_Cured pork and lard._--The domestic demand for cured pork cuts and lard, while fair for the season, was not of sufficient volume to offset the decline in live-stock markets and prices registered sharp declines. Dry salt meats and lard were in relatively better demand than hams, bacon, and picnics, and showed proportionately smaller declines. At the close wholesale prices of hams at Chicago were off $3 to $3.50, bacon $2 to $2.50, and picnics $1.50 to $2. The net decline on lard amounted to 75¢, dry salt backs 50¢ to 75¢, and dry salt bellies about $1. Reacting from the general upward trend of prices during August, compound lard markets were weak and closing prices were unevenly 75¢ to $1.50 under the opening. =STOCKER AND FEEDER SHIPMENTS.= Week ending Friday, Sept. 30. ---------------------+-------+-----+------- |Cattle | | | and |Hogs.| Sheep. |calves.| | ---------------------+-------+-----+------- Market origin: | | | Chicago | 11,838| ... | 41,892 East St. Louis | 6,799| 551| 1,289 Fort Worth | 3,097| 353| 177 Indianapolis | 1,675| 537| 262 Kansas City | 26,728|2,428| 10,674 Oklahoma City | 2,504| 272| ... Omaha | 21,578| ... | 54,992 St. Joseph | 3,611| 145| 8,148 St. Paul | 9,745| 204| 3,837 Sioux City | 11,497|2,223| 5,651 Wichita | 2,605| 127| ... +-------+-----+------- Total |101,677|6,840|126,922 Previous week | 93,564|5,770| 80,524 Same week last year|109,142|8,795|168,815 +=======+=====+======= State destination: | | | Arkansas | 30| 146| ... California | 364| ... | ... Georgia | 78| ... | ... Idaho | 2| ... | ... Illinois | 16,394|1,016| 18,285 Indiana | 5,966| 537| 13,297 Iowa | 21,252|2,564| 27,640 Kansas | 6,823| 538| 1,482 Kentucky | 715| ... | 1,671 Maryland | 162| ... | 656 Massachusetts | 24| ... | ... Michigan | 1,160| ... | 9,696 Minnesota | 1,899| 642| 3,931 Missouri | 13,765| 431| 15,310 Nebraska | 17,666| 563| 24,891 New Jersey | 19| ... | ... New York | ... | ... | 884 Ohio | 4,112| 216| 4,607 Oklahoma | 3,571| 126| ... Pennsylvania | 4,490| ... | ... South Dakota | 1,201| ... | 1,877 Tennessee | 26| ... | ... Texas | 1,190| 61| 177 Virginia | 25| ... | ... West Virginia | 56| ... | ... Wisconsin | 687|1,866| 2,518