Show CATTLE CAT T LE ADVANCE t AND A N ly THEN FALL OFF 01 EF SOME S of E sheep alices some twenty five cents higher with top lambs selling around eight ei ht ninety figure corre correspondence the advocate ail KANSAS CITY mo may 8 cattle receipts this week eek were thirty five thousand head an increase of five thou thousand band over a week ago and equal to receipts same week meek a year ago the market advanced ten to twenty cents the first of the week meek about half of which has been lost since but the situation remains strong with good promise for next m week eek demand from all burces our cesis is better than a week cek or ten das dabs ago and while present range of prices ia is high enough to draw out most of the available cattle each week meek which is likely to prevent further advances for a time eventually there will be another shortage of fed stock and summer prices are expected to be higher than at present top steel s this week brought 6 90 and sales at 6 50 and upwards were numerous the top today wasa was 6 40 and was made by a shipment f from rom colorado earlier in the week meek some of or the lockhart steers reached 6 60 and the bulk of fed steers this week ranged from 5 75 to cows 3 50 to 5 60 50 heifers 1 25 to 6 25 bulls to 5 25 calves 13 65 to supply stockers and feeders has been bee very light prices ten to fifteen cents higher stockers 4 00 to 5 50 feeders 5 00 to 5 85 the sheep and lamb supply has been light this week twenty one thousand head a big reduction from recent weeks and only half as heavy as sa same me week a year ago the season for colorado fed stock is drawing to a close and supply of texas muttons has been very light this week prices are thirty five to six ty cents higher this week meek including an advance of fifteen to tw anty five cents ceno toda top lambs yesterday at but the saire quality stuff if here today would bring upwards of 9 00 spring lambs sold at 9 00 per hundred on different days lays this week weathers and e ewes es have been extremely scarce a few year car lings at 7 25 to one lot of good texas brought 6 00 weighing eig hing 93 pounds and some 78 pounds texans sold at 6 60 50 medium and low grade muttons down to 5 00 fat goats 4 25 to brushers 3 25 to 3 50 |