The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-09
LIVESTOCK

KANSAS CITY, Dec. Seattle: Re ceipts, 27,50O; calves, 5000; very slow: steers, $8.75@9.0O; bulls steady; calves weak to soc lower; better grades stock cows and heifers, $2.65@4.25.
 Hogs: Receipts, 13,OO0; uneven, most ly 1Oc higher at $9.O0@9.25; packing sows, $8.6O@s.s5; stock pigs steady at $5.75@6.25.
 Sheep: Receipts, 5000; killing classes generally strong to 25c higher; better grades natives and fed lots, 4.25614.60; feeding lambs, $14.25@14.50.
 CINCINNATI, Dec. s,-Hogs: Re- ceipts, 1000; active, 25c higher; pigs steady; heavy, $9.20; packers and butch CTS, $9.40G9.50; medium, $s25@S.5O; ! stags, $5.00@6.00; heavy fat sows, $500 @s.25; pigs and lights, $5.Oo@7.25.
 Cattle: Receipts, 27o; steers and good heifers steady to strong; canners and cutters, 10 to 15c lower; steers, $3.000 10OO heifers, S3O0@9.00; cows, $2.50q 500.
 Calves, steady, $3.oOd11.oO. Sheep: Receipts, 250 steady, $1.OO@ 600; lambs steady, $6.00@15.O0. LOUISVILLE, Ky, Dec. Seattle: Receipts, 1,700; best steady; others slow; heavy steers, $7.50@s.00.
 | Calves, $4,00; soc higher. Calves: Receipts, 4O00; Dc higher.
 Hogs: Receipts, 2,OOO, mostly 25o higher.
 CHICAGO, Dec. Seattle: Receipts | 34, LOGO; weighty fed steers closing 70 to 40c lower; supply eXcessive;. numerous lots unsold at noon; short fed light and handyweight steers sharing part Of | grades lings fully steady; good to choice kind exceedingly scarce; higher; top long yearlings, G14.5O, highest of year; few youngsters above $13.00: best weighty steers at noon, $10.40 for 160O-pound average; several strings grading choice but very weighty, $1000@10.25; $1O.65 bid on heavies; bulk fed steer run, $S 11 @1O.25; most yearlings, $9.O0Q12.0O; she stocks, 10 to 25c lower; fat kind mostly 10 to 25c lower; canners, 1Oc down; vealers 25 to soc lower; bulk, SS.500 300; stockers and feeders scarce; de- sirable kinds firmer; spots 25c higher | Hogs: Receipts, S3,000; uneven; open ed generally steady; desirable grades steady to 10c higher; most of advance on weighty butchers; closing dull; pig packers bidding 25c lower on common l and medium grades; eXtrame top, $9.Io; bulk good and choice 225 to 33O-pouno butchers, $9.25@9.60; 1sO to 2lo-pouna butchers, largely $S.35@9.l0; bulk l4C to ITO pounds, $6.50@6.10; packing soWs Ss 6O6S.8 strong weight slaughter pigs largely S5.50@6.00; estimated holdoVer 37,000.
 Sheep: Receipts, 10000; fat lambs strong; bulk fat natives and fed west erns, S15OO@1550; top, $1565; choice clipped, $12.50; fat sheep steady; handy- weight fat ewes, $8.00@8.5o; feeding lambs, 15 to 25c higher; bulk better grades, $145O@15OO; choice 6O-pound average, $15.25.
 EAST ST. LOUIS. H., Dec. 8.-Hogs: Receipts, 13,O0O; general hog market ~ to 15c higher; underweights, 16O to l7C pounds and down, very slow and weak to 25c lower, $950@9.60 paid sparingly for best heavy butchers; bulk lSt pounds and up, $9.00@9.35; 16O to lSC pounds, $8.5OG900; 140 to 16O pounds $7.0O@7.5O 11O to 13O-pound pigs, $6Oo4 6.75; light pigs, $5.50@6.00; packer soWs $S.75
 Cattle: Receipts $500; beef steers gen orally steady with few low priced kinos 15 to 25c lower; best light yearlings and heifers and beef cows and bologna bulls steady; medium heifers, To to 2oe lower; canners, 10 to 15c lower; tor vealers, $1O.5O; bulk, $1O.OO; bulk steers $6. .35Q8.65; fat light yearlings, $115O most cows, $3.50@4.50; canners, largely $2.1O@2.25; bologna bulls, $3O0@3.5O.
 Sheep: Receipts, 1000; strong; bulR lambs, $14.00@14.50; quality medium te good; packer top, $14.50; one small lot $1500 to outsiders; cull lambs, S1O.5Oa i Il .OO; top ewes to killers, $8.25; bulk lightweights, $S.0048.10; others down ward to $600.