Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-16
PAY 10 CENTS ADVANCE OVER
BEST FIGURES OF THURSDAYS
SESSION.
RECEIPTS WERE SMALLER
AT ALL WESTERN MARKETS
Looked Weak-Sheep and Lambs
Steady to Strong Prime Lambs
Show 10 to IS Cents Advance-Re.
view Of Market Conditions.

CHICAGO June l6.-HogS We're strong
Packers failed 10 force prices below the
initial quotations. and secured their
quota Of stuff of about 10 cents over
the best figures of the previous SEES
sion. Receipts We're smaller at ak
markets.
Continued heavy receipts at the Mis-
souri, river. especially at Kansas City
IS a factor in that territory. When
grass fails hogs are usually marketed
and continued dry weather spells heav-
Ter June receipts than would have been
abundant \ heavy run is seasonable,
as June usually finds We'll filed mar
ketS and lower prices than rule later
Provision trade has not yielded ma
ter;ally to the heavy hot run. Local
speculative sentiment is naturally i'm
pressed with hog receipts. but traders
realize that it is the season of the year
Tor liberal runs and some stock &C
cumulations. altho Shipments OF pro-
ducts are very heavy. and the trade IS
IN a healthy shape. and that the Eng
lish demand for hams and bacon Is
still iNs!stent
Cattle.
Cattle were not active but all the
better grades looked a little weak
AS measured from week ago, gem
e-al prices for stuff of value at S6.OOI
$50 show a rise Of 10 cents. but it is
chiefly discern!ble in s6.l5 and higher
pretty good killers, are only steady
with last week and it IS a barely
steady trade for the undesirable. low
S. SO and down.
FOR good steers al this week, but as
was predicted some weeks ago, the
discrimination against grassy and
short-fed stuff is becoming stronger
Price spread continues to widen and
this situation is expected to prevail
for weeks to come. The country is
running more or less shy OF high quail
ity steers and since the demand for
high grade beef IS in pretty good gen.
eral shape the trade is able to force
higher prices for the top kinds. altho
there has been 10 bette-ment IN values
for medium and plain grades in recent
weeks and as these are now coming in
competition with q lot OF Texas and
southwestern stuff off pastures and
also as that crop is likely to Increase
as Il result OF dry weather IN the
southwest there are few sellers who
take a hopeful view Of prospects af-
fecting the medium and plain natives.
Where these grades are on good
pasture they should be held there. but
the feeders who have short grass are
not much inclined to hang on in face
o. mean conditions affecting Kansas
and Nebraska and grass cattle. The
latter will have to come forward by
force of feed shortage and evidence Of
The enforced shipping is not lacking
this week. the six markets receipts be-
ing 142 600 N four days this week,
against $4,000 a week ago. only 1900
OF which increase IN supplies has been
shown at Chicago. Here the four days
total stands 46.70O, against 45,126 a
week ago and 1924 a year ago. while
in face Of this slight increase in ar
rivals as against q week ago, the ship
ments from here a. 1898 show 500 de-
crease from a week go. but in the fact
that the New York and Boston demand
for good steers has been firm the trade
. mas not ItIL lIle uSCIIIIc III NoIUiHt VI
shipping orders.
Sheep.
Sheep and lambs were steady to
strong Prime spring lambs sold at an
advance OF 10 and Is cents, with top
sorts a. s1.25.
The four-day run, locally, is up to
about 5000, a decrease Of $500 from
ike period last week, and $500 less
than rhe CORES pOr6inp time a wear
ago The supply in the west also
shows a shrinkage from last week, five
leading western markets having re-
ceived about 10000 thus far this
week, which Is 1900 less than like
period las: week and 1900 less than a
year ago.