The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 167 pages of information about The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884.

The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 167 pages of information about The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884.

WOOL.—­from store range as follows for bright wools from Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Eastern Iowa—­dark Western lots generally ranging at 1 @ 2c per lb. less.

Coarse and dingy tub 25 @ 30
Good medium tub 31 @ 34
Unwashed bucks’ fleeces 14 @ 15
Fine unwashed heavy fleeces 18 @ 22
Fine light unwashed heavy fleeces 22 @ 23
Coarse unwashed fleeces 21 @ 22
Low medium unwashed fleeces 24 @ 25
Fine medium unwashed fleeces 26 @ 27
Fine washed fleeces 32 @ 33
Coarse washed fleeces 26 @ 28
Low medium washed fleeces 30 @ 32
Fine medium washed fleeces 34 @ 35

Colorado and Territory wools range as follows: 

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 25,594 13,722
Calves 353 166
Hogs 45,376 31,864
Sheep 14,206 8,903

The live stock receipts are increasing, and show a large gain over last week.

CATTLE.—­The receipts for Sunday and Monday were rather large, being estimated at 6,800 head of cattle, as against 3,700 received in the corresponding time last week.  Shipping grades of cattle were active and firm yesterday at $5 @ 6 67-1/2, exporters taking a fair number.  Common lots were lower, with sales to dressed-beef buyers as low as $4 25.  A good share of the day’s trading was done at $5 70 @ 6 60.  Quotations are as follows: 

Fancy fat cattle $ 6 75 @ 7 00
Choice to prime steers 6 05 @ 6 70
Fair to good shipping steers 5 55 @ 6 00
Common to medium steers 4 25 @ 5 50
Butcher’s steers 4 50 @ 5 00
Cows and bulls, common to good 3 00 @ 4 25
Inferior cows and bulls 2 00 @ 2 95
Stockers 3 40 @ 4 40
Feeders 4 25 @ 4 75
Milch cows, per head 25 00 @55 00
Veal calves, per 100lbs 4 00 @ 7 25

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