Evening star., 1954-04-25
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. April "a R.-Hogs sold at
the top price since l94S on the live
stock. market this week but the Strenst N
was limited entirely, to, light weisht Of;
ferings. Barrows and gifts scaling around
210 pounds ended the week mostly steady
while heavier weights lost :5 cents to
The top for the week was 1915 and
the closing top $3.50. Receipts were
the largest since February, Llsht weight
butcher hogs weiehing less than 230
accounted for their relative Steadiness.
Receipts in the cattle section, were y
per per cent cent less than IN the correSpopding
week year ago. Fully tWo-thirds OF
the supply consisted Of fed steers. HiEh
choice and prime kinds lost 100 to / 30
while other grades finished barely steady
to fully 80 cents down. ana
tUSDAl salable hogs, 200: total 1000
festimated): compared week ago: Bar
pounds mostly steady: heavier weights
very uneven. - to 100 or more lower;
sows, 75-l.oo lower; at the close TOP;
isoTaao sG2 mo5e pouGds, 6de'ee u Choice
350-29o pounds closed, at 331.35,2S.:"o
200, and weights M TO 400 pounds as
low as ~ Is, or virtually al SOW prices;
SoWS in larger lots under 500 pounds
ranged largely according to Teist Y;et lT6Ln
" salabIe cattle, 600 estimated; COM
pared week ago: High choice sna PRIME ne
barely Steady to fully 80 lower or mainiy
SOL 90 under Monday: prime, neilerS @ or on
the close quoted as much as ;oV io%ert Iert
COWS opened - or more higher put Iost
most of the advance later; bulls StTong
lower: stockers and feeders steady to
5oeofd 80 hshsr fnS5cs and but nF%f Closed ssea
33 335-2S. 80: load choice l.3S5-pound
steers 2375; weeks bulk goood. 70 10y. 1G.
choice steers and yearlings so,a3-@t:u0; u
most low commercial TO good steers
IT50-2O.50; two loads prime $50 and
$500; high-ghoice and prime 6,t hefeTdS gadd
and choice heiferS 20.00-2o.25; utility
to low-good grades ,13.50-lg.2Q; most
utility and commercial cows 12.25-l 300;
sprinkling good young fed cows up to
1900: Gamers and cutters 9.00-l2.00.
largely 10.O0-12.O0: utility and COM
mercial bulls IA 4.00-16.50: good heavy
fat bulls 12o,loo; n6 good and ehoiee
erades S00-19 O0; good and choice
Stockers and light feeding steers 1900,
"1,75; load choice quality SS9-pound
grain feeding 23.25: load of choice 433-
pound Montana stocked heifer calves
$50; few sales GOOD to mostly choice
lieht stock heifers 1S.00-19.00.
Slaughter sheep. 100 testimated) COM
pared week ago Wooled lambs mainly
steady; shorn lambs largely % hieher
slaughter sheep about steady; at week s
best time, 26.1J paid for choice and
prime 94-a1 pound woolskins but the
hest to arrive late had TO sell at 1000
down: native-type lambs sold as high as
- no, but were mostly Salabie at ~ 90
down sales Of GOOD grading lamb
ranged downward to around 600, while
Gull and utility offerings sold on down
lambs sold upwards 10 26.25-26. SOC but
a large percentage Of the limited supply
were utility to good grades at 1900
- 90; summer shorn lambs sold 10 - 80.
while GOOD and choice 10 choice and
prime No. skin shown lambs Weishing
&3-10S pounds turned at @:.50-?4 80
during the week: a load of 93-pound
lambs. mainly good from a slauehter
STANDPOINT. sold for shearing at % -
bulk Of the Gull to mostly good SLAUGHTER
ewes. mainly shown kinds sold at 300
100 with a few extremely thin fresh
shOrn at , so