Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-16

very small demand and have slumped
off fully 25@40c here this week, put
ting many Of the thin young cows and
heifers 60@70c lower than the extreme
high spot of the season.
Some select strong weight feeders
selling upward to So are making prices
close to those current one week ago.
In the yearling line So Is now consid-
cred gear the limit Of the market,
though choice kinds like Hereford and
Short calves go out up to $3.50.
Common Boioenas Lower.
Heavy bologna bulls and fat handy
beef classes have been steady sellers
this week. On the other hand COM
mon light bulls are acting mean and
wide declines are recorded. Bulk Of
this stuff Is off fully quarter from
the close last week. few hand
picked are still going above $3.50 up
to SITS, but they are selects.
Heavy calves are coming in in
creased numbers and the trend Is
downward Losses this week out Of the
ordinary were 40@50c for the common
and fair kinds. Select butcher veals to
the outside trade topped the week at
$1,000, but packers filled their wants
at less money.
A better grade OF Gamer cows Is
selling about Csc lower than a week
ago and shelly kind going under the
&c line,
Killers Need Fair Beef Crop.
The reaction from a weak-toned,
bearish trade of recent days is an in
dication that beef trade probably isn't
half as bad as killers have painted it.
The fact is shown that they need a
reasonably liberal quota of good steers
right along, and this weeks light sup
ply Of that kind, contrasting as 1t did
with the generous run OF good beeves
lately, simply forced killers to show
their hand.
Continuation Of good tone will de-
pend upon supply. An oyergrown crop
next week can only have effect in
causing break from current levels.
There are good many dry spots
westward, especially in parts Of Iowa
and Missouri, and in the latter state
tho army worm has damaged much
grass, according to reports OF feed
ers, who ran out a lot OF immature
steers for the mid-wcek trade.
Continuance Of this situation Will. OF
course. result in further free shipping
of such kinds, but the trade Is strongly
convinced now that fat beef is not too
plentiful and a moderate distribution
of supplies Of well-fed steers In the
near future should meet good killer
outlet Texas receipts at othe:' points
are, Of course, a factor in checking a
broad demand for the immature STUFF
which Is coming into the local trade.
No intelligence has been thrown on
the causes Of the mean acting market.
but there is q general impression that
the outlet is bad and how distribution
is to be increased is q problem that
nobody in The trade Is prepared to
wrestle with Corn belt feeders are
evidently cleaning up as the price OF
corn does not warrant putting on
weight during the summer time. The
condition in which yearllngs are
pushed into the market suggests this
disposition. A poor corn crop always a., $
has meant miniature summer and fall
supply Of fat cattle and the rule Is
likely not to be violated this year.
III, The trade Is keeping its ear close to
the ground for rumbling concerning
drouth and arm worm activity. Kan
sas, which was recently threatened
to be out Of the woods, the pest having
suddenly disappeared. 1t did no dam
age to native grass pastures, but con-
fined it's activity to blue grass Sec
lions that had been grazed. Army
worms usually play havoc with grazed
blue grass but let the growthy areas
alone The May drouth in Kansas
pasture sections has been relieved but
conditions at that time prevented the
removal Of lot of cattle from Texas
northward and on the cleaned grass
area both in Texas and Oklahoma
there are probably 300 less cattle
grazing than year ago.
Southern Arrivals Few.
The Texas movement Is still light.
On June Is the cake fed delegation
from around Cleburne will commence
running, but this crop is twenty-five
cI, nf nrOnOTftOn.
A lot of cattle that would have come
out Of southern Texas are being held
back owing to tick activity on low
living pastures excessive humidity has
multiplied ticks amazingly and lot
Of cattle are not as fat as q month
ago. This will probably mean less
beef out Of southern Texas than would
have been the case otherwise.
The Mexican movement continues
light and will probably be so.
A sticky market on half TAT and
grassy steers is seasonable condition.
These grades Of natives are getting
considerable competition from south
ern stuff although the Texas move
ment is still far below advertised pro-
portions. Kansas City has had q few
more quarantine cattle this week, but
receipts there are running far below
those Of the same period last year.
st. Louis has had about thousand
less southern cattle and the Fort
Worth run has been nothing to brag
about From now on, however, 1T will
be logical to expect more of the kind
OF cattle killers have had to pay any
where from $3.50 to 1926 for recently
and this will be feature OF the trade
should dry weather continue.
Chicago arrivals this week total AZ
$50 head against $4,000 estimated and