| Show HOGS AND LAMBS AKE CATTLE SLOW kansas city stock yards march 31 while trade in cattle opened slowly prices held close to steady with some strong spots in stockers and feeders last weeks advance did not attract as large a run as had been expected in proportion to total and feeders were in liberal fi supply while fat cattle were correspondingly reduced the supply of fat cattle in athla immediate trade territory has been shipped closely hog prices fell below the 10 level for the first time rince the middle of january quotations were lowered 10 cents from last weeks close and were 30 cents under last weeks high point lamb prices ruled lower than last week and uncovered a new low point for the year i receipts L receipts today were cattle 2000 calves bogs and sheep compared with cattle 2000 calves hogs and sheep a areek treek ago and cattle 1444 calves hogs and sheep year ago beef cattle while chicago reported a liberal supply of fat cattle and a lower market run of beef here was moderate and the market held steady at last weeks advance there was fairly good tone in the trade on better grades but althe medium to fair kinds sold slowly cattle have been shipped closely this immediate trade territory and as there will be no early grassers from texas beet will not be very in the next sixty days the it steers and yearnings yearlings year lings here today ht 13 to 1350 some 1381 steers brought 1340 dogle sold at to 1050 and ok loma texas fed steers to 13 e bulk of all the steers brought to 13 cows and heffers heifers were ully steady few good to choice helfers were available the best here brought 11 to 12 some choice cows old at 9 to veal calves sold at 13 down stockers and feeders demand for stockers and feeders as fairly active prices ruled steady strong while average quality was ly good offerings did not include ny choice light weight stockers or locce stock calves the bulk of the akers and feeders brought 10 to bogs ithe hog market opened weak to 10 ants lower and closed 10 to 15 cents t this decline in connection with e weakness that developed late last k took quotations 25 to 30 cents ler the high point last week re apts here were about normal tor this son of the year but they were heavy more northern and eastern markets h packers and shippers bought ly here at the decline the to pound hogs brought 9 65 to 90 to pounds 9 40 to 9 65 to pounds 9 to to ads to packing bows sows to and stock hogs and pigs to sheep and lambs es for lambs broke another 60 its today and this decline took quo ins into a new low position for a iber of years past wool lambs at 8 75 to shorn lambs 5 to and ewes 4 to car loads of 83 pound arizona lambs brought 13 horses and moles ie in horses and mules showed ly good volume at unchanged i |
