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Show STEERS TOP MARKET AT $18.00 PER CWT Market Strong and Prices Firm. Despite De-spite Increased Supply of Steers, Which Bring Top-Notch Price. Kansas City Stock Yards, Feb. 28, 1919. Cattle receipts this weew 50,- 8110 head last week 44,940, same week last year 45,905 head. Market today strong and active with very little here, resulting in a bunch of stags topping the market today at $15.00. Top on steers this week $18.50. Hog , receipts this week 101,779, last week 1 74,888, same week last year 74,528. Market closed today 10 to 15 cents lower, top $17.75. However, no choice heavy hogs on the market. Top for the week $17.85, quality plain to medium me-dium all week. Sheep receipts this week 29,0:19, last week 24,054, same week last year 24,005. Market higher high-er each day this week, closed today '24 cents higher. Top on lambs $18. 80, highest price pnid so far this week. Beef Cattle. In spite of the liberal supply this week, choice prime steers were extremely ex-tremely scarce. Today's receipts very light with no quality here, a bunch of stags topping the market at $15 Market strong and active. However, the market for the week 15 to 25 cts. off, the top sale of $18.50 being a scratch. Pulpers sold this week up to $10.00. Butcher grades declined from 25 to 50 cents with choice cows selling up to $13.50, while the plain and canner kinds sold from $5.75 to $7.00. Trade in bulls about steady selling from $9.50 to $11.00. Veal calves selling from $10.50 to $13.50. Stockers and Feeders Demand for the good kind contin-! contin-! ues and everything was cleaned up at about steady prices while the plainer kindR were slow to move at :' to 40 cents lower, umleu ruiiirinj.: from $10.50 to $l.'l.50. Stock cows and hifers steady though the pluin-er pluin-er kinds closed dull and lower, snles ranged from $8.00 to $9.50. Hogs With n hcuvy run this week and the bulk being of the plain to medium medi-um kind, good heavies were very scarce, selling about steady to ubout 6 cents lowei. Plain and medium kinds had to suffer account of the big run, this class selling from 10 to 20 cents under last week. Top on hogs this week $17.85, today's top $17.00, bulk selling form $10.90 to $17.40. Sheep and Lamhs With u good supply of sheep und I lambs here this week, prices advanced daily with the result that every ship- ' per on the market was highly pleased. I Trade dragged a little at times, but I there was a good clearance every day with some highly satisfactory sales. I A bunch of 250 Colorado lambs averaging aver-aging 79 lbs. topped the market here today at $18.00. This is the highest price paid so far this year. Compare the sales given below with other markets, mar-kets, then we will look for your consignments con-signments at Kansas City. 520 lambs averaging 79 lbs.-$18.60 500 " " 90 lbs $18.00 920 " " M lbs--$17.85 ! 080 " " H'.t lbs-$17.50 ! 475 ewes " 90 lbs--$12.00 |
