The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
LIVESTOCK

10000, uneven; desirable grades mostly steady; weighty butchers firm; under weight active; steady to strongs lower grades weak to 25c off; bulk good and choice 250 to 325-pound butchers, $9.25@ $50; 190 to 225-pound averages largely weight, $6.5O@s.oO; packing sows large ly ss.5o@s.75; majority strong weight slaughter pigs, $5.5O@6.O0; estimated holdover, 14,00O.
 Cattle: Receipts 1000, compared week ago beef steers, yearlings and better grades beef heifers 25 to 4oc high CT; heifers up more. in spots; best weighty steers, $1; lower grades most killing classes predominating; warmed up and short fed steers comprising bulk of run; stockers and feeders steady to 25c lower; fat cows, 15 to 25c higher; higher; vealers strong; weeks bulk prices folio w:
 Beef steers, ss.25@1o.75; stockers and feeders, $4.75@6.50; fat cows, $3.75@ $50; fat heifers, S4.75@7.50; canners and cutters, $2.e5@s.25; veal calves, $500
 Sheep: Receipts 5000; today's mar ket steady; fat lambs mostly $15.00@ | 15.25; for week around $4 100 direct and IT cars of rangers; compared week ago: Fat lambs mostly soc higherj fat sheep and feeding lambs to 50c higher; bulk @15.25; top( $15.5o; clippers, $12.oO@ 1275; yearlings, $11@12; aged wethers, $8.50@9.50; top, $10; handyweight fat ewes, $8.00@s.50; top, $9; feeding lambs, $14.25 Q15.00; top, $15.10.
 LOUISVILLE. Ky, Dec. e.-cattle: Receipts 100, closing slow; heavy steers, $750@s.0O; beef steers, s4.5O@7.5o; heif- CTS, $4.o0@7.5o; cows, $225@550; feeders, $450@6.50; stockers, $3.00@5.50.
 Hogs: Receipts 700, steady; 175 pounds and up. $s; 13o to 175 pounds, $7; pigs. $e down; throwouts, $7.s5 down.
 Sheep: Receipts, 100, steady.
 Calves: Receipts 100, steady; best veals, $s50 down; seconds, $5 down.
 KANSAS CITY, Dec. 6.-Cattle: Re- ceipts 1000: calves, 200; better grades fed yearlings scarce; mostly 25c higher; grasers and medium grade yearlings steady; best handyweights and heavy steers, $10; better grades on she stock strong to 25c higher; plainer grades 10 to 15c lower; bulls steady; calves, 50 to 75c higher; stockers and feeders steady; stock cows and heifers 10 to 25c lower; calves strong; bulk prices fol- s.50 grassers, $5.00@6.2b; medium cows, $3 340@4.5O; heifers, $4.25@7.00; canners and cutters, $215@325; vealers, $709; stocker and feeder steers, $5@7; cows and heifers, $2.65@4.25; stock calves, $5 CT.
 Hogs: Ases,pts 4,ooo; steady to 1oc higher; nG@ly steady at $8.S5@92O; packing sows. .$s.5OQs.75; stock pigs, slow.
 Sheep: Receipts 500; for week: lambs, 25 to 40c higher; better grades natives and fed offerings $14O0@14.4O; clippers 1o yo1H M. e1a higher; cows mostly $7.0O@775; feeder lambs generally Soc higher at $13.500 14.25.
 NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 6.-Cattle: Receipts 100, steady; heavy steers, $6.5O @7.0o; beef steers. $5@6; heifers, $5@6; cows. e $a.Sog4.5o; 50 gn feeders. $4.6o@5.5o;
 Hogs: Receipts 1,2OO, steady; 1so pounds and up, $9; 1855 to 1sO pounds, $7.50; heavy pigs, $6.50; light pigs, $6; throwouts, $7.50 down.
 Sheep: Receipts 100, steady; choice fat lambs, $1O@11; good fat lambs, $7@ 8; cull lambs, $596; sheep, $1.OO@4.5O.
 EAST ST. LOUIS, H., Dec. G. Hogs: Receipts $500; market general ly 10c lower; mostly 10c lower; no good heavyweights on sale; run lightweights 16O to 17O pounds, $8.50@S.75; 19O pounds LS, to DOC lower; packing sows steady; bulk $S.5O.
 Cattle: Receipts 40O0; compared week ago light beef steers, light yearlings, light heifers, canners and stock steers steady; other beef steers, common and medium heifers and bulls 5Oc lower; beef cows 10 to 15c lower; vealers soc to $1 higher; bulk weak; beef steers $5.50Q9.00; fat light yearlings, $9.250 1000; medium heifers, $6.50@8.50; cows, $3.50Q4.50; canners, $2.15Q2.25; bulls, $3.00@3.50.
 Sheep: Receipts 15o, 25 to soc higher for week; practical top lambs for week, $14.75; part load to butchers, $15; top clipped lambs, $12.50; light yearlings, $11.75; mutton ewes, $s10; bulk wool lambs for week., $14OO@14.50; culls, $10.5O; wool yearlings, $1.1O0@175; clip ped yearlings, $1o.25910.75; fat ewes, $8.00Q8.10.
 CINCINNATI, O., Dec. 6.-Hogs: Re- ceipts 2,o00, steady to 10c lower; heavies, $9.25; packers and butchers, $9.00@915; few $9.25; medium, $S.0OQ8.25; stags, pigs and lights, $6@7
 Cattle: Receipts $50, slow and steady; calves steady; medium and common grades dull.
 Sheep: Receipts 75, steady; lambs steady.
 WALL STREET BRIEFS
 The report of the Virginia Carolina Chemical company for the year ended May 31, 1924, shows a deficit of $5, ,313, ,733 after interest but before depreciation, compared with a deficit of $2,894, ,327 after depreciation in the previous year. Net loss was $1,s22, ,290 in contrast to profit of $6O3,473 the year before. Total surplus was $6,142,970 against $19,142, ,347. Deductions of $2,5s0,5 ,530 as special pro- vision for doubtful account prior to May 31, 1923; adjustment of interest on retirement of old bonds, depreciation of miscellaneous investments and miscella- neous adjustments left profit and loss surplus of $3,729,053.
 The Southern railway has ordered 45,- 900 tons of rails from the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company and 5000 tons divided between Bethlehem Steel and Illinois Steel. Baldwin Loco- motive works has received an order for four oil burning locomotives from the Great Northern.
 c. A. Spreckles, chairman of the Fed aSJoI afipinpr pornnanv said fo-