Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-28
Offering HEAVY,
HOG PRICES down
MARKET DECLINES ON LARGE
RECEIPTS AND BIG EsTi.
MATE FOR MONDAY.
COWS AND HEIFERS MAKE
UP BULK OF CATTLE OFFERED
High Cost Of Beef CurtaiIins consump.
ton and Market 10 supersensitivs to
suppIy-shsep and Lambs Find
Ready SaIe-Revsv of Market Con.
ditions-current Quotations.

Chicago, Feb 2s.-The hog market
declined today on large receipts. Mon
days estimate is for 10000 head.
Chicago's run a year ago Friday was
only 1907 and prices advanced 15M
20c. best selling at $3.50 with the
general average $S.46 or about CSC be-
low present quotations.
General quality continues up to the
recent excellent standard and the aver
age weight is increasing, but this is
regular at this time of the year.
A year ago this week the average
was 232 pounds and practically without
any setback gained steadily to 245
pounds the last week of April.
The second week Of last June the
average reached 24S pounds. heaviest
week of the year, but after that period
! there was a steady decrease to 2O5
pounds in November
! And getting to the point, this is the
time of the year when underweights
part company with weighty offerings
| commanding more Of premium in
price.
| Cattle.
! Cows and heifers were about the only
| cattle for sale.
| In Chicago territory the movement of
! livestock has also been hampered by
the storm, especially in Illinois. Mis-
souri, and Indiana. Iowa roads having
done creditable performance, altho
belated arrivals at market have been
J the rule Some cattle that were in
tended for sale this week have failed
to make the run, however. instances
being recorded where roads were not
/ i-1,1. h han
loaded These cattle are on the mar
| ket horizon and may be expected to
materialize next week, consequently
buyers anticipate easier picking on
Monday. The weeks run here Is
slightly in excess of $4,000, a few less
than last week but 1000 more than q,
year ago when storms were interrupt
| ing the market ward movement The
six western markets have received ap-
proximately $4,000. or 10000 less than
last week and 5000 less than during
the same period last year.
The top this week is 1915. but few
sales have been made over s9.40. The
Monday run was less than $4,000 and
anything with weight or standard quail
ity sold readily, one load Of 1,S80-pound
cattle crossing s1s3.3o per head. Good
cattle participated in 10c advance
and the Tuesday market preserved this
| tone on a light advance car report.
Wednesdays run Of less than 10000
| was considerably below expectation,
for which the storm was responsible
and another healthy market developed
! with long string OF ss.75@9.40 sales.
anything decent being 10915c higher.
This put the market anywhere from 10
to 35c higher than early last week. but
on Thursday a reaction occurred
Wednesdays bloom being effaced while
common cattle were hard to sell.
The market is now in the Lenten
season and while that influence may
be exaggerated, buyers use it as much
as possible. Beef cost to the retailer
is high and consumption has been cur
tailed. consequently tickle market is
probable. The trade promises to be
supersentive to supply and the line
| between excess and shortage Will be
very finely drawn right along. Killers
are on hand to~mouth basis. fact
that is demonstrated CT every short
run, while the presence CT few nun
dred cattle more than the days orders
call for prompt them to lie down.
Sheep.
| Sheep and lambs were backward for
a time and then sold readily.
| There has been an unsatisfied call
for big weight sheep. Few such are
coming and there is a small but urgent
established demand for limited num-
ber of heavy muttons and scarcity has
permitted them to command pre-
MUM, several small punches of prime
big weight native ewes having sold up
| to $3.50, equaling the extreme top
reached by strictly choice 1873 pound
| Colorado-fed western wethers which
sold early Thursday at that figure, hiSh
point since May. This call for heavy
sheep has Influenced weighty bucks to
a sharply higher level, a good many fat
native bucks having reached So.5O this
week. or soc higher than week ago.
! That many feeders are not lacking
confidence in the future is indicated by
their activity for feeding lambs. A
good many hay-fed Montana feeders
have been offered this week and they
have been taken promptly up to 800
! to 1925 for bulk Of the 60 to 7o-pound
weights some 40 to 50-pound stuff
having sold at $3.50 to 6.s5 and a load
of well-fleshed Montana wheat-fed
| lambs went out as shearefs up "
$3.50.
on March 1 and encouraged by the
good action of the market here the
| fore part of this week, Colorado feed
ers have been loading freely for next
weeks market. and that the heaviest
run of the season will reach chicago
from that source next week is assured.
Quite a. little Idaho and Montana stun
is also en- route and market prospects
| 1ool. ~one foo bright.
Chicago Livestock.
Chicago, Feb. 2s.-Cattle-Estima
receipts for today 200; market STEADY.
paaves ... 1850 9.75
Taxas steers .. 1000 $40
weste-n steers ...... 6.75@ 500
Stockers and feeders $500. $500 S.oo
Cows and heifers ........ 1860 $50
Caive. ......- 5000 1915
Hozs-Estimated receipts Tor To-Day
1S, 900; market slow, to 10 cents
m T;aht s.45@s.s71s
Mirad .... S.40@s.70
Haavv S.3O@8.s5
Rough ....... s.3018.lO
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