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Show ffORLD'S IBKETS 1 NEW YORK, March 1. Advances outnumbered declines at the opening of today's stock market but the tone continued Irregular. St. Paul common gained a substantial fraction while the preferred lost iy points. United States Steel, soiling minus its divldonds of 44. per cent, made a slight gain and minor equipments were fractionally higher with Bethlehem Steel, Crucible Steel, Marino, Sumatra Tobacco and Cuba Cane Sugar. Liberty bonds were strong. Stocks developed general heaviness before the end of the first hour, reactions reac-tions of 1 to almost 2 points being registered reg-istered by representative issues such as United States Seel, Marine preferred prefer-red and Reading. Other active equipments equip-ments and war specialties forfeited early gains with pronounced weakness 1 in toboccas. Short selling was Invited by latest aspects of tho war situation. Therp was a moderate rally toward noon but trading continued cautious. Liberty 3's sold at 97.90 to 98, first 4'a at D7.08 to 97.18 and second 4's at 96.40 to 96.60. CHICAGO HOG MARKET. CHICAGO, March 1. HOGS Receipts Re-ceipts 42,000; market unsettled at yesterday's yes-terday's average to 10c lower. Bulk $16.0016.40; light $16.0016.75; mixed $15.85()16.60; heavy $15.70 16.35; rough $15.70(5)15.90; pigs $11.50 16.26. LOCAL LIVESTOCK MARKET. UNION STOCK YARDS, OG-DEN, March 1. CATTLE Receipts, 114; market, steady; choice steers, $10.25; good steers, $8.009.00; feeder steers, $7.008.00; choice cows and heifers, $8.00; fair to good cows and heifers, $6.00(g)7.50; canncrs, $4.005-00; feeder feed-er cows, $5.00$6.50; veal calves, $9.00 (g10.00; choice bulls, $7.00; bologna bulls, $6.006.50. HOGS Receipts, 120; market, steady; tops, $16.75; bulk of sales, $16.75. . . SHEEP Receipts. 290S; market, steady; lambs, $14.0015.00; ewes, $9.0010.50. OMAHA LIVESTOCK. OMAHA, Neb., March 1. HOGS Receipts 13,000; market steady. Heavy $15.7015.95; mixed $15.7515.90; light ?15.6516.00; pigs $10.0015.00; bulk of salos $15.7515.90. o CATTLE Receipts 3800; market steady. Native steers $9.0013.25; cows and heifers $7.5011.00; western steers $S.5012.25; Texas steers $7.50 10.50; cows and heifers $7.009.50; canners $6.507.75; stockers and feeders $6,50(g11.50; calves $9.00 15.00; bulls, stags, etc. $7.5010.25. SHEEP Receipts 6500; market strong. Yearlings ?12.0015.00; wethers weth-ers $11.0013.00; ewes $10.5012,50; lambs $15.2517.00. KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK. KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 1. HOGS Receipts 15,000; market1 ii I i steady Bulk ?16.0016.30; heaw ' $16.20516.35; .packers and butcher $16,1016.35; light ?16.0016.30: S $13.5015.75. ' pigs CATTLE Receipts 5000; market steady. Prime fed steer9 ?11 00 13.75; dressed beef steers $11000 13.00; western steers $9.7o13 00 southern steers 57.5010.50; cowa $7.50 1 1.00; heifers $8.0012 00-Blockers 00-Blockers and feeders ' $7.5012 50-bulls 50-bulls ?7.25S10.25; calves $7.00r59 1 SHEEP Receipts 4000; mari-ei steady. Lambs S15.751G.85; yearl-ings yearl-ings $13 0014.25; wethers S12 00 ' 13.25; ewes $12.2512.50. ' 1 oo |
