Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-18
ACTIVE SHIPPING
DEMAND FOR HOGS
CALLS By TRADES AID IN
PUSHING PRICES TO HIGHER
LEVELS.
STEERS DISPOSED OF
WITH SOME DIFFICULTY
Call For Heavy eeeves Not Great and
Entire Market Is Affected-SeIiers
Of Sheep and Lambs Work Hard For
Higher Prices, But Meet With Small
Success-Market Conditions.

! Chicago. May 1S.-Active shipping
demand helped today to push up the
| price of hogs.
Receipts OF hogs at Chicago stock
/ yards for last week totaled Il1,000, or
! 1920 more than the previous week.
! 20600 less than same week last year
/ and $4,000 less than correspondents
/ week two years ago.
Estimated average weight Of hogs at
| Chicago for the week. 231 pounds, or
I ing week. five pounds lighter than
same week last year and two pounds
heavier than corresponding week two
years ago.
Top hogs at Chicago for the week.
$3.50, lowest weekly top since week
ending Jan. Il, against ss.67Is the pre-
vious week, 1855 year ago and Ss.o5
two years ago. Average price figured
$40. or 10 cents lower than previous
week and same week las, year and 81
cents higher than two years ago.
Eleven markets received $4,000 hoGs
Saturday. making $4,000 for the week,
or $4,000 more than previous week, S.
600 less than a year ago and $4,000
less than corresponding week two
Years ago Total for 1914 to date,
S,9il, 600, or $780, less than same pc
Rod 1913 and $4,000 less than cor
responding time 1912
Cattle.
II was difficult 10 dispose OF steers.
Quality is running only moderately
good and there continued short quota
of choice heavy beeves the past week.
but still enough for demands since call
for them is small and will likely be al!
season. Handy weight choice to prime
steers and best yearlings have by far
the best action and this Partially is
likely TO be shown for weeks ahead, as
very limited crop of big cattle can be
used in hottest weather of the sum-
mer. On this account the trade advices
TO owners of big steers are 10 keep
them moving with some freedom rath-
er than hold in expectancy Of revival
of high prices paid in April.
TOP the past week was $S.45 for
two load lot and $3.50 got half a load,
but 1t was slim picking above 1910,
tho a few very choice grades made
20G9.30. \ narrow premium Is now
prevailing in trade for useful beef
steers over the thin-feshed good quail
lty lots. the latter having enjoyed re-
Gently keenest demand from feeders in
history of the trade.
Feeders actually paid rela lively high
er rates for thin choice bred steers than
were had by lot of good beef steers.
q really good class Of feeding and stock
steers, in fact being worth fully as
much as the average cost of beef
steers.
Packers bought a decent quota of
plain weighty and rough light steers
down 10 $50 n 500, kinds that did not
suit feeder buyers, but lot OF 900 TO
! 900 POUND cattle sold to feeders at
sS.00d $40. a range that took decent TO
pretty good beef kinds averaging 1000
TO 1850 pounds. Bulk Of right good
70 choice handy and heavy steers sold
at $3.50 q $50.
Yearling crop continues to come for
ward in liberal volume, bur il is dis
| Grimm ating demand and anything
! lacking choice quality Is relatively as
mean sale TO killers as the plain
| heavy steers. Choice yeariings. on the
other he nd, have smooth sa ling lib
eral quota landing around 1915 and
! better Of late. and the packers favor
for smooth quality lots should induce
owners 10 finish them before cashing.
Sheep.
| Sellers worked hard but without
success to force higher values for
| sheep and lambs.
| Lambs scored one Of the most pro-
nounced advances of the year last week
| and closed at the highest point Of the
season on shorn kinds. while wooskins
stood the highest in over year Most
offerings looked 4OM50 cents higher a;
! the close than at the finish the pre-
ceding week, with some up so cents.
and general demand was urgent late
as we'll AS early. Springers sold about
steady up TO Friday, and that day
reacted about % cents, in the opinion
| of most sellers Packers have had sew
eral consignments of southern spring
ers direct from Louisville, and they
needed none of the natives on sale here
as they are seldom as uniform as the
Kentucky and Tennessee stock.
Trade was active from day to da.
and all attempts made by the packers
TO check the advance were foiled BY
the sellers, who insisted conditions
warranted the upward trend Of values
, Supply figures were around normal ant
outlet was broader than a few weeks
, ago, making it an easier matter TO Sc.
cure satisfactory bids for all classes
Buyers. however were most competi'
tors for the 20 10 50 pounds because
; too many arrivals weighed heavier
Sorting was very short Nothing wa!
available for feeder buyers. but sucl
, lots were quoted nominally strong