Show CATTLE STRONG HOGS HIGHER LAMBS LOWER kansas city stock yards october 19 cattle receipts today did not come up to expectations the continued moderate movement indicates a stronger holding position than had been anticipated A large per cent of the supply was st ackers and feeders and fat steers were in correspondingly small supply prices ruled firm spots higher country demand was large and local killers and shippers could have cared for larger supplies hogs were 10 cents higher than last weeks close but 15 to 20 cents lower than a week ago the iamb market continued on a downward course which began the middle of last week following a rapid advance receipts receipts today were cattle 4 calves 4 hogs and 8 sheep compared with cattle calves hogs and sheep a week ago and 32 cattle calves hogs and sheep a year ago beef cattle cattle that showed any material amount of feed made up only a small per cent of the killing steer classes short fed warmed up and grass fat kinds predominated all classes ruled steady to strong spots higher on the basis of the large cent being stockers and feeders the supply available for killing purposes was one of the smallest this season shippers were active and local killers will have to make larger purchases this season the better grades of fed steers and yearnings yearlings year lings sold at to 10 and the medium to good fed kinds 7 to A good many pastured cattle that had been fed on grass the past thirty days brought 6 to and straight grass steers brought to cow and heffers heifers were fully steady A good many canners sold at 2 to and cutters to ped heffers heifers were in limited supply veal calves were steady to 50 cents lower stockers and feeders with an unusually large per cent of the total cattle run in stockers and feeders country buyers operated freely at strong to 25 cents higher prices choice stockers and stock calves sold at 6 to and choice feeders to 6 the bulk of the fair to good stockers and feeders brought to prices for stock calves ranged from 4 to hog hog prices ruled 10 cents higher than last weeks close receipts showed a moderate increase and demand took on more urgency indications are that prices will continue in about the present position for the next two weeks the price spread has narrowed materially as all weights are in demand the to pound hogs brought to to pounds to packing bows sows 4 to and stock hogs and pigs to sheep and lambs lambs are 50 to 75 cents lower than the high time last week about halt the decline came today and prices are 10 to 15 cents higher than a week ago before market took the sharp upturn the best fat lambs are quoted at 6 to and medium to good to 6 fat ewes are higher selling up to feeding cambs iambs are bringing 4 to 5 horses and mules trade in horses and mules was about the same as in preceding weeks regardless of the snickers of his comrades P V west of wilmington Wll del pennsylvania railroad fireman has adopted gaudily colored pajamas as his working clothes dispensing with haphazard methods mr and mrs john R ginn of bowman ga have used the alphabet con from B to Q in their 16 children seeing a big rat under his barn with a silver dollar in its mouth charles holscomm Hols comb of bartley neb investigated and found burled in a pail un der the shed |