Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-15
THERE WERE FEW OFFERINGS OF
QUALITY FOR BUYERS TO
TAKE,
HOG MARKET HELD
j STEADY TO STRONG
Good Demand for H..vi.. While
/! Mixed Sorts Ranged From Higher
+; to Lower According to Weight and
! ouality-sheep Strong, Tho Quality
I Was Generally Inferior.

Chicago, June 15.-Cattle were
steady, steers a little more than nom
analy SO, owing to the fact that there
was little of quality for buyers to take.
Offerings ran largely to Texans. and
the latter sold at about the previous
price levels. Butcher cattle were steady
with little show of strength near the
close, and offerings were well taken
care Of
Corn-fed beef promises to be scarce
Tor many months to come. Grass is the
Influence now and when the consumer
buys what the retailer insists is corn
1ed beef he is a victim Of imposition.
Less corn will be fed to cattle and
hogs this summer and fall than ever
before for the reason that it is not in
the country. There will be grass beef
IN abundance, much Of it poor, some
OF fair quality and but little displaying
excellence.
A year ago one load Of primo 1,1o7-
ID Hereford yearlings sold at $40,
which price was top OF me year on the
open market The market q year ago
this week 0rned ! q IS cents higher
than the previous week. in which vail
ues advanced 5000 csnts, but later
the boom sabsided, the market clos
ing year ago this week minus about
all the big gains noted the two weeks
previous.
Hogs were uneven. demand for
heavy being such as 70 hold them
steady TO strong, while mixed sorts
were higher to lower. dependable on
the weight and quality. Prime lights,
which shippers eagerly sought where
heavies were not available for their
needs, sold at prices slightly above
those of yesterday.
With the country short on both hogs
and corn the reason for the price as
cent in recent weeks has been plain.
Packers have faced a broad outlet for
fresh pork products at the best prices
in many months and the available sup
ply of hogs has been smaller than US
ual Another bullish factor in the
trade has been the big demand for lard.
Packers have been keen for all the big
hogs which came nlarketward and in
the two weeks the demand for lard
hegs has been SO strenuous that these,
even tho they were stays, have COM
raanded premium over choice strong
weight barrows.
High cost Of feed has been cause for
comparatively poor quality of market
lngs for a long time The average
weight Of arrivals has run considerably
bower than normal at this time of
year. With the hogs selling high and
the cost Of production at high point
the country has been shipping light
and mixed classes freely and lament
ing the scarcity of the heavy grades,
which have commanded the high
prices Results have been that there is
now known 70 be a quite short crop Of
strong weight hogs available for mar
ket and in event Of the fresh meat and
lard demand holsing good in the COM
ing weeks there seems small proba bill
ity Of the market working much lower
once having hit an IS top.
Sheep.
Sheep were strong. but offerings
were in scattered lots and the quality
was generally inferior Fed clipped
lambs touched record price Of So, bu;
offerings were of especially fine quail
ty. The marekt generally, for lambs
was strong.