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Show I Inure urns ' viz: y Shippings were buoyant at the opening open-ing of today's stock market on advices from Washington that arrangements for the purchase of International Mercantile Mer-cantile Marine tonnage were virtually completed. Marino preferred roso 4 points in the first half hour and the common shares and six per cent bonds lYi each, while "United Fruit, Atlantic Gulf and American International corporation cor-poration shares gained 1 to 2V points. Hails, motors, oils, equipments and inetals also improved substantially, but local tractions weakened again. Much of tho early rise was cancelled at the first Indication of profit taking in shippings and renewal of bear pressure pres-sure elsewhere. Representative rails reacted 1 to 1 points, motors 1 to "la, with especial weakness in Stude-baker Stude-baker and Mexican Petroleum became heavy. Steels and other leaders dropped drop-ped 1 to 2 points and reversals among coppers and secondary equipments were . even more extensive. Sell ins slackened toward noon, but the market mar-ket soon showed less resistant tc pressure. Transactions in Liberty bonds were again large, mainly, however, at moderate mod-erate recovorles. I KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 23 Hogs -Receipts 20,000; markot higher. Heavy $1G.S017.35; butchers 17.000) 17.40; lights $16.7617.20; pigs $12.50 fH4.25. Cattle Receipts 1,000; markot higher. high-er. Steers $18,0020.00; western $12.0016.00; cows $6.7514.00; heifers hei-fers ?7.5014.25; stockers $7.50 16.00; calves $7.0013.50. Sheep Receipts 2,500; market steady. stea-dy. Lambs ?12.00 1-1.50; yearlings ?11.0015.50: wethers $9.00T10.25; ewes ?7.508.75. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK CHICAGO, Dec. 23. (United States Bureau of Markets) Hogs Receipts 5,000; market strong. Bulk of sales $17.3017.65; butchers $17.-1517.70; light $1G.70Q17.50; packing $16.G5 17.45; throwouts in.50'&l6.50; pigs, good to choice, $13.50if?15.00. ! Cattle Receipts 200,00; market strong to 25c higher; calves 25c lower. Beef cattle: good, choice and prime ?15.0019.50; common and medium $9,00 15.00; butcher stock, cows and heifers $7.25014.00; canners and cutters cut-ters $6.65(0)7.25; stockers and feeders, fcood, choice and fancy $12.25o13.50; inferior, common and medium $7.25 10.25; veal calves, good and choice. $14:0014.50. Sheep Receipts 12,000; markot on i killing classes opening strong, mostly 1 25c higher; feeders strong; lambs I choice and prime $14.S5015.00; medium me-dium and good $13.0??13.S5, culls $9.5Q tf?12.00; eVes, choice and prime $9.25 tf?9.50; medium and good $8. 00 (0)9.25; culls $1. 00(g) 6.75. n ' OGDEN LIVESTOCK Cattle Receipts 530; choice heavy steers $10.0()12.00; good steers $9.00 10.00; fair steers $8.009.00; choice feeder steers $S.00(H)10.00; choice cows and heifers S7.O0&S.00; fair to good cows and heifers $6.007.00; cutters $4.00(8)5.00; canners $3.004.00, choice feeder cows $G.007.00; fat bulls $6.00 7.00; bologna bulls $5.00(gG.00; veal calves $8.0010.00. Hogs Receipts 1360; choice fat hogs 175 to 250 pounds $15.75. Sheep Receipts 590; choice lambs $12.0013.00; wethers $8'.09.00; fat ewes $7.008.00; feeder lambs $10.00 11.00. OMAHA LIVESTOCK OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 23 Hogs Receipts Re-ceipts 6.300; market steady. Heavy $1G.7517.25; mixed $16.9017.10; light $16.50()17.15; pigs $10.00g15.00; bulk of sales $16.9017.10. Cattle Receipts 6,600; market active, ac-tive, stronger. Native steers $18.00 1S.50; cows and heifers $7.00g)12.00; western steers $9.0016.00; Texas steers $8.5012.25; cows and heifers $6.50(8)11.00; canners $6.00(8)7.00; stockers $6,00(8)15.00; calves $7.50 13.75. Sheep Receipts 11,500, market steady. stea-dy. Culls $4.507.50; wetlier3 $10?00 10.50; ewes $7.608.50; lambs $12.00 14.25; feeder lambs $10.00)14.25; yearlings $10.00(8)10.75. j SUGAR MARKET . NEW YORK, Dec. 23 Raw sugar steady; centrifugal 7.28c. Refined steady; cut loaf 10.50c; crushed 10.25c; mould A 9.50c; cubes 9.75c; XXXX powdered 9.20c; powdered 9.15c; fine granulated and diamond A 9.00c; confectioners' con-fectioners' A 8.90c; No. 1 8.85c. |