The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-08

4 white, 1854 @37Rc; standard 1874
@3914c.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.
Chicago, Jan. T.
| HOGS-Market slow and SOLO
lower than Tuesdays average; mixed
and butchers, $7.85@S20; good to
choice heavy, $S.00@S25; rough
heavy, $7.S5@795; light, $7S5@S.1O;
Workers, $S.O5@S10; bulk, $S.05m
$40; pigs, $6.75@79O.
CATTLE-Market steady to 10
lower; beeves, $6.60@9.3O; cows and
heifers, $3.50@S.35; stockers and
feeders, $5OO@740; westerns, $500
! @7S5; native calves, $7.5O611.75.
! SHEEP-Market slow and steady
at Tuesdays close; native sheep,
! $4!75@6.05; western sheep, $475@
| $40; yearlings, $5.S0@7O0; native
lambs, $6.70@72O; western lambs.
$6.75@S.20; ewes, $3.30@5.3O.
Closing Prices.
HOGS-Closing slow and weak at
early decline; mixed and butchers,
$7.S5@820; good to choice heavy.
$S.00@S.25; rough neavy, $7.85@7.95;
light, $7.S5@S10; Workers., $S.05@
$40; bulk, $S.O5@S.2O; pigs, $3.50
$50; clearance yesterday poor.
! CATTLE-Weak to 10 lower.
| SHEEP-Steady.
Official receipts yesterday-Hogs,
80 1872; cattle, 5,139; sheep, 27,733.
Official shipments yesterday-Hogs
$685.; cattle, 2,432; sheep, 5,439.
To-day's Markets.
| Chicago Union Stock Yards, Jan. Z.
Hog receipts this morning at Az
900 We're full 10000 in excess of the
estimate for the day, and in addi-
+ ton to receipts about 1900 came
over from yesterday. Practically
all of the. western markets had large
receipts, and though packers pur-
! chased rather freely it was on basis
of 10 cents below Tuesdays aver
age except of choice lots which suf.
| fered only a 5 cent reduction. Bust
ness all day was fairly active and the
quality was good. In view OF an
other large run tomorrow the reduc-
ton in prices today was not consid-
cred large. Packers seem to be In
need of hogs and while bearish are
willing to pay prevailing prices.
The day closed dull and slow at this
decline and fully as many went over
for tomorrow as came over from yes
terday.
The bulk today sold at $8.05@820,
against $S.l5@8.25 yesterday; $1,000
7.95 Wednesday; $7.65@7.80 four
weeks ago; $735@7.45 corresponding
Wednesday in 1913; $6.10@6.3O in
1912; $7.SO@7.95 in 1911; $8.35@S.55
in 1910; and $5.95@6.2O in 1909.
The top paid today was 1925; yes.
terday $3.50; last Wednesday $S.05;
four weeks ago $3.50; one year ago
1880; two years ago $685.; three
years ago $500; four years ago $780,
and five years ago $6.40.
Cattle receipts were also large to-
day and had very few desirables in
the supply. The market dragged
along slowly all day, the better quail.
ity beeves bringing steady prices
with yesterday but all others 10@15
cents lower.
Stockers and feeders sold slowly
but practically steady with yester.
day. Demand conferred on the good
to choice steers, with the good quail.
Ivy SeiilII6 at 9t.lOW l.oU. IHeTe was
a fair outlet for the lightweights at
$640@6.75, with very few selling
oown to $500.
Sheep demand was not so generous
and the market had dull edge all
around, many lambs sold lower and
some of the sheep were of fair quail
ity, more particularly the ewes. Fair
to good ewes sold at $4.75@5.5O; fat
wethers, $5.50@6!O0; fat lambs, $500
@S.25; common and medium lambs,
$7.5U@7.90.
The estimated receipts for tomor.
row are $4,000 hogs, 5000 cattle and
Il 900 sheep.
Receipts for today were 1000 cat.
tie, $4,000 hogs and $4,000 sheep,
against II, S41 cattle, 43,603 hogs and
20,174 sheep week ago and 14,169
cattle, 32,4S0 hogs and 23,O81 sheep
corresponding Wednesday a year ago.
Average price of hogs at Chicago
Tuesday. $S,19, against 1924 Monday,
1872 a week ago, $3.50 month ago,
$7.7S two months ago, $685. three
months ago, $7.35 year ago, So.3g
two years ago. $7.9S three years ago.