Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-03-13 | Page 24 | Fewer Cattle Sent to Ogden

V FEWER CATTLE SENT TO OGDEN Local Western Eastern Buyers Buyei's Compete for Steers ny n r R n SAWYER t U IT S Department of ot Agriculture Weekly review of Ogden live live- livestock live livestock stock market for tor week ending Sat Sat- Saturday Sat Saturday urd March 12 Supplies of cattle fell off oft thIs week with 2313 coming In against arrivals of ot last week Receipts for the second week of Starch March last year were ro 2431 There Thero has lIas been a a good demand all week for all goo good 1 classes with prices lOc to higher on better grades of beet beef steers She stock is around with good offerings scarce The Tho advance in tn steer prices Is largelY due duo to toi the light supply and the the competition between local western and eastern estern buyers Re- Re Receipts Re Receipts can be expected to gradually gradually ally grow lighter for tor tho the next several weeks HIGHEST STEERS The top for the week was paid Thursday for a a load of good pound Wyoming steers fed In Utah These steers lacked finish and are expected to go to the corn belt feed teed lots Several loads of good Idaho Utah and Montana steers averaging to 1150 pounds sold at with the bulk weighing under 1000 pounds Medium grade steers sold largel yat Best heifers heifers ers era this week eek landed at with several se lots of good heifers at Medium grade heifers are arc going around A supply of ot good cows are crossing the scales wIth witha I a few loads and odd lots lota at Medium grade cows are selling at and cutters and common cows at are slightly higher with good at while common to medium calves are arc bringing Very few good bulls are arc coming In tn with v I a afew afew few at while common and medium bulls are going at iJ Odd lots of medium to good feeder steers sold at at while a I few loads of to 71 pound pound O-pound feeder steers ohl toward the week-end week at HOGS STRENGTHEN Prices on hogs declined slight slight- slightly slightly slightly ly at at the beginning of the week and then held steady the he reo me- re remainder of the weeK weel with closing sales weak weak- to lOc lower than a week weck previous Load lots of to to pound offerings sold at with the latter prIce the weeks week's top In eln to pound pound weights sold at 1160 1180 with a few fat tat to pound weights at Packing sows are selling at 1000 and feeder pigs around 1100