Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 5, February 2, 1884.: A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and FiresideVarious
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Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 5, February 2, 1884.: A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside
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Agriculture -- United States -- Periodicals; Farm life -- Periodicals; United States -- Rural conditions -- Periodicals
Lowest grades 14@16
Low medium 18@22
Medium 22@26
Fine 16@24
Wools from New Mexico:
Lowest grades 14@16
Part improved 16@17
Best improved 19@23
Burry from 2c to 10c off; black 2c to 5c off.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
The total receipts and shipments for last week were as follows:
Received. Shipped.
Cattle 37,991 19,093
Calves 405 102
Hogs 114,732 38,855
Sheep 19,746 14,806
CATTLE.—The receipts have been large for a few days, and prices have
declined about 25 cents per hundred since Thursday of last week. The
grade has been far from first-class, but few of them weighing over
1,400 lbs. The export demand for really choice stock was greater than
the supply. Common to choice lots sold to shippers at $5@6 70, with some
sales as low as $4 75.
Quotations closed as follows:
Fancy heavy fat cattle Nominal.
Choice to prime steers $ 6 70@ 7 15
Good to choice steers 6 25@ 6 65
Fair to good shipping steers 5 65@ 6 20
Common to medium steers 4 75@ 5 00
Butcher’s steers 4 65@ 5 10
Cows, common to good 3 25@ 4 70
Common canning cattle 2 25@ 3 20
Stockers 3 80@ 4 50
Feeders 4 50@ 5 10
Milch cows, per head 25 00@55 00
Veal calves, per 100 lbs. 4 00@ 7 50
HOGS.—Most of the packing houses are closed, yet there are a few
packers competing with the shippers. Prices are now about 30 cents lower
than last year at this time. Receipts were about 16,000 head on Sunday
and Monday. The number of hogs left over last night was very small. The
market, however, was rather weak, except for choice, well-fattened hogs.
Sales of rough packing hogs were made at $5 50@5 95; good to choice
heavy, $6@6 55; light, $5 40@6; skipps and culls, $3 75@5 35.
Note.—All sales of hogs are made subject to a shrinkage of 40 lbs for
piggy sows and 80 lbs for stags. Dead hogs sell for 1½c per lb for
weights of 200 and over and [Transcriber’s Note: blank in the original]
for weights of less than 100 lbs.
SHEEP.—The supply was good, yesterday, and also on Sunday, there being
7,500 head, against 3,400 for the same days a week ago. The average
grade was poor. Sales ranged from $3 05 to $6 for common to prime.
Common lots suffered a decline.
* * * * *
J. H. WHITE & CO.,
PRODUCE COMMISSION
106 S. Water St., Chicago.
Refers to this paper.
* * * * *
DAIRY SUPPLIES, ETC.
THE CHICAGO CREAMERY.
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