Show CATTLE STEADY HOGS LOWER LAMBS kansas city stock yards 22 in receipts of cattle and calves there was the smallest per cent of fat cattle offered this season stockers and feeders predominated to an unusual per cent especially ally light weight st ackers and stock calves most classes of cattle ruled steady spots firm on killing grades hog prices continued their downward course and uncovered a new low spot for the season the day s decline was 10 to 15 cents sheep and lamb prices ruled about steady receipts receipts today were cattle hogs and sheep compared with 32 cattle 9 hogs and 13 sheep a week ago and cattle 9 hogs and sheep a year ago beef cattle the moderate improvement that occurred in fat cattle late last week was retained by the trade today regardless of the fact that cattle arrived such a small percentage of the supply was in killer flesh that local killers did not get all they needed to meet their orders in some cases they had to make out with half fat kinds that the have not been paying much attention to lately nothing that showed any material amount of finish was offered short fed steers brought 12 50 to 15 00 prime grades are still quotable at 1700 or better grass fat steers brought 8 50 to 12 50 some were the clean up for the season trade in butcher cattle opened slowly but later when the shortage in fat steers was uncovered the trade became active at steady prices some fed heffers heifers brought 1400 and most of the grass heffers heifers sold at to 1150 grass fat cows sold at to veal calves were 50 cents to lower stockers and feeders though total receipts of cattle were short of the recent record runs the per cent of stockers and feeders was close to a record if not the largest ever recorded choice light weight stack ers and stock calves predominated country buyers operated freely and prices were much the same as late last week bogs hog prices broke another 10 to 15 cents today and rounded out a period of seven weeks in which the market has pursued a downward course in that period the break has amounted to about the high point was recorded in early september and to aay s prices were the lowest since early in may the to pound grades are bring to to pounds 8 25 to 9 10 packing bows sows to and stock hogs and pigs to sheep and lambs though there were a few weak spots in the iamb market most sales were quoted steady western lambs brought 1300 to 1325 and native lambs 1225 to 1300 feeding cambs iambs which are in liberal supply are quoted at 1200 to 1275 fat ewes are selling at to horses and mules prices for horses and mules were unchanged more good kinds needed |