Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-17

| night resulted today in higher prices
for hogs.
! Shippers were a great help to the hog
trade this week and were mainly re-
sponsible for the sharp upturn in val
. ues. The opening of the free area al
lowed them to purchase for points that
heretofore have been closed against
/ Chicago shipments Most days of the
week the large demand for the lighter
! sorts from eastern centers could not De
! filled on account of the small offerings
! of the desired sort. During the first
| five days of the week shipments from
| Chicago stand more than three times as
| large as compared with like period last
week.
Eleven markets received 46.4oo hogs
Friday, or $4,000 less than last Friday,
; $500 less than a year ago and 800 less
| than two years ago. Total thus far
! this week 100000 or $1,000 less than
same period last week, 1900 more
| than like time last year and 10000 less
| than corresponding five days two years
ago. Total for 1915 to date 1891. 600,
or 1,676,000 more than same period
! 1914 and 1,511.000 more than cores
ponding time 1913.
A dollar gap between choice light and
heavy packing hogs is probable. During
! the period of de,noraliZa ton a lot of pigs
were sacrificed and demand is now
! centering on stuff weighing less than
| 200 pounds. The market is going on a
| fresh meat basis and as Packingtown
will be the only outlet for grass Wild
ows' and big barrows that trade will
determine the price. Further appreci-
| alton will prompt the country to put
weight on the SOW crop, insuring big
ger piles of meat during the summer
season than would be the case if prices
continued low.
Cattle.
No trading worth mentioning was
done at the cattle pens.
That the crop of big steers will move
freely for at least the next thirty days
| is a guess the trade is willing to ven
! ture. Instead OF slowing up in volume
the heavy cattle are coming in more
generous numbers of late, and this was
| exceptionally true this week, but bet
ter movement Of them into the eastern
outlet is an improving sign, and the i'm
| preston prevails now that if the market
can avoid getting too many of the 1,450
| to 1,550-pound grades in one day or one
week, the price problem will work itself
| out to a nicely.
! Lifting the values of the big good to
| prime steers off low level noted two
weeks ago. despite continued free ship
| ping of them, is at least indicative of
| killers better favor. They are paying
now mainly 25 cents more for them
than at low point, and this applies to
the plain heavies as well as prime.
/ A fair quota of prime big steers has
/ n
UP to $3.50 eaualling top for the year
lings, altho nothing strictly fancy in
the yearling line to match up with the
$3.50 top of a week ago was here. Had
they been here in the past two days
doubtless a SO top would have been
made.
Only plain weighty class of stuff
selling mainly at s7.65@7.s5 has en-
countered any especially mean action
and made unfavorab'e prices in recent
days, but these cashing as well as a
week ago, after little lower turn on
Monday. 1t was suggestive of packer
! ability to use them to fair advantage
and their good buying of the cheap
quality little steers well evidences such
as proving good investment in compe-
tition with the she stock.
Sheep.
Most of the sheep and lambs went
to killers direct.
Closing prices are fully 15125 cents
higher than the close last week and on
the highest quotable levels of the sea-
son. Colorado-Mexican wooded lambs
selling up to s1O65 on Monday and to-
day, established a new yard record by
cents per cwt., and most Of the well
finished 80 to 80 pound northern bred
! Colorados in the fleece have sold UP to
$1O.1561035. Shorn fed western year
ling wethers of hand weight touched
$50, with few head of shorn natives
ment of 1915 top on shorn fed west
ern wethers, sales Of two different
bands of wooded Colorado Mexican
yearlings at 1910 and of shorn fed
western lambs up to $3.50, with a high
er top quotation at weekend, estab-
lished an imposing arraw of new high
spots for the season.
Packers are showing shorn goods
more favor, seasonable condition, ad
ket and recent declines in pelt values
but strong shipper demand for the
high dressing wooded Mexican lambs
lis keeping the premium on wool-skins
wide. Heavy wooded sheep and bucks
are due for price slumps when the
weather warns up and Texas grass
muttons begin to run somewhat freely
Chicago Livestock.
17-Eofflo ESfi.