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Show I iRItock I .'' PRICES WEAK H Shipments Heavy in Most All aSasV J? r GradesUtah Lambs High H Kansas City Stock Yard?, Sept. 26, 1913. Liberal cattle B receipts hern this week have H sold at steady to firm prices, ex- cept for a slight reduction on B fat yearlings, common quaran-B quaran-B tines, and native stock steers. B Prime heavy natives sold at B $8.85 to $9.10, Kansas grass B steers sold at the season's best fl figures, ranging from $6.G0 to $8.50. Quarantine cattle lack B quality, but sell at high prices, B grass steers though common in quality, ranging from $5.75 to " $6.90, cows at $4.50 to $5.75. Panhandle and Colorado cattle have been here in larger num- hers than usual, Mountain beef 9 steers selling ac $7.15 to $7,45, a few head at $8.00, cows and heifers at $5.75 to $6.75, Pan- handle yearlings at $6.00 to I $7.'65, fat Panhandle cows up to I - $5.80, calves $6.50 to $9.50. Oct-I Oct-I ober cattle receipts here will I probably run below normal this year, bepauee of heavy August I liquidation from the dry sec- . tions, cattle going to market at I that time which usually remain I on grass till driven to market I by frosts. Country demands is seemingly inexhaustable, though I total shipments of stock cattle I and feeders from here to the country since the first of August are approximately 1300,000, an unprecedented record. It looks I like satisfactory markets ahead 1 , at Kansas City. Hogs' are lower W.. ,, this week, but the market has turned upward the last two days, account of Btronger bidding from packers, who are apparently apparent-ly in need of hogs. Receipts here todny are very light, and the total for the weok is moderate, moder-ate, top today $8.57, bulk $8.25 to $8.50. The middle of last October was high time of the year on hogs, but the prices dropped one dollar per hundred the'last week of October and the first week in November. Sheep and Iambs are selling evenly this week, at steady to firm prices every day, both fat grades and feeders. Utah Iambs sell at $6.85 to $7.15 feeding lambs at $6.25 to $6.50, fat ewes around $4.25, medium ewe3 $3.40 to $3. 90. |