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Show GA CATTLE TTtE WiAKJOGS WiAKJOGSI WEAK , HOGSLOWER HOGS HOGSlOWER lOWER , lAMBS IAMBS DOWN DOWNI DOWNKansas I - I IKansas I Kansas City Stock stoch . Yalds Yaids , Monday MondayJune , June 19No 19 -No No - No opportunity opportwl1ty was given giventhe giventhe giventhe the fat cattle market marh.et marhet . to improve improveShIppers improveShippers improveShippers sharpIdcclire sharpj ShIppers on top of last week's weeks ' sharpdeclare sharp j declire declare and congested congesttd condition sentI sentfresh sent I ' fresh heavy con consignments < : ignments to OmahaI Omahaand Omaha Omaha'and Omahaland I ' 'and and and Chicago Here fat cattle were inj inI in I limited hmited supply and held about steady steady.Stockers steadyStockers . Stockers and feeders sold slowly at atweak 1weak 1 ( weak prices Most thin cattle and andmany andmany andmany many fed classes show showed d grass sap Hog prices " were "ere ere off 10 to 15 15cents 15cents 15cents cents fiom flom Friday and down to the thelow thelow thelow [ low point pomt la.stveek last la.st . \ week \veek veek All markets re- re reported re reported - ported larger receipts than than that , , , a year ago agoSheep agoSheep agoSheep Sheep and lambs were quoted weak to to25 25 cents 10\\ 10 lower 10er \ er lowerToday's erToday's Today's Todays ' ReceiptsReceipts ReceiptsReceipts Receipts ReceiptsReceipts Receipts today were 9500 cattle , , 1000 1000calves 1000calves 1000calves calves , 11 11000 000 hogs , , and 10,000 10000 , sheep sheepcompared , , compared with 11,700 11700 , , cattle , 1325calves 1325 1325calves 1325calves calves , 10,340 10340 , , hogs , and 13 13900 900 sheep a aweek aweek aweek week ago , , and 9770 cattle , , 1042 calves calves,4960 calves4960 , , 4960 hogs and 7136 sheep a year ago agoBeef agoBeef agoBeef Beef CattleTrade CattleTrade Cattle CattleTrade Trade in fat cattle opened slowly at ateak atweak atweak \\eak eak weak \ prices and later became more moreactIve moreactive moreI active and steady . Offerings of kl11ing killing kl11ingclasses killingclasses killingclasses classes were the plainest wainest of the season seasonand seasonand seasonand and included a liberal per cent of ofgrassy ofgrassy ofgrassy grassy kinds h.mds hmds . In Chicago and Omaha Omahawhere , , [ where receipts of fed cattle continuedlIberal continuedliberal continued | liberal , , prices were off ofr another 15 to to25 [ 25 cents on all but the strictly str1ctly choice choicegrades choicegrades choicegrades [ grades Nothing Nothmg with outstanding outstandingquality quality or finish fmish was shown here Thefew The Thefew Thefew few good fed steers and yearlings here herebmught herebrought herebrought bmught brought $5 5 $550 550 $ 50 to $6 6 $625 625 $ 25 However , the thebulk thebulk thebulk bulk of the supply was in the plain to tomediunl tomedium tomedium mediunl medium grades at $4 4 $ 75 to $5 5 $ 50 , with withgrassy withgrassy withgrassy grassy kinds at $3 3 $350 350 $ 50 to $4 4 $475 475 $ 75 Choice Choiceto Choiceto Choiceto to prime steers would have drawn con- con consIderable considerable con considerable - siderable interest from killers Most Mostof Mostof Mostof of the offerings in the butcher cattle cattledIvIsion cattledivision cattledivision dIvIsion were straight grass and short short- shortfed short-fed short fed - . fed kinds that showed l'a la $ ' .grass grass . . g < : sap Cowssold Cowssold Cows ' sold at $150 150 $1 1 $ 50 to $375 375 $3 3 $ 75 , and helfeis helfels heifers $325 325 $325to $325to $3 3 $ 25'to 25to ' to $5.25 5.25 525 $ . . Those under $4 4 $450 450 $ 50 did not notshow notshow notl notI show much grain feed Veal calves calveswere calveswere were \ ere steady at $5 5 $ down downStockers downi Stockers and FeedersOffenngs FeedersOfferings Feeders FeedersOffenngs Offenngs Offerings of stockers stoch.ers stochers . and feeders to- to today today to today - day carried the plainest plamest quality of the theceaon theseason theseason cea\on cea on season ; ' \ Pnces Prices last week bioke bloke broke sharply sharplyin sharplym m in sympathyHth sympathy \ with \Hth Hth fat cattle and this thistended thistended thistended tended to reduce the run for today today.Some todaySome . Somt Some fmriy-grood fmriy grood fairly"good fairlygood fairly - " good stockers and rtock stock rtockcalves stockcalves stockCalves calves sold at $5 5 $ to $5 5 $525 525 $ 25 , and stock stook stookheifer stockheIfer stockheifer heIfer calves brought $4 4 $450 450 $ 50 to $4 4 $475 475 $475Most $475Most 475Most $ 75 75Most Most of tne the offerings weie "ele ele were " medium mediumrinds mediumrinds mediumkinds ( rinds } of light hght yeal1rngs yearlings yeai lings that brought brought$425 brought425 $4 4 $ 25 to $4 4 $475 475 $ 75 and ordinary kinds $3 3 $350to 350to $ 50 50to 50to to $4 4 $ The runs of stockers and feeders feederswill feederswill feederswill will continue contmue small foi for the ne\t ne t nett \ ' few fewweeks fewweeks fewweeks weeks weeksHogs weeksflogs HogsHog flogsHog Hogs flogs HogsHog Hog pl1ces prices pi ices were off 10 to 15 cents centstoda centstoday centstodav toda today This TWs decline dechne took quotations quotationsdO quotationsdown quotationsdown dO\\ dO dOn down \ \ n to the low point of last "eek eek week "eekTrade weekTrade " weekTrade Trade developed a good degree of ac- ac activIty ac activity - . tivity and all interests mterests bought freely freelypaying freelypaying freelypaying paying the top of $4 4 $ $440 440 $ 40 The bulk of ofthe ofthe ofthe the offenngs offerings brought $4 4 $430 430 $ 30 to $4 4 $440 440 $440The $440The 440The $ 40 40The The 170 to 325 pound grades sold at a alange arange aiange lange range of $425 425 $ to $ $440 440 $140 140 $ , 130 to 170 170pounds 170pounds 170pounds pounds $3 3 $330 330 $ 30 to $4 4 $425 425 $ 25 ; : packing packmg sows sows$3.25 sows3.25 sows325 $3.25 3.25 325 $325 $ . . to $3 3 $ 90 , and stock hogs and pigs pigs$325 pigs325 $3 3 $ 25 to $3 3 $365 365 $ 65 The half hall fat light lightweIght lightweight lightweight weIght classes are drawing consider consider- considerable considerable considerable - able puce discrimination dlscrlminJatJOn discriminationSheep dlscrlminJatJOnSheep Sheep and Limbs L\mbs L mbs Lambs LambsLambs LmbsLambs LimbsLambs ' \ Lambs were quoted off 25 cents and andsheep andsheep andsheep sheep were mostly steady The good goodto goodto goodto to choice lambs sold at $675 675 $6 6 $ 75 to $7 7 $ . , and andfair andfair andfair fair to good kinds $6 6 $ up Some Ari4 Ari- Ari Arizona Ari4zona Ari Arizona - zona lambs brought $6 6 $675 675 $ 75 Shorn Shornyearlmgs Shornyearlings Shornyearlings yearlmgs yearlings sold at $475 475 $ to $540 540 $ The Thebulk Thebulk Thebulk bulk of the supply wa was ' > native lambs lambsHorses lambsHorses lambsHorses Horses and MulesTrade MulesTrade Mules MulesTrade Trade in horses and mules is slowing slowingdown slowingdown slowingdown down some in 111 keeping keepmg with the season seasonof seasonof seasonof of the year There is still a fairly fairlygood fairlygood fairlygood good outlet . |