Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-06-15

bers compared with 1852 cattle and ais head
of calves for the same period last week.
The IL principal markets reported ex,
with last week, the salable cattle numbers
for four days being estimated at 1874. 800
head of cattle and $4,000 head of calves
Last week during the same period, those mar
kets reported 1900 head of cattle and
33,100 head of calves
Trading Moderately Active
Trading proceeded at a moderately active
week. Most sales looked generally steady
with late last week. although scarcely suf-
ficient numbers were offered any day to fully
test the market. Some early week weakness
was apparent on bulls. however. most late
tie comprised only around SO percent of the
salable supply. the balance being stockers
The only load lot of slaughter cattle of
fered during the week was one shipment of
that topped the market at $50. this shipment
also including odd head Of heifers. Scattered
SAFES on mostly medtnm gaa = slaaghser steers
kind reaching $50. Common and medium
grades of heifers p~redominated at $40 to
Odd good beef COWS cashed at s24. SO while
a moderate supply of common and medium
cows bulked at $40 to s23, while most can
ners and cutters we're included in a price
spread from s14 to SIS. so. Medium and good
seaS e 00 at sa2 " to sass5o nD@ several m saiea
reaching SIS on Thursday. Good and choice
slaughter calves and vealers showed little
or no price change at SIS to $50, odd common
kind earning $40.
SToCKERs IN FEEDERs-stocker and
feeder classes found rather q narrow out
let and moved slow on the early week SEES
Sions- However, some Improvement in de-
complete Clearance was effected. Prices showed
little or no change on any class from late
last week, ad 5000 ,od and nd ehe pc ! ye a. stock
eral lots of good and choice yearlng stock
heifers bulked at s3 to $3.50, odd head
One package of good stock cows earned s1s
and on Tuesday. one shipmen of good stock
cows with calves at their side changed hands
at s1e5 per pair. Six carloads of stock cows
were yarded late in the morning on Thursday
late hour on that day. The bulk of those
stock cows had calves at their side.
HoGs-Hog receipts. estimated at 75o head.
weeks supply by approximately 100 head, the
increase being mainly In numbers of weaver
vanced during the week. Barrows and gifts
opened at steady prices compared with last
weeks close, and by Thursday had chalked
up a IS cents advance. and sows showed
fully a SO cents advance this week Good and
choice 100 to 24o-pound butchers comprised
the bulk of the slaughter supply, these rang
ing from s24 on Monday to STATS on Thurs
day.
Comparable grade $40 to 3o0-pound butchers
SO to 81 and odd head weights over 400 pounds
stopped at s18 and $40. Good and choice
sows scaling 300 to $50 pounds bulked al
$3.50 to s1s. Scattered sales on good and
choice feeder pigs we're made at s23 and
81 to s TTa ner b pssS m seveTa, r iota re SLOW a
unsold on Thursday.
- $50 head of sheep wer,
marketed on Wednesday at a special sheer
sale. Virtually nothing had been offere,
of any class the proceeding several week
with which to make a comparison, but al
classes sold at sharply higher prices thal
the recent undertone and compared wit
sales of odd lots. One lot of good and choic
95-pound spring slaughter lambs posted
new record high for this market at s28. Sc
odd head medium offerings earning s26.
Scattered sales on good and choice old GRO
shorn lambs and y~earlings scaling lis pound
and up were noted at s21 to s24, a few goo
heavy wooled lambs clearing at So to s24
Several lots of good and choice slaughte
ewes cashed at s8.75 to mostly SO, one pack
age of choice shorn ewes going as high a
$3.50. while Gull and common grade eve
earned around IS to $3.50. One lot Of goo
and choice T7-pound spring feeder lamb
turned at 1872. while several odd lots of goo
old crop shorn feeder lambs moved at 81
and $40.