Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-25
Cattle Prices
Improve in
Active Trading
RECEIFTs FOR WEEK ENDED JuLY -
Cattle i.350 sheep. lambs ZOO
CAiys. 2,sSO Hogs $500

Cattle 1850 sheep. lambs 100
Calves 2,s5O Hogs $50
! Cattle receipts at the Detroi
IStockyardS were liberal this week
with around 100 head less thar
Hast week. The market opened
Monday active on all butchers
with dry feds selling 25c highel
than last Thursdays close ant
other classes steady. Some rea
good dry feds sold up to SD. Cow
sold fairly active al steady prices
with best up 10 $S.25. Trading on
bulls opened steady with best ul
to $3.50 but closed slow. with top,
mostly at 1925. ON Tuesday dry
feds showed another advance oI
2oc. with other classes fully steady
and active trading. Cows and bulls
sold steady with Mondays close
ON Wednesday and Thursday
trading continued active at the
weeks advance on the dry feds
land steady on graSSeTS. Cows solo
steady on Wednesday and Thurs
day, but trading closed STOW or
bulls and prices 25c To SOC lower
with top bulls mostly SO. Prices
Choice 10 prime yeariings, dry
fed Sli 90 q u 90
Good to choice yearings, dry
Far to good yearllngs. dry
Good to choice heavy steers,
FAR to sood heavy steers. dry
fed lu uh " ~. aQ
Best grass steers ard hefers SD y.7l
Fair 60 good grass steers and
Common grass cattle $500 7.50
Good butcher and cutter COWS 1891 775
Gamer cows 0OV q 81
| Old rims 80 down
Best light butcher and best
heavyweight bologna bulls 500 90
Mediumweight bougnas s.00H 80
Light common bulls i0Q Z. so
stock bulls sou 500
Good to choice stockers and
feeders 90 Q II 90
Common TO fair stockers and
feeders IO0N 3. 80
Mixers and Sprtngers $4,000 90 90
Calf receipts were practically
same as last week The market
lopened Monday with active trad
ing best calves selling at SID and
continuing on steady--haSiS
throughout the week at the follow
! ing prices:
Best calves siton
Fair to good II son 1880
Seconds II ,O00 Il so
Culls and common 9,O0M1l.O
Receipts of sheep and lambs
were extremely light for the week
with around 600 head less than last
week. With lambs mostly of COM
mon quality, the bulk of the best
Tseid on Monday and Tuesday fFeH4
IS11 10 Sl1.50. With the quality
somewhat improved on Wednesday
and Thursday. the bulk of the best
sold from $11.50 to $11.75. Sheep
met with good demand all week
the bulk selling from s. 10 $3.50,
with some choice up TO Sc.
Prices
Best lambs 81 50Wl1. IS
Fair 20 good 1880 10 II 90
Seconds e5O4lO. so
Skips, down 10 90
Best sheep 3o0a $50
Few real choice up 10 500
Fair TO good 30Of1 $50
Culls and common ? 0Od g. 90
Hog receipts were light again
this week and practically the same
number on sale as last week. With
slow trading on Monday. prices
were SC TO 45c lower than last
Thursdays close, with the maxi
mum loss on hogs weighing over
go pounds, tops selling at Sl1S5,
roughs $3.50 to 1915, pigs and
lights S10.75 to S11 and stays $3.50
TO $8.75. Tuesdays prices were sc
lower on mixed grades with tops
ISl1S0. However, this loss was re-
gained on Wednesday when mixed
were 10c higher, tops S1190. AL
though receipts were very light on
Thursday. trading was slow and
prices 20c to 25c lower, closing as
| follows.