| Show MATTERS lion how flip he cattle trade in lit 0 stood last week from tur ur lairon IIER HERALD ALin tim the livestock market during tho the week just closed has shown no material change i in values though the feeling especially y toward the tile lose close has been easier an and d trade generally slow shipping c tattle opened steady the tone ot of tile market waff waw decidedly more buoyant but there were many inferior to fair animals here wl alij Ij met inet with but little demand aird bu to drag the few cht hi t siuai tuai beeves received did not at it much notice Therewa there was savery a ery limited inquiry f lor or very extra cattle and it take much to elut a holiday market the general cow market however was active actie and quotations quotation s 11 firm r m this was partly due to the lack of texans and partly to free buying by canners and city butchers ansome in some cases good choice to cows corsand and heidere hei fere fers sold lulic higher but as a rule hit the advance dij till not amount to inbae than about 6 5 stockers i wl 1 feeders ruled steady alo principal business bein being done by yar aru speculators one or two loti of range cattle were tak taken en for feeders feed cra As the week advanced tho tile market became very veryn certain ertain and unset unsettled Md there were extra cattle choice cattle good catall and inferior cattle all in a abundant iso while the demand cealy M was easy and A shipping orders were light now and then a particularly particular desirable lot was taken at gm good figures but buyers acro bro liard hard to prease preasa and the tendency of the market was downward butchers continued active and the situation was very satisfactory to to li holders of desirable lots the tile supplies of native canning cattle too were small and trade was lively livey even ei en thin rough old cows brin bringing izing steady rate rates while vv hile quotations generally showed a further slight advance range cattle also wa we re about 10 jac 5 1119 to the cry very sma small I 1 number numb erv leans b pans I 1 here tere in sto curr and feeders there wal was not much 0 business done owing partly to the tile cold stormy weather and partly to abo fact that tile supply and demand dei nind both light prices were practically unchanged during the he last day of ho the week the tile shipping market changed decidedly for the tile borao tho the wead weather I 1 er was bleak and stormy and salesmen who did lid not hao have positive orders to till fill did not prospect about the alleys to any great extent then too th tho e demand was not all spirited and rod the prevalent re valent feeling lacked buoyancy fly by dinhof dint of hard work however r and plenty of it 11 millers sellers manag managed ed to prevent ve 11 t any 1 ny 1 important break in scat sent undesirable lots sold 10 a cheaper ih caper but tile general average ave rage of prices was a only a trifle off on not include many chilco ahoi drove 4 and there was only here and there a palo at better than so 30 50 bile hile tho the pro ailing prices were 14 00 on 5 25 common to good droves river nv er aging 1000 to 1430 1 1501 lbs bs point goine at that range some yowe poor lota lots changed bands hands at 3 75 90 0 and 6 50 Q 7 50 was paid for a few christmas steers averaging average 11 JO V 0 O I 1 ibs ba ro stock came forward rather more eie treely ely but between tanners canners everything was promptly taken and rud the tile market held beld linn firm inferior to choice cows sold at bulls at 2 25 4 00 and poor to clesby steers at sa 75 H 25 vor veal c were scArce u and high bigit quoted ata at 4 75 5 g 75 7 5 ro for poor fo extra only a few texans were offered they rhey vere in good demand a at 1 an sit advance on the tile prices a fort fortnight ni ga a ago at 40 GO 50 c 1 being cang now quoted at t lff fo for r inferior to choice only a light inquiry existed for stockers kers and feeders but the tile few sales made showed no loss in in prices the lormer being bein quoted at VIA e 4 00 and ilia latter at au the receipts however are comine to exceed tho the demand and unless buy era take hold pretty soon it will not bo be easy to sustain present prices sheep are quiet the demanti demand for good to extra grades keepe keeps pace with the supply anil anu for that dabs class the market holds firm but poor sorts are as muc much under hunder neglect as everand prices continue low and unsatisfactory aside from two or three bu bunche nelles of christmas sheep there have been no sa ales es at avei over 4 OO whilo 9 2 75 73 6 37 gets the largi r part pirt of the stuff brnca CurcA oo deal 20 |
