Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-21
Choice Steers Touch
Year S Record With
Hogs at Week. Peak
BY L. C. GRUNELAND
neased Wire Service to The Journal.
Copyright. 1929


UNION sToctK YARDS, Wednesday
June 20.-Light supplies of hogs and cattle
were reported at the local yards today, but
the sheep run was larger than expected
About $50 cars of live stock arrived during
the day but some of them were late to
reach the market. Big killers had about
600 cattle. 700 hogs and 1,500 sheep fol-
lowed from other trading points. Present
prices for choice heavy steers show the
best point since early this year. In the
hog house the trade also has been strong
with present values at the high levels for
over from yesterday, but still the total
fell below the number on hand the CORE
spending day last week.
Receipts were II 600 cattle; % 900 hogs;
10 900 sheep, and 5000 calves.
Choice steers sold well at fully steady
values. but palmer grades were little, slow
at times. Prime heavy lots were placed
at S11.50. while many loads went at
S11. GOGGLES, with some 1.55O-pound steers
at $11.30. Good long yearings at $10.S5
were steady. Cows and heifers had-@a
steady market for choice stock, hut other
grades were off more than loo late in the
for good lots with bologna bulls at $1,000
4.75, with a few at $500. Bulk Of veal
calves sold steady at $9.50@10.00.
Demand for hogs was not active from the
start but light stock sold mostly a dime
| higher. Yard traders and shippers were
best buyers early, but other buyers also
were in the trade in good season. Choice
| light lots sold at. $7.50M7.70 from the out
| set, showing the weeks best levels for
| the kind. Some strictly prime light hogs
went at S7.75. Palmer grades of hogs were
little better than steady: Some plain pack,
lots at $6.75. Pigs were more than SOC
| higher.
Lamb trade was uneven but good lots
| were steady. Choice mattress were PLACED
at $16.25@16. 80. with bulk of good lots at
| ST 6 ODGT ! ~ No western lambs
the market Good ewes went at $3.50
while best light stock quoted at $500
| Heavy ewes are now much higher than
| they werea week ago.
KANSAS CITY. No, June 2O.-United
| States Department of Agriculture. Cattle
receipts. 5000; calves. 1000; beef steers
and yearlings. strong TO 15c higher; sales
up more considering fills: top heavy horned
long yearlings, s1075; mixed steers and
heifers, Stops; fat she stock and stock
ers and feeders, steady to strong better
Texas stockers, $7:75M 500; others, $3.50
1926: few feeders, $765Q8:00: common Tex
as, $3.50; bulk cows, s5.O0@6,50; few
better grades, $1,000 80; other classes
@4;oo; bulk bologna bulls, $4.25@45O
packer top vealers., $3.50.
Hogs, receipts. 5000; little doing: few
sales to traders and shippers, 10c to 10
higher; top. 1925, one load $50 to 240
y pound averages. mostly $7.10M715; pack
ers holding back; few bids around steady,
packing sows, 10c to 15c higher. bulk, S6:
M6l5; stock pigs. unevenly higher; bulk
$6.25M6.95.
Sheep, 3,OOO native lambs, generally
| steady to strong; spots, higher; one deck
$16.25; others. SIS. 0O@ 16. 90: culls mostl,
x9.09@10.00: sheep, steady: odd lots, native
| ewes to killers. $450Gl 800.
EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,. June 20.-(U.. S
Department of Agriculture. )-Cattle-Re
ceipts, 5000; beef steers? strong; othe1
classes, steady; bulk native steers, $500
1925; Texans, $5.65; one load choice heif
ers, 50. 26; cows, s5.50@6.5O; bologna buRs
81. 5O@ .25; calves, $9.75@10.00; toI
calves, $40. %.
Hogs-Recepts. 13, 500; slow. early trad
ing, 10c to 15c higher; early sales to butch
ers and shippers, $7.7567.So; top, $7.S5
weak undertOnei packers bidding $7.G5; pigs
i h5c higher; bulk good and choice, 100 t.
13O-pound averages, $7.00@7.25; packer
sows, Zoe to, 15c higher; bulk. Sc. 00G5.15
Sheep-Receipts, 1900; steady; top lambs
1915; some held higher; bulk early offer
ings, $15 50@15.75; culls. 50 90; fat ligh
ewes, So so; heavies, $3.50.