Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-07
ARRIVALS AT CHICAGO ARE THE
LiGHTEsT FOR A FULL WEEK
SINCE OCTOBER, 1912
CALVES SHOW A GAIN
Veal Market Assists in Scoring Al
vance B. Increased Demand
From Packers for Easter
Trade Needs.

' mere Is no ldN.ll W kiiisA Nt>''
/ of the live stock markets at the Cnica'
| go yards this week, generally speaking
MONDAYS decline in the cattle dlNlsioI
! has been fully recovered and some au
! vances scored, in addition. Calves es-
pecially strong,
Prices Of hogs have once more gone
beyond the peg" mark at $3.50 aho
closing prices for the week are apou'
the highest. Supply for the week Is
the smallest in over year, resoltlhs
in gains of 1GG25c.
Sheep had their best mark Tuesday
and Wednesday when the $500 !eVe
was reached, while lambs made an al
vence Of ten cents on Monday selling al
$3.50. The closing prices show THESE
gains about wiped out though the tone
is steady
| Cattle Finish Strong
Though the cattle market got bao
start on Monday the close for the Week
appears to possess more stability and
prices for quality stuff are considered
strong. The top for the week stopped
at $3.50 which is quarter below that
of week ago but is not considered as
a decline considering the, grade.
In this weeks trade the lower the
quality the meaner has been the mar.
ket. Quality has had the call at all
times, showed the least weakness on
Monday and the most strength suose ;.
quently. Demand has continued OF
comparatively narrow proportions and
the improvement in the trade since the
bad acting late market of Monday has
been made possible only by the mea-
gerness Of the offering.
There is more real urgency behind
demand for fat heifer yearlingS ana
even the prime kinds Of heavier weight,
as indicated by the sale here yester-
day of one load Of very prime strong
weight heifers at 1915. as high as any
thing in the heifers line OF the weight
has sold in load lots here this year.
Scarcity Of strictly choice light heifers,
however, is very pronounced and COM
paratively few choice to prime fat cows
are coming, the major portion of the
COW run consisting Of very ordinary
to right good killers with dairy stuff,
which continues to get strong price
discrimination, much In evidence
Plain and medium heifers We're dull
and steady, getting short outside de-
mand, and the main packer call was
for a good kind Midweek price i'm
provement FOR right good to choice
grades was still in force, and these
showed 1oG15c gain over the Monday
basis, bulk holding firm with the close
last week, though the plain and med
ium cows were off mostly 10@ 15c from
a week ago. and some trades in the
dairy stuff have shown 15G25c decline.
Thursday run was light and this was
a good thing for the trade in view of
small packer needs. Short supplies
have been had locally and in the west
for weeks past but still the demand
requirements have been, we'll filled. Bad
beef trade locally and eastward has
long been a bearish pressure and in
fluences which brought it about are
not likely to be removed in the near
future. A lot of the stock is being held
for breeding this spring and were there
the usual movement of it into the mar
ket current prices could not prevail.
Bull market while showing a shade
more life than during the midweek is
still in bad shape as regards values.
The demand is light all around. more
so for bolognas. The bulk of the beef
and bologna class is off .abOut a quar-
ter from last week and others Of q thin
undesirable kind are still lower. Fancy
light weights still bring around $3.50
but the number. reaching this place Is
few and far between.
The weeks bull trade has been on
the lowest levels Of the year much of
the supply selling fully 75c under the
showing more loss Eastern orders
calling for choice heavy bolognas were
filed around s6.15@6.25 but $6@6.1o
is taking a good middle and strong
weight class Of bologna bulls and at
low spot yesterday many such sold
down to S5.S5M5.9O. while common to
decent 900 to 1150-lb bolognas sell
down to S5.5oM 5.75, and a Gamer sort
ranges down to IS. Big weight beef
bulls are under killers ban and selling
largely down to s6.3066.60 for a plain
ri H1rHy- WEIGHT fat
butchers Of choice grade are meeting
fair call around S6.75 and higher, q
prime kind being quotable up to $7.15
M7.40.
Calves Back to 10c.
Packers have been foremost in the
activity of tho calf market this week
and the 1oc level is again in evidence.
Easter trade requirements are given as
the logical reason for this weeks firm
or tone EIeavies are very scarce and
sold to strong demand. Bulk of good
to strong weight killers are bringing 81
to IS, fair to good a dollar less. Stock
steer calves also sold higher. Good to
choice steer calves ere worth $50 a s
and fair to good at $7dl1.5o.
In the stocker and feede" class. de-
mand centers in the light weights,
feeders being convinced that they can
produce weight cheaper than they can
DuI II. s>tti1 EIdueS dftS III Ill SStleIS dEu
are making stronger prices than a
week ago. The extreme top has not
changed for this class. during the week
from a week ago. In the 100000 pound
class however some extreme declines
Of 10M Soc are noted.
Gamers and cutters are closing
about 10c lower than week ago and
although supplies are light there is no
breadth to demand
A new Development in connection
with Argentina imports is the holding
UP of lot Of stuff by government in
spectors. BY the time Argentina beef
goes across to London and is again
ira nsferred to New York 1t gets
"slumpy" and to avert this importers
are using fornldehyde process Of
preservation. This Is permitted in Eu-
ropean trade but inspectors at New
York do not consider the meat fit for
consumption. Washington. however, on
being appealed to by the importers
ordered it released Word also comes
from New York that a large pcrcen-
tage of the frozen beef tongues com
ing from Argentina show LESSONS of
actinomycosis.
A dispatch from Brisbane, Australia,
says the first direct shipment Of frozen
beef from Australia to New York is on
the ocean 1t comprises 5000 quarters
Of frozen beef and 16o quarters Of veal.