Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-15
EARLY HO&GA|NS
PARTIALLY LOST
ACTIVE DEMAND FROM SMALL
PACKERS AND SHIPPERS
BOOST PRICES.
BIG PACKERS COME IN
LATER AND HAMMER VALUES
Improved Quality Of offerings Strength
ems Prices For Cattle - Arrivals Of
Sheep and Lambs None too Plentiful
-Review Of Market conditions-cur-
rent Values at Livestock centers.

Chicago. April 15.--Active demand
from small packers and from shippers
hoisted the value of hogs, but most OF
the gain vanished when the big pack
ers had an inning.
Eleven markets received 14,300 hogs
Wednesday, or 1000 less than last
Wednesday, 4,700 more than year age
! and 1900 less than two years ago
| Total the first half of this week 25S,0O0
or $4,000 less than same period last
week, $1,000 more than like time las,
year and 21,O00 less than corresponding
three days two years ago. Total for
1915 to date 8,S79.0O0, or 1,680,000 more
than same period 1914 and 100000
more than corresponding time 1913.
Cattle.
Improved quality of offerings
strengthened prices for cattle.
The run Wednesday at 10000 stood
5000 to 1000 above expectancy, and
coming largely from territory ineliei-
BILE to the shipping demand, it was a
changed situation as regards supply
proportions compared with Wednes-
days, since the free area cattle trade
was reopened a few weeks ago. Sup
ply stood 3700 heavier than week
ago and the three day crop this week
at $4,000 compared with 25,S33 a week
ago and 35,332 a year ago. Western
runs were normal, six markets having
$4,000. against 26,600 \ week ago ana
the week to date crop a these points
stood $4,000, an increase Of $4,000 over
last week and 1000 more than year
ago, but increase over last week has
been practically all at Chicago.
In these days it requires only small
dose of beef cattle supplies above &C
tual demands to wreck the price basis.
That is being demonstrated this week.
The situation as has been pointed out
recently, is not on which permits OF
free marketing. Even tho there is some
betterment in financial and industrial
conditions beef outlet is slow to show
a growth. There must of necessity be
cautious marketing of steers to keep
the values off low levels of the sea-
son.
Each little uptrend in recent months
has usually been followed by reversal
Of trade action That this situation
will continue once the grass season Is
we'll under way does not, however,
seem probable.
Arrivals of sheep and lambs were
none too plentiful.
A few head of very good fed western
lambs In the fleece made $lO.35 ana a
deck of fair handy killers on the native
order at $9.75. Odd lots of good to
choice heavy native wooded ewes sold
up to 1926. Wooled fed western wethers
at sS.25 were Is cents higher In price,
but better and heavier than some from
the same band yesterday. WOODED
yearlings in that shipment sold steady
at ss75, as did a three car band OF
s2pound Colorado Mexican yearlings
and more aged wethers mixed at $3.50,
while three cars Of choice tidy weight
Colorado Mexican yearlings at 1910 to
shippers as on yesterday.
Chicago Livestock.
Chicago. April observation-disclosures
ed receipts for today, 5000; market
firm.
Native beef steers ........ 6.oo9 800
western steers .. 5.6O@7.40
cows and heifers 2.SO@8.OO
calves ~ 5.5O@S.0O