Show BAD BREAK COMBS COMUS TO tu SHEEP S R E EF MARKET conditions in the east res for predicted 0 lower prices D I 1 ower L rices ance the advocate dvo cate KANSAS CITY sto 1 dec 24 cattle received here this week A eek thir tyone ty one thousand one hundred last week efty three thou thousand and eight hundred head same week last year twentythree twenty three thousand seven hun sd the market has improved a tie tle each day this week and nearly grything is 13 fifteen to thirty cents gher than a week ago only one thou thousand and cattle arrived today but they sold quickly at strong to ten per cent higher prices th big fire in the morris plant at chicago will cause that firm to increase their killing herband here and the good market t today 0 day was because of the keen buying i n g of that hou house houe e receipts each day have been a little under the demand and while prices are higher as a result it is plain that a few too many cattle would quickly turn the tide the other way top yearlings this week brought 6 60 best heavy steers at 6 15 to 6 35 including some weighing above sixteen hundred pounds bulk of the steers now sell at 5 50 to 6 00 and owners the last half of this week generally received more for their cattle than they expected cows sell at 3 25 to 5 00 heifers up to 6 00 for odd head bulls P 3 40 to 4 60 stockers and feeders selling good stockers at 4 00 to 5 40 feeders 4 50 to 5 50 there will be no market here today but the market will be open monday as usual quite a number of quarantined cattle have arrived this week corn fed steers up to 5 55 some steers from the oil fields at 5 20 and 5 25 range cattle ha have e been scarce here this week sheep here this week eek twenty seven thousand seven hundred last week thirty two thousand three hundred last year ear nineteen thousand three hundred the market was firm the limi of the week but a bad break in the east wednesday began to be felt here yesterday and the close of the week eck is twenty tAen tn five to forty centa cents under high prices the first of the week best lambs are worth 6 00 possibly pcs sibly a shade more worth to 5 25 3 75 to 4 15 ewes 3 25 23 to 3 75 despite the recent strength shown by the market repeated breaks are beginning to weaken the faith of dealers and lower loer prices would not be a surprise gur prise |