The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-07-16
THE DAYS MARKETS
QUOTATIONS ON sTocks, GRAINS
AND PROVISIONS, CLEANED eY
WIRE FROM ALL PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK

HOGS.-Market opened slow and DC
lower than Tuesdays average; quail
ity poor. Mixedyand butchers $3.50
895; good to choice $S.50@895;
rough heavy $S.35@S.45; light $500
sos; Workers $8.85@8.90; bulk $50
$3.50; pigs $8.00@9.O0
CATTLE. - Market opened steady
to 10c lower. Beeves $770@9.90;
cows and heifers $3.90@910; stockers
and feeders $5.S0@S.O0; westerns
$7.30q8.3O; native calves $$T5O@
HOO.
SHEEP.-Market opened slow and
generally 10c lower. Sheep $3.50
SO; ewes $275@9.OO.
Closing Prices.
Hogs closing active and steady.
Top for one load $500, but this was
above the market. Mixed and butch.
ers $S.45@8.95; good to choice $3.50
QS.95; rough heavy $S.30@845; light
$S.60@S.95; Workers $S.85@8.90; bulk
$87O@8.9O; pigs $S,00@90O Clear
anCe yesterday good
Cattle and sheep closing weak.
Official receipts yesterday: Hogs
1857; cattle 3,701; sheep 25,068.
Official shipments yesterday: Hogs
1922; cattle 956; sheep 2,547.
Today's Markets.
Chicago Union Stock Yards, July
15.-Poor quality, evidently the tail
ings of herds dumped onto the mar
ket from every direction and source
of supply Is evidently the only thing
that has held the hog price from steac
dy advance. No one wanted the grade
OF animals offered today and yet
steady demand to fill orders made
fair clearance of the available sup
ply. Undesirable grades, however,
brought a reduction of sc from Tues
days range of prices. One load OF
good ones was snapped up at nine
cents per pound which was even with
Tuesdays high point. Buyers want
better grades and anything like a
fair to good classification today would
have witnessed an advance over the
loss of the preceding day. Thirty
thousand animals we're available dur
ing the market operation and this
was in line with the anticipated sup
ply. The close OF the market was
steady and short supply tomorrow
will send the price up again.
Cattle were weak and dropped 1Oc.
Sheep kept them company to the
same tune.
Country buyers are evidently await
| ing developments in the cattle mar
ket before they put in more feeders.
Just at present the market is suffer-
| ing from its annual lull and the vol
ume of business is very small. De
mand calls only for few of the best
herd cattle of light weight and the
coarse heavy stocker stun is very
hard to get rid Of in spite of the up
ward tendency of the fat cattle traIe.
The bulk today sold at $S.7Oq8.SO.
against $875@S.95 yesterday; SS.4O0
I8.7O Tuesday; $820@S.25 four weeks
ago; $89O@9.2O corresponding Wed
nesday in 1913; S7259765 in 1872;
$6.55G6S5 In 1911; $S.2OqS55 in
! 1910. and $7.85@82O in 1909.
The top paid today was $500; yes
terday $500; last Wednesday $S.T74s;
four weeks ago $8.321a; one year ago
$40; two years ago $7.72R; three
years ago $500; Jour years ago $9'Oo
and five years ago $8.35.
Receipts today were 10000 hogs
16 90. cattle and $4,000 sheep, as
against 1880 hogs. 2O,S6l hogs ana
I17.OO3 sheep a week ago and 1870
cattle, SI,514 hogs and 27,725 the cor
responding Wednesday a year ago.
Estimated receipts for tomorrow
are $4,000 hogs, 1000 cattle and IT,
900 sheep.
Average price of hogs at Chicago
Tuesday was $685., against $3.50 Mon
day. $847 a week ago, 1921 month
ago. 1898 a year ago, 1851 two years
ago and $668 three years ago.