Evening star., 1953-10-18
Chicuoo Livestock

CHICAGO, Oct. II GP.-Hog prices re-
covered nicely early in the week from
but then faltered in the Thursday and
Friday sessions.
on the net change prices approximated
rows and gifts and as much as LOO to
1.25 on sows. At $500 on Wednesday
the top price on hogs was the best in
Receipts Of AZ, 900 hogs were down only
1900 from week previously but 1000
under year ago.
Early markets in the week found steers
grading choice and prime dominating rs
per cent of the class and outnumbering
the heifers by three to one. A top price
cent high marks going back to mid-July.
Slaughter steers were uneyenly steady to
90 lower and heifers so cents to LOO
Estimated cattle arrivals of 49,500
compared with $4,000 the week before
and 1884 a goo eSdh,g year ago; - soo. oou,,or.d
proximately SO higher; sows comprised
around 8 per cent of receipts, that class
tive with Shipper Buyers buyer taking a larger
percentage and most local packers in the
trade for numbers. The butcher hop sup
ounds and noeesSs I'm IN
weights over 230 pounds, resulting in an
increase Of 3 or pounds in average
Ts6as sesohs Ct eose ana ana gts On poun %Gs
butchers established the market top but
choice 2 and 3 230-260 pounds still
reached top prices on occasion. At the
freely for choice i and 2 lightweights as
well as for choice. 2 and 3 butchers as
heavy as 2e0 p991dnddsso Closing bulk choice
q .5O-22 90, relatively little under 81 Is,
with 22.00 paid rather freely by both
order BUYERS and local packers. Choice
170-lS0 pounds in small numbers closed
at 2O.00-21: 80. Soys in, larger lots
ing to weight from 20.00-21.50.
week: Receipts about the same. as last
week and Is per cent greater than the
corresponding year.ago period slaughter
oSer ast St'y weeks K 'e close al
OF high prime 1871 $50 pound
steady to SO lower mostly $3.50 oil;
bulls steady to LOO higher, utility and
veaiers strong, sS slaughteT Fe Calves ss Steady;
steady to 30 hi=her heifers slow. barely
STEADY 6nE h9ee and prime fed steers
bufed fftsf0afn o6@s s'fsTs eV
Csa5 aSs5aEe pouna pF%s Reshs sG arh g5ns
high prime around 1.425 pound steers
29.O0. comparable grade 1,525-1 $50
pound weights $3.50 and several loads
prime pr 1,609-1 $50 pound bullocks 1850
ing over 1,400 pounds noticeably re-
duced. good to low choice steers 1900
down, two loads utility $50 pound grass
ity 500 pound wsights l1.5O; two Leads Ss
and 1925; modest supply average prime
to high prime heifers mostly weighing
oyer. oyer 1000 pounds 3e; Oo-227.25. bulk
good to low choice 16.50-21 90, high
utility to low good grass heifers 11.5O-
1899; utility and commercial cows 9.25;
cutters 70o-9. so: utility and s CONNER e
cial bulls II .50-i4.50 good heavy fat
bulls Isl 1oooo1 @ 81 800; commercial to prime
ityo 9.O0-14.O0, load good and choice
400, pound SLAUGHTER calves 1850; two
loads. choice 925 pound feeding steers
good and choice western steer calves,
yearlings and feeding steers weishing
tD tS low s7S so0S DSund$ dnd57S5is5o medium
choice d stock heifeTs and heifferS fSO calves ives
ssiabieO Sheep. 100; compared with
closed so to, mostly a full LOO higher,
while slaughter sheep finished on a
steady sas basis; Closing prices on choice
to .OO higher than late last week. while
good grading lamb sold .00-2 90 lower
At the best time during the week native
lambs sold to 21.00, but slosing sales
were at 2O.50 down. with the Blu Of the
good and choice lambs at 1S.00-20.O0
Utility to low good lambs were mainly
salab1e at 14.OO-17.OO. Culls sold down.
ward to 500, with occasional light culls
to 700 and below. Western range lambs
sold to 2050 for mostly choice around
80 pound weights on shipping account.
time this week, but mostly choice i0I-
pound averages brought 1926 late, and
there were good yearlings at 14.OO-
Gull to choice slaughter sheep were COM
pleted at 4.00-5.50, the latter price in
Guiding around six-car string. Of 123-
pound wyoming ewes early in the week.
feeder lambs were made at 15.OO-16.5O.
the latter price for deck of S1-pound
native lambs out off Western ewes.