Evening star., 1953-09-27
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. Sept. 20 P-Hog price
advanced slightly this week in an activ
market. Cattle and sheep were ouote'
Aggressive buying features the week
trading in the hog market despite de
clines on Monday and Tuesday and sea
declines were more than recovered late
vanced 25 to so cents. sows jumped, al
equal amount Part Of the tradin adm
and substantially higher wholesale porl
market
Cattle receipts were 10 per cent smalle
after the largest run in seven years las
week. Regular market receipts, however
dropped between 5 and 20 per cent be
cause arrivals included some $500 heat
for the feeder show and sale: Fed steer
erS closed unevenly weak to 81 90 lower
Heifers, cows and vealers all registered
declines and bulls held steady.
compared week ago; barrows and gilt
weights under 300 lbs; sows. Q.25-O.5'
g5 lbs T9ss The erops Of baroWs Sn ana S @
again comprised very large proportion
of lightweights scaling mostly 180-23t
lbs. with the weeks average weight o
barrowS and gifts at light III tt,n lbs H9R }S
run below 100 lbs. and very. few butcher
over 24Q lbs; Percentage Of sowS in re
ceipts also showed seasonal decrease
1915, highest price paid here in
month: The. price. was paid today 10
several loads choice butchers weighinl
both b 9th order buyers and packers. MOS
choice 190-25O lbs barrows and gilt
closed at 25. 25.75, mainly 2540 ant
above on Weights over 3@9 ~ lbs IL RedgSe 5,aSt
closed at 23. 50-25.25 according to weight
lbs. down. closed at 23.0O-34 90, a fey
3oo55o 4oo 5s a. ShH Weists SnseE % 0oaa$5 anu Ou
COMPARED Week ago: slauehter steer
and yearlings unevenly weak to full
99 lever cnoee ssf' and Gsi Bettf ssS
recovered late; all grades steers. weigh
ing 900 pounds down under conslderaoi
downward pressure while utility to 10y
choice heavier steers also found nit
and-miss market; LETTERS weak to ,
lower; cows rs to so lower; bull
advanced sharply early but, with tn
yealers 3.OQ-4,00 lower; Kosher holiday
late restricting the outlet for this class
action improved somewhat en- stocker
and feeders. prices steady to so higher
SS' do1en loads dsag mostly s 'Hf Risb Prime @ i75
1875 pound fed steers. 29.25-2975
better than a dozen loads prime 1913
Loo pound steers; SS;oo; load o. his1 ~
bulk, choice and prime fed steers an
yearlings. 900 pounds and heavier, "a rs
$50; most good to low choice steers
2gO0-24 90: load high commercial t.
low good 1,500-po steers, 20 so; lov
choice light steer .yeirlings sold dow
to 20 90; two loads good .350-poun'
Colorado steers showing considerabl
fSde9ss low good Of steeTs seeTs fS%@erGs aa
grades down to 1900; few loads prim
heifers and mixed steers and neifers
263o.27;90;o bulk choice and prim
1s.00-?c,O0; commercial to low good
13.50-17.O0; utility heifers down I
1880; few. high commercial COWS earl
reached 1900; utility and commercia
cutters on the close 7.50-1Q.00; utilit
and commercial bulls closed at 1880
1880. after bringing 14.O0-l6,75 a
the weeks high time; good heavy an an
topped at 24.00 early; late sales com
mercial to prime, grades, 10000, %
with Gull and utility tfferings. zoo
yesrlings and steer calves; 100000 90
to low good grades, 13.00-l5.50.
salable, sheep, 1O0' total not eiver
Gull and utility sold 10000 lever
with son some eulls off m more in extremes
yeafl1ngS nnlSneQ l.UO-l 90 lower an
slaughter sheep steady to so lower
Compared with the nigh time of tn
preceding week. closing prices of slaugh
ter lambs were 3.00-3 80 lower. A
Chicago, the wholesale prices of lam
carcasses dropped -00-3.00 and a
some Eastern points even more declin
was reported Local receipts ran mainl
to native spring SLAUGHTER lambs, al
though a few loads Of Western rang
lambs and yearlings were offered as wei
as few decks of ewes. Good an
choice yearlings sold upwards to a to-
of 1900 during the week end a toI
of, 20.50 was paid sparinGly on Mon
day for native spring lambs. TIL
Western range lambs we're mostly choic
96-pound Washingtons which sold will
about 20 per cent sort WedneSda
at 1900 Feeder lambs and breedin
ewes we're very scarce. Gull to Choic
slaughter ewes sold in 4.00-6.00 pric
range.