The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-04
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CHICAGO, NOV. 3.--Cattle: Receipt0,
%. 900; steer market generally strong to
25c higher; weighty kind more active,
generally 25c higher; spots UP more;
plain light yearlings and big weight
kind dull; best yearlings, s12.25; aver
age weight 800 pounds; mixed year1ings
at same price averaging $50 pounds;
outstanding 1,324-pound average, $11.50;
1,580-pound steers, SLOTS; bulk steers
and yearlings, $S00G1L50; butcher stock
strong to Csc higher; heifers showing
least action; Gamers and cutters strong
to around 10 to 15c higher; bulk $500
@3.15; few weighty kind, $3.25; bulls
firm; bulk desirable weighty bolognas.
S4.0094.25; veal calves mostly Soc lower;
bulk to packers around SO; few selected
offerings $3.50; stockers and feeders,
moderately active; strong to 25c higher;
bulk, $5.25@6.75.
Hogs: Receipts, 10000; opened gen.
orally Is to Csc higher; closed slow;
big packers sparingly; light lights and
slaughter pigs showing Is to soc ad-
vance; top, $10.15; bulk desirable $50 to
340-pound butchers, $9.75@10.00; ma
jority 100 to 230-pound weight, $3.50
80; 40 to 150-pound average, largely
sos; bulk packing sows, $8.60GS.90;
majority strong weight slaughter pigs,
$6.25 G6.75; estimated holdover, $4,000;
largely out of first hands.
lambs mostly 25c higher; sorting mod
crate; bulk natives and comebacks,
$13.50@13.75; top natives, $685. culls
mostly, $10.50@11.00; good to choice
rangers, $13.50; fed clipped, $11.00@11.75;
fat sheep unchanged; ewes, $4.75@7.O0;
wethers, IS; feeding lambs, strong;
bulk $1325@13.75; top, $14.
EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,, Nov. 3.-Hogs:
atyntc M. ,orlra ~
ing 30 to CSC higher than Saturday; top,
$1,000; 190-pound hogs and above, $3.50
@9.75; 160 to 100 pounds, $8.75@9.50;
140 to $50 pounds, $7.25GS.75; best pigs,
$6.75@7.00; packing sows, $s501S.65;
big packers bidding sparingly and mar
ket closed dull with few loads left
over.
Cattle: Receipts, 5000; native and
western beef steers steady; a few ma
heifers Is to Csc lower; beef cows and
bologna bulls steady; cows largely $3.75
GAPS; bulls, S3.25@4.o0; top bulls, $4.25;
Gamers, $3.25@3.75; top vealers, $1,000;
bulk, $3.50.
Sheep: Receipts, $500; fat lambs open
ed steady; closed strong to Csc higher;
top. to outsiders, $500; bulk sales,
$500; culls largely 5000; no real good
lambs on sale; aged sheep unchanged;
bulk killing ewes, $5.00@6.00.
Estimated receipts Tuesday: Cattle,
5000; hogs, $4,000; sheep, 1000.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 3.-Cattle: Re-
ceipts, 21,00; calves, 1000; killing steers
steady to strong; bulk fed steers, 5000;
early sales grassers, $6.00@6.60; she
stock and bulls strong to 1Oc higher;
bulk butcher cows and heifers, $3.50
$50; Gamers steady; practical top veals
OF ct
S5.25@7.00; stock cows and heifers strong
to 10c higher at $3@5; calves steady;
bulk $5.254725; top calves, $3.50. A
Hogs: Receipts, $500; uneven, Is to
30c higher; mostly Csc up; bulk Of sales
$S.65@9.45; packing sows, $S.0o@S.25;
stock pigs strong to Csc higher; bulk
S6.25@6.75.
sheep: Receipts, 1000, active; lambs
10 to 15c higher; range offerings, $3.50;
fed lots, $3.50; top natives, $3.50; clip
pers, $11.85; sheep steady; fed ewes, 81.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. Seattle:
Receipts 1000, steady; heavy steers, $3.50
@7.00; beef steers, $500; heifers, $500;
cows, $3.50@4.50; feeders, $450@5.50;
stockers, $2.50@4.50.
Hogs: Receipts, 1900; medium and
heavy hogs, 1oc higher; remainder of
list Csc higher; 100 pounds and up, $3.50;
1876 to 100 pounds, s7.55; heavy pigs.
$3.50; light pigs, $685.; throwouts, $3.50
down.
Sheep: Receipts, 100. steady; choice
fat lambs, $10@11; good fat lambs, $40
8; Gull lambs, $5@6; sheep, s1.0oG1.4O.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. Seattle:
Receipts, $500, slow; steady heavy sters,
$7.25@S.00; beef steers, $4.50@7.25; heif-
ers, $4.00@7.50; cows, $2.50Q5.25; feed
ers, $4.50Q6.50; stockers, $300@550;
calves: Receipts, $780, prospects steady.
Hogs: Receipts, 1900, Csc higher; IT'S
pounds up, 1915; $50 to 175 pounds,
$3.50; pigs, $3.50 down; throwouts, SITS
down.
Sheep: Receipts, 200, steady; lambs,
$11. 5O@12.O0.