Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-24
DEMAND FROM EAST lMPARTS
STRENGTH TO TRADE IN
PoRcINE DIVISION.
CATTLE OFFERINGS SHOW
DEFICIENCY IN QUALITY
Values Fail to Show Higher Because
of Lack of Glass in Offerings-Minor
Traders Pay Advances For Sheep and
Lambs, But Big Packers Have Direct
consienments.

Chicago, June 24.-Shipping call
from the east gave strength today to
the hog market.
June usually witnesses severe
/ break in hog values but packers are
apparently not as anxious for it as
usual They were credited with being
in the humor to put the common price
/ down to 81. but few believe it will
go there, altho the June run will be
liberal. That the country is long on
porcine stock, matured and otherwise,
is an open secret The 1915 pig crop
! is the largest ever produced and health
conditions are perfect. If beef and
mutton continue scarce the packer,
distributor and consumer have the So
lace that there will be pork in abund-
ance.
Eleven markets received 1913, 900 hogs.
or 22,S00 less than last Wednesday.
1900 more than a year ago and 200
more than two years ago. Total the
first half OF this week. 80, 900, or 21.-
600 more than the same period last
week, %, 600 more than like time last
year and 1000 less than the CORE
spending three days two years ago.
Total for 1915 to date. 13,629,0O0 or
l,94S000 more than the same period
1914 and !, Sol 900 more than the cor
responding time 1918.
Cattle.
Cattle offerings lack quality.
The market is acting about as these
columns have forecasted. AS finished
bullocks get into stronger hands prices
are necessarily advanced. Spread
widening has been delayed by short
age of Texans and abundance of feed.
A year ago pasture was scarce in many
sections, necessitating liquidation, and
Texas stuff was running more freely.
The proportion of s9d9.50 cattle now
is much larger than year ago and the
percentage below $3.50 considerably
less than at that time.
The half-week run at western points
is about $4,000, or 5000 less than last
week, for which washouts in Kansas
territory is responsible. Supply here
has been nicely balanced, according to
supply and demand and the outlet for
cheap steers is contracted owing TO
inability to ship stuff back into the
country Considering this handicap
light steers re not doing bad stunt.
Mid-week supply was right around
what the advance car report promised
expectancy being for between $4,000
and 5000. Nearby territory was well
represented and the run carried a
sprinkling of long fed cattle that have
been held up until relaxation of quar-
antine made them eligible to the free
division. A sprinklins of l00-day cattle,
selling at sS.35GS.75, according to
finish and the time of corp, showed up
and if carrying a respectable quantity
of tallow sold readily
Sheep.
Killers had direct consignments Of
sheep and lambs. but minor traders
paid ir advance in some cases.
No matured range sheep arrived and
the aged mutton supply was limited to
the few scattering punches Of natives
arriving with lambs. Sales reflected
yesterdays higher close, the bulk of
the fat ewes selling 1o625c higher
than Monday, with 1926 paid for nu-
merous lots.
1t was the small mid-week package
of native yarded that saved sellers
from the necessity of taking generally
lower prices on lambs. Packers opened
the bidding at $3.50 for the best, but
finally absorbed several punches of ma
tives up to $1,000 10 and nothing de-
cent cashed below 1915, while sorts
continued light and most of the throw
out culls went at s7@7.50.