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Show I WORLD'S MARKETS ' V . j NEW YORK. Dec. 28. Stocks were feverishly active during the day's brief session, the shorts again attack - Ing at the opening some of the more variable Issues. These Included Marine Ma-rine preferred, low priced transportations, transporta-tions, particularly coalers and trunk j lines, secondary steels and equipments, j copper, Sinclair Oil and utilities. A: vigorous rally ensued In the second! hour however, on a demand for United Unit-ed States Steel and investment rails, notably the Pacific group. Atchison and Reading, many substantial net gains being registered. The closing was strong. Sales approximated 550,-000 550,-000 shares. Liberty bonds again were heavily traded in at nominal changes. Shippings reflected pronounced pressure at the outset today, Marine preferred losing 2 points as a result of overnight advices indicating serious opposition by British interests to the proposed sale of the company's tonnage ton-nage to this governriienL Rails also gave way under moderate offerings with Brooklyn Transit, but oils, gas shares and obscure specialties were irregularly ir-regularly higher and Liberty bonds ruled slightly over yesterday's final quotation. OGDEN LIVE STOCK MARKET. Cattle Receipts 300. Choice heavy steers S1012; good steers $910; fair steers $8(89; choice feeder steers $810; choice cows and heifers 7 8; fair to good cows and heifers $6 7; cutters $4j56; canners $37JM; choice feeder cows ?67; fat bulls ?6 7; bologna bulls $56; veal calves $8610. Hogs Receipts 90; choice fat hogs, 175 to 250 lbs., bulk sales $15.7515.-85; $15.7515.-85; tops 16c. Sheep Receipts 1810; choice lambs S120'13; wethers $8tf?9; fat ewes ?6 7; feeder lambs $1011. ' CHICAGO LIVESTOCK. I CHICAGO, Dec. 2S. (United States i Bureau of Markets) Hogs Receipts i 18.000; market active, strong to 10c higher than yesterday's general trade, i Bulk of sales $17.i017.85; butchers i ?17.G517.90: light ?1G.85??17.90; i packing ?16.8017.85; throwouts $15.- i 60(g)16.75; pigs, good to choice, 14.25 15.25. Cattle Receipts 1,000; compared wilh a week ago, beef steers and butcher stock mostly 75c to ?1.25 higher; high-er; bulls and canners 50c to 75c higher; high-er; veal calves and best feeders 50c higher; common stockers steady. . Sheep Receipts 2,000. compared with a week ago, killing lambs 85c to $1.10 higher; wethers and yearlings $1.0081.25 higher; ewes 50 to 75c higher. KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 28 Hogs Receipts 2,300; market steady Heavy $17.00tf?17.G0; butchers $17.20 17.60; lights $16.9017.10; pigs $9.00 13.00. Cattle Receipts 200; market r.teady. Steers $9.0020.00; western ueers $12.0016.00; cows $7.00tf) 1-1.00; heifers $S.0014.50; stockers S7.5016.00; calves $7.0013.50. I Sheep Receipts 1,300; market strong. Lambs $12.0015.00; vear-lings vear-lings $11.0012.00; wethers $9.50 11.00; owes ?9.0010.25. OMAHA LIVESTOCK. OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 28. Hogs Receipts Re-ceipts 9,500; market 10 to 15c higher. Heavy $17.1517.70; mixed $17.25 17.50; light $17.10(g17.60; pigs $10.00 16.00; bulk of sales $17.2517.60. Cattle Receipts 100; market strong. Native steers' $11.50ig18.50; sows and heifers $7.0013.00; western steers $9.5016.00; Texas steers $S.50 (gill. 75; rangs cows and heifers $6.50 11.00; canners $6.007.00; stockers and feeders $6.50g15.00; calves $7.50 13.75. Sheep Receipts 300; market steady. Culls $-1.507.50; wethers $10.0011.00; ewes $7.509.50; feeder feed-er lambs $10.5014.50; lambs $12.50 15.50; yearlings $10.5012.00. |