Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-16
REFUSE TO BID FOR HOGS IN
FEAR OF BOOSTING
PRICES.
GAINS
PREVENTED BY ATTITUDE
That Hogs Will Go to
Lower Levels Not Sustained by
Prospeets-cattIe Offerings Of Plain
Quality Sheep and Lambs Higher az
Result Of Scarcity Of Arrivals.

Chicago, June 16-Absence of pack
ing demand kept the hog market to-
day from making a substantial ad-
vance.
Twenty thousand fewer hogs were
received at eleven markets Monday
than arrived week ago. the total at
100000 being 5000 smaller than cor
responding Monday a year ago.
The six leading western markets.
with q total of $1,000, scored $4,000
less than a week ago, and $4,000 less
than a year ago. Chicago alone de-
creasing 5000 compared with a week
and year ago.
With run of 47,OOS a year ago Mon
Gay prices declined 500 cents, best
selling at 1895, the highest during the
week. Tuesday. June II. 1913, prices
went off 1920 cents. followed by
decline of 10@15 cents Wednesday
when the top was $3.50.
Hog breeders are abstaining from
prophesy. Forecasts of ~ cent hogs
have been discredited and the trade
does not believe packers will coun-
tenance such development If 1t can De
possibly avoided. In specializing on
summer anu ldll NOS pl iSSS i~N..S---A-c
must always be had with stocks IN
packers hands. the value of which VIII
be preserved if possible. Neither May
nor June have produced normal sup
ply. May receipts at the principal west
ern markets together with the run al
these points for the expired five months
of the current year are calculated 10
confirm the shortage theory
Cattle.
Most of the cattle offered were OF
plain quality
Killers effected good clearance
Monday an hour before the close ev1-
dencing some real need for beef. They
have been running shy Of their orders
for a week past. according to local re-
ports. and with moderately good ship
ping demand in the Monday trade there
was small chance to effect serious
breaks In the prices. Beef outlet is
holding fairly good and killers with
only hand-to-mouth supplies are In
considerably less favorable position to
dictate price terms now than they were
short while back, since rains over
wide territory recently have checked
the desire to ship lot OF stuff out OF
pasture.
Altho cattle selling above SO are not
plentiful under present conditions Kill
lers can use few topnotchers and ar
excess Of that kind can be easily Great
ed Anything fat in the ss.5o@s.eC
classes got good action and decent!
finished yeariings were readily mer-
charitable Character Of supply sug-
gested that the crop Of longfed bull
locks has been pretty we'll liquidated.
'StilIers on the market sold on about
the same basis as last Wednesday. but
not to the same advantage as late las,
week.
Sheep.
Sheep and lambs were higher az the
result of scarcity of arrivals.
Some strictly prime shorn westerns
| We're marketed, altho one exceptionally
| good load went at $3.50, while com
parativelv few were good enough tt
sell up to ss.25. Most Of the clipper:
were natives in rather small bunche!
and sold generally a. s7.50Ms.0o. Man,
lots within the latter range inlude'
yearlings. A common class landed a
s7O067.25. Seconds were purchased
mainly at se.o066.5O altho few com
mon ones made s5.O0G5.5O. One lot o
4S-pound shorn feeders sold at $685..