Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-27
IMPROVED SHIPPING
Gall BOOSTS HOGS
MARKET ADVANCES BECAUSE OF
MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN
DEMAND.
CATTLE OFFERINGS
Are NOT SUFFICIENT
Supply Is Short and Fails to Meet Only
Normal Demand-Sheep and Lambs
Are Steady Owing to Fact That Re-
ceipts Show Decided Falling Off
Compared With Week Ago.

Chicago July e7-lmproved shipping
call today lifted the price OF hogs.
Estimated average weight of hogs at
Chicago for last week was 20 pounds,
or one pound lighter than the previous
week, one pound lighter than same
week last year and i've pounds heavier
Than corresponding week two years
ago. Decrease in the weight from last
Week was due To the reweighing Of
more light and light butcher lots rather
than the decrease in the number OF
heavy lots offered
Top hogs at Chicago for the week
1928. the highest since last October 10
cents higher than the previous week,
STl2 cents lower than year ago and
20 cents higher than two years ago.
Average price figured sS.s5. the high
est since year ago this week when Il
was 1915. Previous week it figured
$3.50 and corresponding week Two
years ago was placed al S.S5.
Cattle.
Cattle offerings We're not numerous.
and failed TO supply a normal demand.
An Unprecedented cattle uade condi-
ton exists At present. Western mar
kets are actually higher than those in
the east. Denver is paying $3.50 for
grass steers that would not be able
TO earn the same money at this Mis-
souri, river. Canadian shippers who
have consigned to eastern markets are
nursing red eyed regret, as prices have
advanced at Toronto AID Montreal
while slumping in the United States.
To supply their trade with beef, Ca
madam packers have been compelled TO
gather cattle in the Country, central
market receipts having been made
Quate.
Another abnormality IS a higher hog
market at Fort Worth, Tex, than east
ern markets. Dry pastures continue to
send large numbers OF half fat steers
to market prematurely, AMI menace to
the corn crop is preventing commence
ment OF beef making opera items. Pre-
diction is freely made that cattle viii!
command even more money next year,
as unless the board bill is materially
reduced farmers will decline to lay in
cattle.
Last week ,he spread between COM
mon and choice steers widened out in
seasonable manner, altno scarcity is
still making a better market for trash
/
! thing like normal
Eastern markets went 10 pieces
last week and dressed beef trade at the
Atlantic seaboard is demoralized- New
Workers are baking at the new cost of
beef and from distributing points al!
over the east came reports that stuff
is accommodating in coolers. Previous
weeks cost on the hooks was high and
I. ~. Is "a,
their profits the public bac ked away.
Hot weather always represses beef
consumption and all week the mercury
has been hugging the top Of the tube.
a set of Jewish holidays This week has
put crimp in Kosher demand and
every factor has been against the mar
keI.
AT Lancaster, Pa lot of Virginia
stuff has been available and the Just
greasy" kind has had a terrific break.
| Prices are relatively if NOT actually
! higher in the west. a run OF grassers
is expected down that way from now
! on and it will materially affect values
| Of medium and common stuff every
| where.
| The reaction is regarded logical.
| On the recent high spot lot of cattle
|
I illogically close to the top and last
week s hanmering of 1915 1925 gra des,
on the new basis, is accepted as a mat
ter of course. Coarse cattle. altho
| fat. have been disseminated against
and habitat yearlings are so much
lower that the trade is reluctant to
! talk about it.
Sheep.
| Sheep and lambs were steady, owing
to the fact that receipts showed de-
! cided falling off compared with a week
ago.
Semi demoralized conditions in the
dressed mutton trade east last week,
following the heavy western slaugh-
ter of the week previous. and the
punching of local supplies on the Mon
day and TUESDAY morkets. have been
leading factors IN the depression If
The trade that kept declines continu-
Gus up to Thursday of last week when
a reaction for the better began to Set
in. Closing prices on fat lambs were
% n 81 cents down In feeder classes
lambs have allowance for shorter
sorting nov than at that time, with
the best grades declining most, while
western matured muttons are 1925
cents lower and native ewes strong to
a point higher. The yearling deal has
acted badly. a lot Of range yearlipgs
Of more or less common class having
arrived and some such having sold
fully 5o1 sa cents lower, though the
best are hardly more than 35 cents
down. In feeder classes, lambs have
held steady to strong prices while feed
ing sheep have sold steady and year.
lings below choice light class lower, A
strong weight sort Of Idaho yearlins
; feeders of decent class having taken
s4.90m5.o0 good feeder sheep price:
and rates that gave them decidedly
worth the money" appearance. Any
thing fit to go to the country in the
stock eve line has commanded strona
prices and demand has been by nc
means met
1 Chicago Livestock.
Chicago July 27.-Cattle- timate6
e receipts for today. 10000; market
strong
: Beeyes ..... 765610.ot
! steers ..:.. 6.406 8.3:
: Stockers and feeders $500 BIZ
. cow. ond heifers $500 90