The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO. Aug. 1s.-Cattle: Receipts. 10000. Practically all grades of beef steers and most grades of strong-weight Xearlings closed 15c to 25c lower; most ly 25c down; lower grades of fed steers, 25c to 50c under last Thursday in num- erous instances; liberal supply unsold at noon; some good offerings without bids; top handy-weight steers, S11.15; best heavies, $11.10; yearlings, $11; strictly choice yearling heifers, $10.60; bulk fed steers and yearlings, $S.50@ 10.50; most yearlings, very scarce; these and desirable yearling heifers were firm; better action late on grassy cows and heifers; trade fully steady; clear ance fairly good; 10 loads of string western grassy steers to feeder dealers at $7; others at $6.75 downward to $5.25; lightweight bologna bulls, very draggy; bulk bolognas, $S.76@A25; few outstand- ing weighty kinds at about $450; strong-weight canners, largely $250; few at $2.60; light kinds, downward to $2.25 and below; vealers, 25c to Soc higher at close; packers and small killers paved upward to SIS; bulk to packers, around $12.50.
 Hogs: Receipts 24,000. Slow; opened 10c to 15c higher on desirable grades, closing with most of early advance lost;
 
 lower grades little changed; top, $10.15; bulk good and choice 160, to 300 pounds, $9.75@10; better 140 to 150 pounds, $9.25 Q9.50; packing sows, $S.36@875; desir- able strong-weight killing pigs, $S.75Q g. Estimated holdover, 16,000.
 Sheep: Receipts, 15,0o0. Fat native lambs, mostly steady; sorting light; westerns, steady to strong; desirable fat native lambs, mostly $13.75@14; few &A aa1 nc Oax11 a bulk western lambs, $14@14.25; top, $14.35; sheep, steady; choice range ewes, $7.50; taking steady on feeder lambs; no early sales.
 EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill., Aug. 19.- Hogs: Receipts, 17,000. Active; opened 15c to 25c higher and closed 25c higher than yesterdays average; bulk good ITO pounds and up, $10@10.15; best loads of medium butchers, S1O.20@1O25; light lights and pigs, strong to 26c higher; | 40 to 160 pounds, s9.5O@10; 115 to 13o pounds, $S.75@s.26; packing sowS, Ss.1O | @e.25.
 Cattle: Receipts. 5000. Good and choice native steers, steady; medium kinds, 10c to 15c lower; several loads of light yearlings at $11.25; bulk, steady at Ss.75@10; western steers. 15c to 25c lower; bulk, $5.40@6.30; light yearlings and heifers, $sQs.75; beef cows and bulls, 25c lower; cows, $3.75@4.5o; bulls. SS.5o@425; canners, steady at $1.75Q 2.25; top vealers, $11.50; bulk, $11.
 Sheep: Receipts, 4,6OO. Fat lambs, l 25c lower; others unchanged; to out l siders, $1o.50; to packers, $13-25; bulk fat lambs, $13018.25; culls, mostly $7i sheep, steady; fat light ewes, $5.50@S; heavy kinds, $4Q6.
 1 KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. 19.-Cat- tie: Receipts, 16,0Oo; calves, 4,0O0. Slow; most bids on beef steers and yearlings were 15c to 25c lower; bulk fed steers and yearlings of value to sell at $S0 10; cheap stock, weak to 25c lower; | grassy cows and canners off most; bulk l beef cows, $3@4.50; canners, $1,S5@2.10; bulls and calves, steady; bolognas, $3.50 @4; top veals, $9; feeders, slow, 10c to l 15c lower; stock cows and heifers, weak; spots, 15c to 25c lower; calves, steady to strong; bulk stockers and feeders, $4.50@7; stock cows and heifersr 1 $2.7505,25; calves, $5@7.
 Hogs: Receipts, s12000. Opened steady to 5c higher; closed uneven at | 5c to 15c, mostly 10c, higher; bulk of sales. $s.250s.7o; packing sows. $s@s.2S; stocker pigs, strong at $7.25Q7.S6.
 Sheep: Receipts, 5000. Lambs, steady to 15c higher; top COlorados, $14; otherJr $13.75@13.85; natives, mostly $13@13.50; sheep, steady to 50c lower; mostly 26c to 50c off; Colorado ewes, largely $6.75.
 LOUISVILLE, ky, Aug. 1s.-Cattle: | Receipts, 100. Slow: Heavy steers; $SQ $50; beef steers, $6@S.2E; heifers, $50 8; cows, $3Q5:50; leeders, $597; stock CTS, $3Q6.
 Hogs: Receipts, 800; 15c higher; 166 pounds up, $10.15; 120 to 165 pounds, $9; pigs, $6.40; throwouts, S7.40 down.
 sheep: Receipts, 1,500; 50c higher: Top lambs. SIS; choice, $135o.
 CINCINNATI, O., Aug. 19.-Hogs: Re- ceipts, 2,700. Steady: Heavies, $10.40; packers and butchers, $10.40; mediums, S9.T5; ,stags, S5@6; heavy fat sows, s6 | @S; pigs and lights, $6@975.
 Cattle: Receipts, 400. Steady Calves,
 sheep; Receipts, 5,2OO. Steady. Lambs. strong.
 NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 1s.-Cat- tie: Receipts, 100. Market steady: Heavy steers. $7Q7.50; beef steers, $5.50 | @6; heifers, $6G6.50; cows. $546; feed CTS, $550@6.50; stockers, $S.5095.
 Hogs: Receipts, 500. Market steady to higher: Medium and heavy hogs, $10I0 down; light hogs, $9.10 down; pigs, $7 down; throwouts, $7.75 down.
 Sheep: Receipts, 100. Market steady: Choice lambs, $10@12; seconds, $5.50@ $50; cull lambs, $3.50Q4.50; fat sheep, S3.5O04.60; medium sheep, $24S; culls, 1 S1 down: bucks s2 B0 down.