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Show 80. Lights are losing prestige rapidly. Sheep received here .this week 62,900 last week 79,-000, 79,-000, same week last year 76,700. Prices are nearly a dollar higher than first of last week and look firmly grounded though a shade under Wednesday. Top lambs are worth $7.40, middle grades around $7.00 feeding lambs $5.50 to $6.25 yearlings up to $5.50 wethers $4.60 ewes $4.00. 10018 ; ,., ,'- dl STOCK RECEIPTS .'13 BELOW NORMAL ' 1 & i ' ,t a ', Bigorest Shortage in Hogs. Prices Show General Advance " ' " ' ''"' i ' - '-'it Kansas City Stock Yards, Oct. jiS f 18, 1912. Cattle recoived here J this week 74,000, last week ' Jf?l 81,400, same week last year 85,- lf ' 200. It became apparent this week f that the fall cattle run is not going to be shut off abruptly. i The panhandle country, and fy, ' Colorado are in the midst of , ' their shipping season, condi- ,: ! tions that will causo supplies to ! f I subside gradually, even though ' M Kansas pastures and the quar- v M antine territory are fast becom- , , ing bare of cattle. Country x 'S " demand continues unabated, and jSr killers wants were large this JR week, circumstances that per- ':-BB mitted a rise of 15 to 25 cents fflt in the general market. The Kl week is closing without any JI flourish, and dealers willbe satis- 'fat .fied- with steady prices next .. ..jSS? week, on a run as "'large' as'wthor" 'M,3g one this week. Nothing prime was received this week, some jw short fed Kansas cattle at $10.00 f standing at the top, and best I westerns at $8.50 to $9.25, bulk of the westerns at $6.00 to $8.00. W Cows and heifers took on new ' m life the last half of this week, ' Jf and quit the week the most JL promising commodity on the JT list, selling mainly at $4.25 to m $7.50. Veal calves sank back ; half a dollar, tops now at $8.50. f Quarantine cattle are largely m oOhe clean up kind, and look & fully a quarter higher for the " 1L week, steers at $4.10 to $6.00, . - M cows $3.50 to $50.0. Stock cattle B and feeders are going to every Wk point of the compass this week, unusual shipments having been if made to Northwestern Nebraska, . "K Wyoming and Colorado. Stock- ' , ' M ers sell at $5.00 to $7.00, feeders B $5,75 to $7.50. Hogs received W here this week 44,200, last week . , J . 41,200, same week last year v " ' m 26,300. Supplies are larger than J heretofore, but still show the usual percentage below those of a year ago. Dealers do not 1 look for a normal business in M hogo this side of a year hence, 9 and then only under favorable rjlf crop conditions next year. ' M Prices are lower since Wednes- jjj day, but no great break is ex- m pected at this time. Top today M $8.90, bulk of sales $8.40 to $8.- tti (Contluned In preceding column) . |