Show RECORD PRICES PAID FOR SHEEP lambs bring 1050 at kansas city market kansas city stock stoc k yards april 9 1915 there has been an advance of 10 to 20 cents in cattle prices this week and the trade has a more satisfactory is tone buyers show more interest and the salesmen are able to excite maximum competition on all kinds of cattle heretofore the indifference of buyers has been genuine enough to make them thein immune from arts of sales salesmen nen to force higher I 1 bids on certain classes heavy steers especially heavy native steers now reach with ease if quality is present and bulk of steers sell at to cows and butcher cattle have b ave taken a minimum advance this week and veal calves are lower tops at 1000 western steers and anda quarantines got the full advance being in light supply and of a class most wanted by killers western steers are now quotable at 75 to and fed quarantines to stockers and feeders remain firm most of the steers selling at to in both the stocker and feeder classes it has been ap for some som e time that something must happen to more alers properly properly apportion values of fat steers and of stockers and feeders and this is now being done in the manner most pleasing to cattle owners namely by the fat steers drawing away from the stockers and feeders in the price per pound hogs have found a good outlet this week the moderate receipts finding anxious bidders in the whole field of buyers receipts today are head making a total of far the week sales were 10 higher today top bulk of sales to activity of order buyers has brought competition from packers to a kal keen en edge and the narrow range of the sales shows that all buyers are equally in need of hogs heavy hogs are nearer the top than usual at this season and pigs also bring top figures local prices are 5 to 15 cents above other river markets and close to chicago because of the strong demand here sheep and lambs are closing the week at the highest point ever reached 35 to 50 cents above a week ago lambs sold at 1050 today and ewes brought yesterday feeding lambs good quality fed stock will be scarce and firm for some weeks yet some low grade texas stuff sold at to today but good clipped texas are worth around |