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Sioux City Livestock Market Strong on Top Steers and Hogs Down
Sioux City market week ending August 27 1953 shows wider gap between top and lower grade steers with best cattle firm while duller types eased by over $1. Demand waned late and similar trends appeared in heifers. Top steer $27.25 at 1220 lb from Remsen. Hogs slid $1.75 to $2.00 as wholesale prices fell. Fat lambs $20–$21, ewes $3.50–$5.50, feeding lambs weak careening to $18 toward end. Breeding ewes around $13–$14 per head and yearlings about $19.
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Sioux City
Iowa
George Mehlop
Remsen
George Hoffman, Sr
Ida Grove