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Show HOGS HIGHER NIGHER , lAMBS LAMIIS LAMIISLOWER I LOWER , , CATTLE GA TTlE UNEVEN UNEVEN"Kansas UNEVEN'Kansas I MOnday,1 MOnday1 MOnday,1.August "Kansas Kansas Xansas 'Kansas ' " City Stock Stocl , . Yards Monday MondayAugust , .August August . 21The 21 -The The - The hog market started startedthe startedthe startedthe the week with moderately higher startedI prices pricesand pricesand pricesand I and a fairly urgent demand . , Shlppmg Shipping Shippingoutlet Shippingoutlet I Ioutlet outlet was large enough to bring brmg rmg pack pack- packI packt - I packI I I t , ers actively acthely in m the market in spite of ofliberal ofliberal I i I1beral liberal direct icceipts lecelpts receipts Lambs were off off15 15 to 25 cents , , with wlth we westerns terns selling selllng up upto upi i to $7 7 $740 740 $ 40 Killers effected slight price priceI pricereductions pricereductions upI I I butI reductions on western grass steers , but butgood butgood I good grain-fed grain fed - kinds kmds were scarce and andprIces andprices andprices stockerI prIces held fully steady The stockerand stocker stockerand stockerand I and feeder trade was w'as ' slow early because be- be beI because be because - I cause of higher asking askmg prices , , but late lateI latem latein latein I m in the session trade w \ was \ as active on a amostly : mo mostly tlj ' steady bars barsToday's ba < : is Today's Todays ' I t I ' cattle,3000 cattle3000 Receipts today were 17,000 17000 , , cattle , , 3000 calves , 4000 hogs , , and 5000 sheep sheepcompared sheepcompared sheepcompared I compared compared1th \ with \\1th 1th \ 17 17207 207 cattle , 3449calves 3449 3449calves 3449calves calves , 5548 hogs , and 6187 sheep a aeek aweek aweek \\eek eek week \ calves,6905 calves6905 ago , and 30,767 30767 , cattle , 4584 calves , 6905 hogs and agoBeef 6813 sheep 3 a ' , a . year ago Beef CattleThe CattleThe Cattle CattleThe I CattleI The bulk of the killing cattle runwas run runwas runwas was grass cattle from western and andsouth andsouthwestern andsouthwestern south\\ south southestern southwestern \ \ estern pastures Several bunchesof bunches of good and choice grain feds sold at at$5 at5 $5 5 $580 580 $ 80 to $6 6 $ 65 , with some short-fed short fed - andcaked tand and tandcaked aadcaked caked kinds kmds at $4 4 $ $450 450 $ 50 to $5 5 $575 575 $ 75 Grasssteers Grass Grasssteers Grasssteers steers sold mostly at $3.75 3.75 375 $3,75 $ , . to $435 435 $4 4 $ 35 , , with withcommon withcommon withcommon common kinds down to $3 3 $325 325 $ 25 and gooq goo4 gooqquahtied goo4qualitied goodqualified quahtied qualitied grass steers up to $5 5 $ Mo Most Mostfed Mostfed < ; t tfed fed heifers and mixed yearlings yearlmgs sold at at$5 at5 $5 5 $ to $5 5 $ 85 , , choice to prime kinds lack lack- lackmg lacking lacking - ing mg Grass heifers in 111 killing krliing flesh soldat sold soldlat sold"at soldat lat at " $2.50 2.50 250 $ . . to $465 465 $ Vealersere Vealers \ were \\ere ere \ weaker weakerI weakerat weakerat weakerat I at $6 6 $ down A range of $2 2 $ 40 to $275 275 $275took $2 2 $ 75 75I 75took 75took took in most of the bull sales . CO\\5 CO 5 Cows Cowsruled CO5ruled Cowsruled \ I ruled steady . , , with canners and cutters cuttersat cuttersat cuttersat at $1 1 $135 135 $ 35 to $2 2 $ and butcher and beef beefI beefgrades beetgrades I grades $2 2 $ 25 to $4 4 $ Grass cows sold at$1.75 at1.75 at175 at $1.75 1.75 175 $ . to $3 3 $ $3Stockers Stockers and Feeders Fceders FcedersMostly FeedersMostly FeedersMostly Mostly steady pricesele prices weie \\ele ele were \ \ recorded recordedhere recordedhere recordedtiere here today on stockci stockel stocker and feeder cattleOccasional cattle cattleOccasional cattleOccasional Occasional sales s showed hawed h o w e d a lIttle lIttlestrength littlestrength littlestrength strength Stock steel steer calves are quot quot- quotable quotable quotable - able at $2 2 $250 250 $ 50 to $5 5 $575 575 $ 75 , , stock heifer heifercalves heifercalves heifercalves calves $2.25 2.25 225 $225 $ . . to $4 4 $450 450 $ 50 , yearling stockers stockers$2.50 stockers2.50 stockers250 $2.50 2.50 250 $ . . . to $5 5 $565 565 $ 65 , stock stoch . heifers $2.35 2.35 235 $ . . . to to$435 to435 $435 435 $ , fleshy feeders $4 4 $ to $6 6 $ , , and stock stockcovis stockcoves stockcov/s stockcov s covis coves / $2 2 $ to $350 350 $3 3 $ 50 , . Receipts did not include in- in include In Include - clude any appreciable number of choicereplacement choice choicereplacement choicereplacement replacement yearlings and calves The Thebulk Thebulk Thebulk bulk of the run was medium to good goodquality goodquality goodquality quality at $3 3 $ 50 to $5.25Hoes 5.25Hoes 525Hoes $5.25HoesTodays $5.25 5.25 525 $5.25Hogs $5.25Hogs $ . . . Hogs HogsTOday HogsToday Todays TOday S hog market ruled strong to to10 10 cent centb cents : . above Friday and 10 to 15cents 15 15cents 15cents cents over a . week v.eek veek ago Extreme hea\ies hea ies heasles heaieswere heasleswere heavieswere \ were only steady The top price , , $4 4 $ 30 30was , , I poundI . was paid mostly for 180 to 200 poundweights pound poundweights poundweights weights Underweight Undel\\Clght Undel Clght Undericeight \ \ hogs are coming comingto to market in better flesh The 175 to to250 . 250 pound hogs are al"C alC " bringing bringmg $4 4 $ to $4.30 4.30 430 $4.30,130 4.30130 430130 $ . . , 1130 130 to 175 pounds $325 325 $3 3 $ 25 to $415 415 $4 4 $ 15 , 250 to to350 1350 350 pounds $3.50 3.50 350 $3,50 $ . , to $410 410 $4 4 $ 10 , , packing sows sows$235 sows235 1 $2 2 $235 235 $ 35 to $3 3 $315 315 $ 15 , , and stock pigs $2 2 $225 225 $ 25 to to$3 to3 $3 3 $ The advance resulted fiom flom from light lightsuppl1es lightsupplies lightsupplies suppl1es supplies at all principal prmcipal markets The TheDcp TheDep TheDepartment Dcp Dep rtment irtment of Agriculture intends tostart to tostalt tostait stalt start on its progiam progtam program to remove one onemillion onemillion onemillion million piggy sows and four m1l1ion million m1l1ionpigs millionpigs millionpigs pigs from the visible supply Wednes Wednes- Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday - day , August 23Sheep 23Sheep 23 23Sheep Sheep and LambsThe LambsThe Lambs LambsThe The bulk of the fat lambs suffcied SUffCled suffered a a15 | 15 to 25 cent nt decline decl1ne here today todayPrime todayPFime Prime PFime , Western lambs to a shJpper shipper shipperbrought shJpperbrought brought $7 7 $740 740 $ 40 Most natives sold at at$6 at6 $0 0 $6 6 $ 75 to $7 7 $ and most Westerns $7 7 $ and and$710 and710 $710 710 $ Culls ' sold 'Sold down dovn , to $4 4 $ Ev.es Eves Ewes Ev.eswent Eweswent Eweswent . went to$550 to550 at 'at ut ' $1 1 $ to $2.75 2.75 275 $2,75 $ , . , yearlings $4 4 $450 450 $ 50 to toI toI $5 5 $ 50 , , and feeder lambs $5 5 $ to $5 5 $535 535 $ 35 I Offerings $535Offerings 535Offerings 35Offerings of range lambs sho\\ sho showed shocd \ cd a aslight aslight aslight slight increase . |