The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-07
INDIANAPOLIS WEEKLY
LIVESTOCK REVIEW
For Week Ending Thursday. Oct. 5.
By U. 5. Department of Agriculture.

For Week Ending Thursday. Oct. 5.
By U. 5. Department of Agriculture.
Cattle
All grades and classes OF cattle moved
few notches lower in the price scale
OF fores more hotent than the desires
OF representative buying and selling
agencies. With all cattle selling consid-
erably under the 81 mark. a slight loss is
more noticeable and perhaps draws more
comment than the actual loss in dollars
and cents, justified. However, all beef
10ql5c decline, others IS to 35c and pos
siblly 40c IN extreme cases: Choice heif-
Glasses and held near near steady S All Tu6 6ther
she stock slipped slowly and gradually to
extremely. if not record low levels.
Steer quality was somewhat better than
last week and ran largely to light and
medium weights grading good and better.
This was particularly true on tuesday
when numerous loads were valued above Sc
but eventually sold below that figure.
A shift in preferential weights at the
close of the period brought 1900 to 1900
pound bullocks into the spotlight. The
weight range at $3.50 Others near the
loads of lighter weights cleared at $3.50
$40. Bulk all weights grading good and
better sold from S5.25G6.25. but a reason
able assemblage Of lower grades was pos
Good and choice heifers ranging, in
weight from $50 to $50 pounds bulked
from S5.75@6.50, the latter paid for some
scaling more than 300 pounds. Other
heifers. sometimes considered as butcher
heifers cashed from S4Q5.50 and extremely
common kinds went down to $3.50 Beef
cows bulked from S2G3. only a minor
representation at S3.25 TO an extreme top
of S3.75; low cutters and cutters Sl@2,
Vealers dropped to y top of $3.50 last
Monday but subsequent interest restored it
to 81 Wednesday and a soc advance today
raised the peak to $3.50. or soc higher
the present week Good and choice vealers
bulked from S6.50Q7, for the week, top
$3.50 today. Lower grades ranged down
ward from Sc to a practical bottom of So
for thin, immature kinds.
Hogs
Some decrease in marketing of hogs
here and elsewhere probably benefited the
selling and producing side, but professors
reported some difficulty in moving the
slightly higher product into normal
trade channels. Local supplies dropped to
shipping outlet was broad enough to ad-
vance the price level at times. but not
sufficiently strengthened to maintain that
position.
The more or less beloved $3.50 top was
attained this week, following declines after
Thursday of last week to a top of $50.
treme peak to $3.50 and the following day
it jumped to $3.50 Wednesday 1Oc decline
followed by nickel loss Thursday re-
duced the practical top to $5.35, with an
outside price of $40, or 15c above the
prevailing price last Thursday.
With the. elimination of receipts for
government use this week, local supplies
ing interests. with shippers taking slight>
ly more than half of the commercial
supply.
market days of this week: $50 to $50
pounds, $525Q545. top $3.50; $50 to 300
ounS6S pognds $50 pg fs6 80 l itS
pounds, .s4.15Q4.50; 100 to 100 pounds,
S3.65@4.1o; packing sows, 03.24Q4. with
only few straight sows up to S4.25.
Sheep
Since last Thursday the local lamb mar
ket lost ground consistently, with the ex-
ception of few reversals which did not
check the downward drift in prices. This
was in line with general marketing condi-
price movement.
Starting the week with 81 top for eve
and wethers, compared with $3.50 last
Thursday, show of strength developed
SIPS top Tuesday. Wednesday and Thurs
day best eve and wethers held a 81 peak
and today even that was hard to obtain.
For the week thus far good eve and weth-
really good were disquoted 25G50c. Bucks
sold downward from S. ana inferior
throwouts on down to SO. Some discrimi-
nation against weight is curtomary, and
has been expected but so far weight
lambs, and particularly those averaging
more than 95 pounds. have received little
discount, probably not more than Csc.