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Show . Livestock Market O ' o OGDEN Cattle and calves The weekly cattle run numbered 1799 : head, to compare with 1532 last ' week and 2820 last year. The market mar-ket on steers (or the week was considered around 25c lower than a week ago, but other classes held ' fully steady to rong. Twelve head of good steers- from a local feed lot headed the list at $7.50; i 32 head of good Huntsville valley gTass steers averaging 902 lbs. " after a 2 per cent shrink, came ; direct at ?7.00; 21 head of weight- i ier Huntsville valley grassehs at r $6.65 average 1080 pounds after a 3 per cent shrink.... 29 head of drive-ins averaging 946 pounds also al-so made $6.65. The bulk of medi- 1 urn to good drive-ins in small lot rated at $6.007.00 and common drive-ins at $5.75 down. About 30 head of good 800 pound feed lot heifers went at $6.75 A few load I and part load lots brought $6.40 f . 6.70. Common to medium drive-in heifers moved at $4.256.00. A car of good light Idaho cows made $5.25, but the bulk of medium to good drive-ins went at $4.255.O0. -Low cutter to common cows brought $2.504.00. Bulls were sold within a rang of $4.255.25. Good to choice vealers moved at $7.508.75 and common to medi- um veal calves at $5.007.25. Auction sale In a sale held Thursday and to be iVpeated weekly the best steers offered went mostly at $6.256.85, with a few common kinds at $6.00 down. Medium to good heifers made $6.006.85 including 30 head of good 825 pound locals at the ton price. Several small lots I brought $5.006.85. Cows bulked tat $4.004.95 and vealers at $7.85(8.70. A few bulls brought $4'.955.35. Hogs The market on hogs this week advanced 25c ' above last week's close. Good and choice butchers scaling 180 to 330 pounds rated at $9.009.10 and mixtures at $8.008.9O. Packing sows went mostly at $5.756.25. Sheep Receipts of sheep and lambs for the week totaled 81,945 head as against 91,446 a week ago and 61,288 a year ago. Several double deck carload lots of fat lambs most of them trucked in were sold for $7.40, off the trucks ; at Ogden. |