Show CATTLE AND LAMBS ARE LOWER HOGS STRONGER kansas city stock yards monday september 19 hog prices were 5 cents higher than saturday and strong compared with friday shippers were active buyers and packers were forced to meet that competition unless packers get liberal direct supplies of hogs the market will rally this week cattle ruled steady to 25 cents lower most of the fed steers fed heffers heifers and prime heavy steers sold up to there was broad demand for stockers and feeders and the bulk of the cattle run was in those classes lambs broke 25 to 50 cents and are around 1 lower than a week ago receipts receipts today were cattle calves hogs and sheep compared with cattle calves hogs and sheep a week ago and cattle calves hogs and sheep a year ago beet cattle good to choice fed steers best grassers and heffers heifers were steady common to good kinds were 15 to 25 cents lower volume of demand was the most important condition in the situation the liberal run attracted buyers from all sections local killers took both grass fat and fed cattle and shippers were especially active buyers for the plain to medium kinds some prime heavy steers sold at the highest price thus far this season and good to choice fed steers brought 7 75 to 9 50 the short fed warmed up and cake fed steers brought to and grass steers 3 to 7 those selling below 4 were in the cutter and canner classes cows and heffers heifers were steady to 15 cents lower mostly steady A good many canner cows sold at to and heffers heifers sold up to veal calves were steady stockers and feeders demand for stockers and feeders showed volume in keeping with the supply practically everything that showed desirable quality was steady some of the off colored horned types were lower fleshy feeders sold up to and stockers and stock calves up to th bulk of the stockers and feeders brought 4 to there were a large number of common stockers at to hogs hog prices were stronger than last weeks close and 15 to 20 cents under the best time last week there was more urgency in demand than for some time past especially from shippers this gave some hope for a further rise in the market the to pound hogs brought to to pounds to to pounds to 4 packing bows sows to and stock hogs and pigs to sheep and lambs lamb prices were quoted oft 25 to 50 cents and this decline in connection with the break that occurred late last week made the market 1 lower than a week ago best fat lambs are quoted at 5 to 5 40 and fair to good to 5 ewes are selling at to ard yearnings yearlings year lings to feeding lambs are quotable at to horses and mules conditions in the horse and mule trade remain about the same as tor some time past |