a strong
to II cents higher prices. Choice handy
weights were held at $12 and yearlingS
made $1l early in the trading. Rangers and
short fed native steers together with butcher
stock of most classes sold steady on a mod
erately active market. Good heifers showed
strength and calves were largely unchanged.
Hogs-Opening generally steady, demand
for hogs failed to develop sufficient impetus
to carry the offerings through the day on
that basis. Best strong weight butchers
made $7.45, and $7.10@7.35 bought most
of the good to choice butchers varying from
2l0 to 32j pounds. 1t was generally weak
to cents lower market to packers and late
traders.
Sheep-Live muttons receipts today show
d
ago and the week to date is 1900 short.
Buyers showed a keener interest in the Of
ferings and fat killing lambs sold strong to
Ii cents higher with best ones at $13 with
the bulk at So. 50@ II. 10. Plain heavy
ruled steady.
EAST ST. LOUIS, III, Nov. S.-Hogs-
Receipts, 5000, bidding steady on heavy
butchers none sold, 81 40 bid on choice 270
pounds; light hogs. steady to Toe TO 1ac
higher; $50 to 210 pound kinds, 81 .10@725
pigs, little changed; good killing pigs, 81. IS
1900: packer sQws mostly SO. 10d6.15.
CattIe-Receipts, 5000; beef cows and
Gamers barely steady some cows, - oU@
4.73: Gamers, $1.55@2. %; Gamer bulls
logna bulls; bulk and practical top light
yealers, 50 90; stockers unchanged.
Sheep-Receipts, 1000; fat lambs around
PC lower; other classes, steady; top lambs
Sl2 90; bulk sales 81. 50012 90; culls most
ly $500; good aged wethers, $7.75; few
light mutton ewes, 81. 90.
LOUISVILLE. No. Seattle, 400, slow.
weak; heavy steers. SS.O0M 500: beef steers
$4.oo@s.0 heifers. ,$4o0oG@58o; 90; cows
$. 00@55.5o; feeders. $4,5o@6.5o; stockers'
Hogs. 1900 mostly steady. 200 pounds
$40 16 e to 200 Poun NOS Son 0 i down. It"
So %; throwouts, $3.50 down.
Sheep, 100 steady; lambs, $11.
ATLANTA, Nov. Seattle, receipts, 100;
strongweight southern steers. steady; COM
mon 5000; natives, Sc; lighter KINDS,
$50: common cows and heifers, weak. few
at $3.50 $50; Gamers and cutters around
&c lower: cutters largely, 1925; Gamers,
81 .50Gl1. 65.
Hogs. receipts. 1900; generally steady:
fSo-220 averages largely, $500: 13o-16o
kinds. $7.25@ 80; 90-11o pigs, $6,23Gg7.00
CINCINNATI, Nov. -Hogs-Receipts
1900 steady to Is cents lower: medium,
sc. So; pigs and lights 81 .00@6.60.
Cattle-Recepts, 1850 good killing
classes steady. medium and common. low
and weak: calves, steady.
Sheep-Receipts 500: lambs. steady.