| Show I I. I Market at Kansas City I IB B By Special Correspondence nce KANSAS AS CITY CITY STOCK STOK STOCKYARDS YARDS Feb 2 20 Storms In Kansas Kams and the west est Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day and Sunday cut down loading at ral railroad rail rail- ri- ri road points point and rc receipts here today ar arlight are light on all 31 kinds of or 1 live stock Cattle run is OO 2000 head The market maket la last Jast t wee week was an up and dO down n affair without an annet any net change for the th week ek worth orth mention mention- menton- menton Ing Wednesdays Wednesday's das market was as snappy nappy and the Jo loss s of ot the previous t two o days das wa was as put bac back bacic on 00 and trade b balance lanc of ot th the week eek was WIS unimportant Packers did no not Jo load up their coolers cooler b last t summer with wit wih grass cattle catte as 8 h heavily aly as usual u t The They figured on a a. n heavy crop of ot corn cor fed ed catte cattie cattie cat cat- tie te this winter because of ot the big hr har har- vest est Their needs now are arc more or less ls urgent all II th the time and this accounts account for the continual fluctuation of ot prices s. s If I cook rd were full tul of or grass ly f. f packers packer be much fc for tor would not nol no now paying so eo common fed steers The run tod today Y I Ismall Is small enough to allow a small advance it In prices but hut Chicago l is II i oversupplied o an and east eastern r orders are b being filled there no not notman man many outside orders here Buyers Buers here too are arp expecting larger supplies s later i ithe In Inthe inthe the week eek and are buln buying skimpily toa today Th These sc s' s things account for tor or the decline to to to- dl day Best str streets ts today brought 6 5 but the they were ere not In the same class a athe as the steers at last lat we week k Yearlings Yearling sold up to 6 to last week and bulk 0 pt of steers no now bring 5 75 to Co Cows s 's sell sel sel at 4 to bulls buls within the same came n figun fig un urea ures s. s hlf helf r at to 6 6 cJ calves 55 5 t to The calf market remained steady stead l ady last st lal week hut bitt from this time forward ton the market on c calves hes will 1 be subject to tc violent fluctuations Stockers Stockel bring 4 U o olo O lo to feeders to stock cowand cows cow COWE and ra to 75 Stock and feeding feed feed- i ing log cattle catle are about abut 25 c cents cent nt hl higher her than thana a year ear ago Quarantine steers steer Fold sold toda today at nl 15 to 6 Colorado fed steers steer 55 to Average hog hOJ prices last week eek were 3 36 cents lower than previous week but th the week eek closed with an an advancing market and ad prices today loday are up 5 to 15 cents Run today Is head about half haI a a. I normal normal nor nor- mal MOnday run The shortage is du due du moU mostly to bad had loading weather last Jat two days as but cl dissatisfaction of or shippers wit with fb last weeks week's market Is also probably keeping keep ing some Hore hogs away Dealers look hook fo for tor liberal runs nina a 1 few weeks yet but predict light ht runs run In the spring months Hea Heavy j ho hogs lost Jost some In tho the scale scab of or values alucs last las week cek as aR compared with lh the others de demaud de de- maud from outside buyers for tor medium and light ho hogs s hogs accounting accounting- for tor It IL It Outside buyers took about 20 0 per por cent o otho ot of the tho hO hogs 1 here last Jast week Hev Heavy hogs hog sold Bold today at 0 to 30 medium weights to lights 30 to Lambs and yearlings closed last week without any change chango but bul ewes and ers ens gained gaInd a R little The run 10 today is only head a slim lm supply when hen contrasted with wih the supply of head on each o othe or of orthe the I two wo last previous Mondays fondas The market market market mar mar- ket Is 10 cents higher today top lambs Jamb at yearlings s 5 5 e ewes es and worth up to Pime Prime lambs Jambs ml might ht reach Some feeding lambs Jambs bought last Jast w week ek at It to and at 25 Dealers say they are worth the mono money bullish sentiment prevailing at this time Um respecting future mark markets ts J. J A. A RICKART Market larke Correspondent Correspondent |
