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shipped from Cooper county, consisted of 20 head of choicely fatted 

 1,5'74-poiind steers, which sold June 8 at $8.60 per hundred weight. 



The highest point by the stocker steer market at the National yards 

 was during the week of April 30, when a sale was made at 614 cents. 



The Daily Drovers Telegram of Kansas City, in its review of the 

 cattle markets, says : ' ' The shortage in supplies naturally kept prices 

 soaring in the first eight months, when the toppy beeves ranged anywhere 

 from 15 cents to $1.50, mostly 60 cents to $1.25, higher than in the cor- 

 responding months in 1909. In the last four months of the year price 

 conditions were reversed. Increased feeding operations resulted in the 

 free marketing of short-fed cattle and prices began to sag in September 

 with material declines up to the final months, when there was a slight 

 reaction from the low level. In 1909, the last four months saw prices 

 of choice toppy beeves 25 cents to $3.00 aliove the past year, and at the 

 highest level ever known. ]\Iany peculiar and interesting features de- 

 veloped from the violent fiuctuations in fed steers in the last quarter, 

 prominent among which was the pronounced discrimination against 

 prime heavy steers averaging over 1,300 pounds. It will be remembered 

 there was a constant clamor for light and handy weight steers, and these 

 sold frequently 50 cents to $1.00 above the extreme heavy weights and 

 the men who took the pains to finish the latter generally lost money." 



Tep prices for native steers on the Kansas City market during 1910 

 were: January, $7.40; February, $7.50; March, $8.35; April, $8.40; 

 May, $8.30 ; June, $8.50 ; July, $8.25 ; August, $8.15 ; September, $8.10 ; 

 October, $8.60; November, $7.35; December, $7.35. 



The Reporter, in its review of the 1910 hog market, says: "The 

 year started out with the top around $8.50, but soon reached $9.00, and 

 by the first of March was up to $10.00. During March prices advanced 

 rapidly and readied $11 before the end of the month. Early in April 

 the high notch w^as reached, $11.15, thereby surpassing all previous rec- 

 ords for this market. Values soon dropped off and went under $10 

 before the month of April was gone. The front figure remained nine 

 from the latter part of April until nearly the middle of September, when 

 for a short time $10.00 or a little more was paid. Nine was again the 

 front figure until the first of November, when prices started down again 

 and did not stop until $6.95 was the high point before the month was 

 gone. The market reacted during December and reached $7.95." 



The highest full carload of hogs sold at the National Stock Yards, 

 East St. Louis, came from Moniteau county, ]\Iissouri. There were 64 

 head of these hogs, averaging 29.^ pounds, and they sold on March 29 at 

 $11.10 per hunclredweiglit. On the previous day. when the top price of 



