Show CATTLE STEADY LOWER LAMBS kansas city stock yards may 5 receipts of cattle today were moderate but the market showed no tendency to rally however it held close to the level established at last weeks decline there was a fairly good trade in stockers and feeders and some activity in butcher cattle indications are that the decline has been checked hog prices averaged 10 cents lower than last weeks close receipts though liberal were cared for easily sheep and lamb prices ruled unevenly higher spring lambs sold up to 13 and fed lambs up to 11 receipts receipts today were cattle 1200 calves hogs and sheep compared with cattle 1200 calves hogs and 14 sheep a week ago and cattle 1187 calves hogs and sheep a year ago 4 beet cattle trade in cattle showed no material activity prices held close to steady except that medium quality yearnings yearlings year lings were slightly lower A large number of plain to fair yearnings yearlings year lings was offered and strong to heavy weight steers were in limited supply the eastern beef market was quoted slightly higher so that salesmen look for renewed strength in the fat steer market the best steers here cold at 12 to 1275 they carried fairly good weight yearnings yearlings Year lings sold up to 12 and bogles and plain southwest steers brought 9 00 to 9 75 the bulk of the fed steers brought 10 to 1175 with average quality only plain cows and heffers heifers held steady cows sold at to and heffers heifers to 1165 veal calves brought 8 00 to 1100 mostly 1000 down stockers and feeders demand for stockers and feeders showed fairly good volume at steady prices numerous bunches of choice light weight stockers sold at 1100 to 1225 and feeders 1050 to 1150 ordinary to fair kinds brought 9 00 to 1050 hoffs the hog market was set back 10 cents today and was about 15 cents under the extreme high point last week As soon as the decline was established trade became active so that it looks like a rally Is due receipts were the largest for some time past but the estimate for the rest ot the week Is small the to pound hogs brought to to pounds 9 35 to to pounds to packing bows sows to 9 00 and stock hogs and pigs 8 50 to 9 40 sheep and lambs another advance in sheep and lamb prices today took quotations 50 cents to higher than a week ago this Is the largest rally this year arizona spring lambs sold at 1250 to 13 winter fed lambs in fleece 1050 to 11 and shorn lambs to 9 65 horses and moles trade in horses and mules shows about normal volume for this season of the year prices are holding steady |