Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-24
Light Live Stock Runs
Continue; Hog Trade
Is Uneven and Slow
BY L. C. GRUNDELAND
LcNsed Wire Service 20 The journal.)
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(LcNsed Wire Service 20 The jOurnal.)
Copyright. 1920
UNION STOCKYARDS, Chicago (rucs-
day., Jan. 22.-Light runs were again re-.
ported in all branches of the live stock trade
today. For the first two days Of the week
the totals also fell short OF week ago.
Big packers had about 1900 sheep for
warded from other markets, while only
load or so of cattle and no hogs arrived that
way. In the hog house about 1880 were
held over from the day before but the trade
showed strength from the start. Nearly
800 of the reported 1,25O ears were back
a the opening of the market.
Receipts were 13,0G0 cattle, $4,000 hogs.
5000 sheep and 5000 calves.
Fully steady prices were obtained for
choice steers. Shippers were in the trade
for steers at $3.50 and up. They also took
consignment of Nebraska cattle at $9.600
1000. Good yearlings sold Mt Sl1.75 and
some 1,225 pound steers went At S1O7J.
Plain steers, steady TO weak. Cows and
heifers sold slowly at generally steady
prices. Calf trade showed strength, some
going TO shippers at $1,000 on a 25-cent
higher market.
Hog trade was little uneven The best
butchers sold well at prices that were 100
1Jc higher, but big killers paid only steady
values for packing stock in many cases.
Top hogs remained at $3.50, but this was q
dime above Yesterdays best figure Bul 1
of packing hogs went at S6.GJ6l6Sj The
trade was slow and sellers had many I'M
sold lots at the close. Shippers were out
after choice fat lambs from the start, and
they paid fully steady values. Bulk of
choice animals went over at $13.5O@13 80,
but city butchers again pafd $l4,OO for top
lots Feeders sold at $1,000 for the best
on good and steady market. Aged NUT
tons sold we'll, with some light ewes at
1925.
LOUISVILLE. KY, Jan. 22-cattle-Re
ceipts, 100; steady; heavy steers, 5000
SIS: beef steers, So .OO7S. so; heifers,
s.. O0@S. %; cows, So 5O@C.0O; feeders,
"a. 50@6.50; stockers, 50 50@5.75.
Hogs-Receipts. 600; steady to 20c higher;
165 pounds up, 81 60: 121 to 165 pounds,
$685.; pigs, 100 pounds down, 500; throw
outs, 500 down.
Sheep-Receipts, 5o steady; lambs. Sill.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Jan. 22.-Cattle-
Receipts, 100; steady, heavy steers, 81 GOA
500: beef steers. So. 00G6. 90: heifers. So. 80
G46. 80: cows, S.. SOFAS 90; feeders, 81 50@
G.50: stockers 50. 5OM5.OU
Hogs-Receipts, 1000; hogs, 1Oc to 2oc
higher; throwouts 10 cents higher 2OO
pounds and up, 50: 100 to 200 pounds,
81 90; 100 to 165 pounds, Sc 50; pigs, S. .0o
a.. 60; throwouts So down.
Sheep, nominal, steady; fat sheep, So 90
1850; choice lambs, $S.O0@10.0O.
ATLANTA, Ca. Jan. 22-(U. s. De
partment of Agriculture.) Cattle-Receipts
100; slow, steady; practically killing
classes on sale; light southern steers. bean
fed yearlingS and common cows, So. 81 a
80; Gamers, 81 .S5G2. %; cutters So. 506l
3 90; bologna bulls. So. 00@3. 10; load neal
medium, S50-lb, Georgia steers, S6.25 lat
yesterday.
Hogs-Receipts, 400 about two loads OF
sale, balance direct or through billing
steady: few selected 214-lb. Tennessee
butchers. $S.23; part load 10 to 190-b
kinds. So. 90; few so to 10O-lb pigs. Sc. 80
best 1G5 to 250-lb. Georgia hogs, 500.
EAST ST LOUIS. H., Jan. 22.-U-nite'
States Department of Agriculture. Hogs
Receipts, $4,000. mostly Toe higher: bull
good butchers, 100 pounds and up. $7.40M
I.45; lighter kinds, S7.2GM7.35; littl
changed; good 10 to 1S0-pound pigs, $1,000
GO: packer sows. mostly $6.25@6.4O
Cattle: Receipts, 4.50O; scarcely enough
cattle in otest market. few low-priced bee
steers strong at $7.25MS.OO; lower under
tone prevailing on butcher she stuff can
pers, slow. few steady at $2.35M250: ode
head bologna bulls steady at S4.2jM5. 90
calves, unchange dat $11.IJ@12 90; no earl.
stocker and feeder sales.
Sheep: Receipts $500: early sales ahon
steady; good western lambs 13.25; goo,
clipped lambs to butchers. $11.J0; choice
western ewes. $1.IJ.