Show HAMIET MATTERS how he C cattle A t t ae trade de in chicago las st stood 0 0 d last st week editha T the he live stock market during the week just closed has ruled pretty firm and in the main satisfactory to salesmen at the opening receipts were light while the demand started in in remark ably well isell all classes of buyers except ex exporters potters being largely re represented presente d I 1 holders adert at once demanded advanced rates all around and while they did not succeed in rotting quotably higher eriv 4 vit values lues were very firm and eales were made much more easily than at the close of the preceding week the better feeling wai was largay in ingoe good fal fat shipping droves and in su such beeves as are ordinarily sold for dressed beef though even rough lean cattle changed hands easil yat steady rates butchers stock too was stronger there was an active demand for forbort coors a and mixed lots and the daily supply being quite moderate good to choice grades showed an advance of about loc inferior to fair butchering lots however were slow and stud did not self sell quotably better in the market for ranee range cattle offerings fer 1 were comparatively light th this is caused a stronger feeling for the better drove sand prices were a shade higher here and there tho though ugh there was nu no quotable advance L low 0 w grade texans however dragged at barely steady rates a and nd thin rough wet west erns were bard hard to dispose of stockers and feeders met with a very fair inquiry and trading was moderately active at generally firm figures some fair calves were also selling at good prices As the week advanced shipping cattle were a trifle clumpy though good to choice export grades eold bold at about unchanged quotations and the few very prime beeves which were in the yards found ready buyers but the general demand for ordinarily good cattle was very weak some holders of heavy fat animals that were a little ng asmuth as anyone buyers stood off bidding considerably bl y lower and while they did noi not obtain all they asked common to medium cattle were alow irand and were made madd at weaker rates butchers stock was generally unchanged good fat cows and heifers heffers were wanted ata at strong figures feeding bulls too sold well but coarse oxen iran lean cows and steers and bulla bulls not tui lable for feeding were in large supply and very light demand texans and western cattle were in moderated mode moderately ratel good request but prices were with difficulty sustained low grades were especially weak and pris cea ces for nich tuch dropped loc all kinds ot of L rs and feeders were firm and there was an especially active movement in the market for thrift thrifty young voting cattle country buyers were T here bere iere in good numbers besides ma many n y orders for young animals in tho the h hands nd of commission men As the week drew to a close the general market was weaker ane few choice butchers offered were taken at prices only a shaving off olf but grades below choice cli oice suffered a decline of 10 the weaker feeling was not due to large supplies a as thay they were below the recent average age but t was ascribed to the unfavorable turn in the new york market where a decline in common grades grade of waa wa i reported trade was lacking in activity buyers not being at all eager to invest even at the decline fr from om aa for rough lots prices ran up to but the bulk of the shipping steers changed hands between and cows bulls and euch such other descriptions as local butchers seek ware were about steady there was a good demand from the local trade and from canners so that holders 1 found no difficulty in disposing of their cattle sales nf of cows were at 2 65 G for poor to prime lots bulls went at 25 and steers at 1150 rangers came in id in only moderate numbers westerns We sterns of fair to prime quality were firm but poor lots were off texans too declined about loc quotations range from for lean texana texans to for arit prime I 1 ie western steers stockers Stoc kera and feeders continued in fairly active demand and prices were strong at the recent advance or at sit for the former and to for the latter there baa has been fair activity in the demand for good to prime sh sheep beep and that class has remained firm poorer sorts have been but little sought for and being in pretty full supply have declined a trifle latest sales run from for inferior to for good ones ories BEEF CHICAGO oct 25 |