| Show HOGS AND LAMBS LOWER CHOICE CATTLE STEADY kansas city stock yards augusa 24 1931 cattle receipts today were the largest of the season and marked a further expansion in the range and pasture movement which got under way last week the supply was not excessive for this time of the year the better grades of grain fat steers held steady and stockers and feeders were steady and others weak to ai cents lower demand showed good volume hog prices dropped another 25 to 35 cents and reached a new low spot since early june the lighter weight classes were off the most sheep and lamb prices took a setback of 15 to 25 cents from last weeks close receipts receipts today were cattle calves hogs and sheep compared with cattle calves hogs and sheep last week and cattle calves hogs and sheep a year ago beef cattle demand for the better classes of grain fed steers and yearnings yearlings year lings was active at fully steady prices other killing classes ruled weak to 25 cents low er except where feeders took choice quality fleshy kinds suitable for a short finish and they were steady around 60 per cent of the days run was in the stocker and feeder classes good to choice grain fed steers and yearnings yearlings year lings brought to 1025 and some prime yearnings yearlings year lings 1035 medium to good fed kinds sold at 8 to and up kinds 7 to grass steers brought 4 to several loads of 1200 to 1496 pound fed steers brought to kansas wintered steers brought 7 to cows were in moderate supply and prices were not quotably changed from last weeks close ped heffers heifers were scarce nothing choice to prime was shown some good heffers heifers brought to and choice heffers heifers 9 75 finished heffers heifers would have brought 10 had they been available veal calves were steady stockers and feeders demand for good to choice was active numerous bunches of 1000 to 1300 pound steers went back to the country at to choice stockers sold up to 7 and choice stock calves brought to plain to good stockers and feeders were 25 cents lower with the bulk of the sales at 5 to some common stockers sold as low as hogs hog prices continued their downward course with a 25 to 35 cent decline today this loss carried the market to the lowest position since june or an extreme break of from the high point early this month A good many under weight half fat bogs showed in supply and they en countered tho largest decline the to pound hogs brought to to pounds to to pounds to to pounds 5 to 6 packing bows sows to and stock hogs and pigs 6 to sheep and lambs sheep and lambs were 15 to 25 cents lower native cambs iambs sold up 0 o and westerns we sterns up to some medium ewes brought to 2 and feeding lambs are showing an increase i so that it Is a good time to buy horses and mules trade in horses and mules was much the same as in former weeks receipts continued small miss helen wright of colorado springs mr and mrs clare wright son tom and daughter helen of lincoln nebraska and miss melvana waltz of lincoln are visiting with 0 W wright of moab miss and mr wright are sister and brother of W wright the party will go on cesa verde after their visit in moab mr and mrs P G woods and sons pete and don of prescott arizona were arrivals in moab the first of the week for a visit of several weeks with J H dark and R C claris and family miss ada birkenhauer of kansas city and miss lona goodwin of tulsa oklahoma are guests of miss grayce goudelock miss birkenhauer toured europe in company with miss goudelock several months past and miss goodwin was a school friend of miss goudelock in kansas city miss birkenhauer is leaving for her home in kansas city friday while miss goodwin will make a more extended visit in moab mrs lester arron of el pa u tf refused to wear stockings her BOS band old police and finally aft un because he objected to her bare limbs |
