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Show MARKET REPORT. H iicctiil III the (Ini'lttml (llol'f - K.C. Stock Yards, March .10. 1!M)8,-l.lghl 1!M)8,-l.lghl receipts of cattle and n irnod dc-mand dc-mand last week resulted In nn advance of 40 to T.'i ccuti on steers nnd S.I to 40 cents on other grades, including stnekers and fecden. Tho good prices proved at-tractive at-tractive to shlppors, and also spurred speculators Into unusual activity, with the result Hint the supply today Is 11,000 head. The market has stood the test to-day to-day In line shape, Indicating the urgency of tho demand upon packers, who pro-test pro-test that the meat market Is not In shapo to justify such rapid advance prices as have been mnde recently. Sales today .H nro strong to 10 higher than the close of lat week, and the equal of todn 'a nmr- '-H ket Is only found back beyond thxlicglu- -nlng of tho panto days of 1007. Tho l.ockhart steers, which have been film-(siting film-(siting a Una on tho market lalcly, sold today at 0 40, 0 SO nnd 0 00, as compared with ft Sft for the first shltitnent four sH weeks ago, GO to 80 cents nbovo n week ago. Other Colorado fed steers liavo sold as high as these lately and steers fed In the panhandle country have alio reached 0 00 or better In tho last week, while branded westerns sold at the top H prlco today, 0 7ft. Salesmen hold the whip hnnd now, but buyers may he dc- pended oil to strive for some big breaks should the opportunity otter. Cows bring :i ftO to ft SO, helfeis 4 SO to 0 00, 1 bulls .1 50 to 5 00, calves 4 SO to 0 60, 1 Blockers 4 00 to S 3ft, feeders 4 75 to ft SO, Sheep an lambs havo participated Isr the advance mudo by the other kinds of live stock lately putting up 40 to 00 cents In the last week. Hun today Is 8,000 head, market i-troug to 10 higher, lamlK at 7 (10 to 7 7ft, yenrllngs 0 7ft to 7 111, wcllicrhtl 00 loll (ill, cues o 80 to 0 2ft. These prices nru for wouled MocV, nml an allowance of SO to 7ft cent per cut. jH must be made fur clipped stock, which has not moved veiy freely yet, but will predomliiiitc. J. A. HICKART. I.. S. Correspondent. |