The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-19
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

Chicago, Feb. Is.
HOGS-Market strong and high
er than Tuesdays average; quality
good; mixed and butchers, $S.50@
$50; good to choice heavy, $3.50
$50; rough heavy, $S.35@S.50; light.
$S.55mS.SO; Workers, $S.70@SSO; bulk
$S.G0mS.75; pigs, $7.S0@S.75.
CATTLE-Slow and steady; beeves
$I.00G9.55; cows and heifers, $4,000
$50; stockers and feeders, $500
1885: westerns, $6.6OG7SO: native
calves, $7.50@l0.50.
SHEEP-Slow and generally
steady; native sheep, $47O@6.O1;
western sheep, $4.7066OO; yearlings
$5.e5670O; native lambs, $6.756
7.73; western lambs, $6.75@775;
ewes, $3.4v@5.6O.
Closing Prices.
IlOGS-CloSing steady at early
prices; mixed and butchers, $500
$780, good to choice heavy, $3.50
$50; rough neavy. $S.SO@S.50: light.
$o.55@SS0; Workers $50 $50:
bulk, $S6O@S.75; pigs, $7.SOIS.75:
clearance yesterday fair.
CATTLE-Slow and steady.
SHEEF-Steady
4,422; cattle, l7,15S; sheep, 20,998.
Official shipments yesterday-Hogs
2,97l; cattle, 9,704; sheep, I'LL.
To.day's Markets.
Chicago Union Stock Yards, Feb.
lS.-Hog receipts this morning were
full 5000 short of the expectations
and eastern buyers and spectators
hn bot
cents higher than Tuesday. The.
big local packers held back at the
start with the hopes OF lowering teh
! price but were unsuccessful, the
close being quite as active as the
early prices
The bulk today sold at $S.G0@S.75,
against $S.60@S.7) yesterday; $S.75
M8.S5 last Wednesday; $S350S.45
four weeks ago; $S.3O68.4O cores
| ponding Wednesday in 1913; $6.15D
{ 30 in 1912; $7.25@7.4O in l911;$9.45,
$3.50 in 1910; and $6.3OG650 in
! 1908.
The top paid early today was $3.50,
yesterday $S.75; last Wednesday
$3.50; four weeks ago $3.50; one
year ago $8.45;two years ago $6.37b:
three years ago S7.65; four years ago
1865; and five years ago $3.50.
Offerings of cattle were anger
than had been estimated and the
market was slow and dull Indica.
| tons pointed to a small run for to.
morrow but this Iact did not stir
buyers to activity and business was
done in dragging fashion. Most of
the steers were light in weight and
unattractive. The good to choice
ones were steady with yesterdays
quotations but the market generally
had a tendency downward.
Outlet for stockers and feeders
was not very broad, and the supply
on hand was large. Holders OF
these cattle believing that prospects
were better, refused to let go at any
discount, and so the cattle sold were
| generally on steady basis. Good
feeders went at S7.50@790, and the
light stoekers at s6.70@725.
! No particular change was noted in
the market for sheep and lambs. The
supply was ample for the days needs
and while selling was rather slow.
prices were held steady with the de-
cline early in the week.
T The estimated receipts for tomor
row are 10000 hogs, $500 cattle and
1000 sheep.
| Receipts today were $4,000 cattle,
$4,000 hogs and 10000 sheep, against
1858 cattle, 35,319 hogs and 25,96S
Fsheep a week ago and 1878 cattle,
5000 hogs and 1929 sheep CORES.
ponding Wednesday a year ago.
Average price of hogs at Chicago
Tuesday. 1856, against $3.50 Mon
day, $S.7S a week ago, 1886 a month
ago. 1888 two months ago, $40
year ago, $6.16 two years ago. $72S
three years ago, $9.40 four years ago
and $3.50 five years ago.