The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-27

KANSAS CITY. May 26.-Cattle receipts
is. 900; calves 200; slow; : beef steers and
Nearlings steady to 15c lower; early bulk
fed steers $500 q 1000; Texas grassers
fairly steady; early sales $7.10@760; she
stock slow; around steady; beef cows and
heifers $5.00@S.00; bulls steady; bolognas
$4.25 Q4s5; calves weak to SOC lower;
bulk veals to packers S9O0@s.50; feeders
scarce; steady; stockers weak to Csc low
err: early sales stockers $6.4007.25.
Hogs, receipts $4,000; mostly Toe to 15c
lower; packer top $3.50; shipper top $725;
bulk of sales s7.o507.2S; packing sows
pigs strong bulk S2.25@6.00
Sheep receipts 10000; lambs 25c to soc
lower: top native springers 1850; better
grades mostly $14.50Q15.25; best shippers
s1S.75; others 1925; shep around Csc
lower; shorn Texas wethers $725@7.50.
EAST ST. LOUIS. May s6.-cattle re-
ceipts 5000; native beef steers steady to
shade lower; Texas steers opened steady
to 15c higher; closed with advance lost;
light yearlings and heifers and beef cows
l6c to Csc lower; Gamers 10c to 15c high
err; bologna bulls and light vealers steady;
bulk native steers s7.7O@8s5; Texans
s7do@soo; ysa airing .d and hsifsrs :sI5$
$500; practical top $3.50; few $1,000
Hogs, receipts $4,000; strong to SC
higher; most strength on heavy butchers;
weights dull; good ITO to 1S0-pound pigs.
s5.7s@S.s5; bulk packer sows, $40.
Sheep, receipts 1900 lambs slow. steady
to csc lower; few early sale good spring
ers. 1880 1900; culls $3.50 910.0O; one
lot medium to good clipped $13.1s; sheep
steady; good light clipped ewes $3.50; me-
dunn weights and heavy kinds, $500
500; medium to good clipped wethers.
$3.50.
CINCINNATI. May 2s.-Hogs-Receipts
$50; heavy fat sows, s5.OOS6.25; pigs and
cattleERecei pts 1900. Slow steers
and cows steady. butcher cattle weak to
Csc lower; steers, $500 @1O;5o; heifers,
s5.oo@s.5o; cows. $s%7; calves steady,
sheep-Receipts 1900; s1@s; lambs
steady, 'ss:OO@l7.5o.
CHICAGO. May 2s.-cattle. receipts d.
900: slow. uneven; most killing classes
weak to csc lower; mostly 15c to Csc. off,
yearlings and better grade fat cows show
ing most decline; top matdred steers at
noon. $11.3o. average weight around 1.40O
pounds; some 8 months old Iowa bullocks
handy and weighty steers, $10.s5 100;
bulk, $8.25@10.25; yearlings very draggy
mostly $s.oO@s.5O; few heavy. $685.
choice weighty heifere upward to $500;
most fat cows. 5000 700; Gamers fully
steady; bulls steady to strong; weighty
bolognas, S5.25 downward to $500; veal
calves closing 26c to soc lower; bulk bet
ter grades to packers, ssoO@S.5O; light
calves, ss.0O@8.5O; stockers and feeders
scarce, unevenly lower than early last
week. bulk, $s.26@s.Oo; country demand
Hogs. receipts 5000; moderately active,
uneven mostly loo lower; few desirable
butchers. SC to 1Oc off; mixed kind show
ing loo to 15c decline; bulk good and
07.50; top, $3.50; bulk desirable $50 to
225-pound weight. $7.1097.3S; bulk bet
ter grades. 140 to 150-pound weight $3.50
q 700: packing sows largely $3.50 80;
killing pigs steady to strong; bulk good
and choice 100 to 130-pound average,
ss.oO@6.25; estimated holdover, 10000.
25c lower; springers 25c to soc lower;
sheep weak to csc lower; bulk desirable
clipped lambs, sI4.OO@14.5O; top $14.75;
most medium kind, sl2759ls5o; good
wethers $500; good medium weight fat
ewes. $3.50.
showing of the map, Dallas, Texas, re-
ported. 2.s9 inches Abilene 1.88 inches,
Taylor LIB and San Antonio 1.0S inches.
Four other private estimates were is
sued averaging around 66.7 and indi-
Gated crop around II, $4,000.
Prefer long side on breaks.-Levy &
Aronson to S. r. Stewart.
NEW YORK, May 26.-Cotton went
we'll into high ground on heavy rains
in Texas, which in many sections were
unfavorable and more private condl-
ton reports between 66 and 81. The
demand was more general and mostly
for October resulting in a narrowing
of the July premium and bringing in
liquidation long July, short October
switches.
The best prices Of the day were made
shortly after the weather map was
posted but the advance met profit TAX
ing and a reaction occurred to q cents
which led to talk that a condition
around 66h had been discounted.
Trade died down in the afternoon.
There was no news aside from the
rain reports and private condition fig
ures.
Considering the weather and chances
for very bullish report any reaction
| on technical conditions is likely to be
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