Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-04

Chicago, Sept 4.-Light receipts,
good demand and choice quality served
to lift hogs today in the best grades,
and the others held steady.
No other construction can be put on
current scarcity of light hogs than ex-
cellent porclne health all over the
country. Ii any other condition ex-
listed there would be a profusion of
little stuff at the market. The gap
of about IFS per cwt between choice
lights and heavy packers tells its own
story.
Young hogs are healthy and making
good gains on grass, with the addition
of little corn: consequently growers
have no incentive 10 part with them
even tho they are selling materially
higher than matured stock.
With the country full of pigs, little
stun is abnormally scarce and COM
manding a substantial premium. A
month hence it is probable that young
hogs will De plentiful and the succu-
lent pork chop will no longer be
luxury
Range of prices grew considerable
wider when the light hogs scored new
advance and then heavy packers were
forced 10 cash on lower basis. There
are lots of sales OF packers now being
made 200 per cwt lower than the top
for best light-weights. Price range is
about as wide as ever known.
Cattle.
The run % cattle was small, as usual
on Saturday. but offerings were OF
good class and prices held steady. tho
the market was not active.
A big crop of soft fieshed Wisconsin
steers here this week weighing 1900 to
1900 pounds and heavier, has been in
the run, such going at T.25 f.lo and
rarely above, altho fat grasSers have
made 500 and better, these showing IN
come cases more than 10 cent gain over
rates Of a week ago.
On the prime heavy and handy
beeves II is now a better market than
in weeks past and one likely to con-
t!nue because Of the short supplies OF
such grades. They are growing scarcer
each week and the few prime cattle
now in the country are being held in
strong hands. A top of 1885 this week
was 20 cents over the high point a week
ago and within 10 cents Of the high
spot of the year. Further advance for
the prime grades is confidently. ex-
pected, tho HOO predictions are hardly
due to mater!alize for weeks off. The
consumer is disposed TO pass up the
highest costing beef in most cases and
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very small supply of that kind. Prime
big cattle made 10.10d 1920 this week,
showing 35a4o cents advance over
low point short time ago and the
rank and file OF the fat and handy
big steers selling at 9.0009,75 showed
like advances.
Yearlings have done well outside of
the common light thin grades. the bulk
OF fair to good beef yearlings making at
least 25 cents gain over a week ago,
and while choice sold up to 1000, prime
could have gone considerably higher.
The range market in showing 10d -
cents advance over week ago well
evidenced good demand in that trade,
but this weeks run was small one
for the time of year and increased
supplies are due TO get here the week
ahead
Labor day run estimates ranged at
5000 to 21,o00. and popular guesses
were at II 900 to $4,000. A big sup
ply that day will prove a mistake. The
killing beds will be idle then and with
Jewish holidays impending. the first to
begin next Thursday, kosher demand
VIII necessarily be held down. Prox
unity of the Jewish holiday may affect
the demand for big cattle on shipping
account next Monday and the trade is
urging cautious shipping of that kind.
Sheep.
Sheep were weak and few were on
sale.
Omaha by reason Of it's open feeder
outlet. is attra citing a lot of range stock
that under normal conditions would
come here having hung up the largest
August supply ever recorded there, but
other points are not getting anything
like normal runs.
Official receipts of sheep and lambs
at Chicago were 1859 less last month
than the same month last year, al
tho gains at Omaha and several other
Missouri river points cut the net de-
crease at six markets for the month
down TO 5S.7s2.
At the moment trade conditions are
unfavorable TO sellers. and there will
probably be a fairly generous move
ment of range stock for the next few
weeks but feeder buyers are hot on
the trail of feeding material and having
paid S25Gs.40 freely in Omaha this
week for good feeding lambs. with some
up to $50, the chances for killers
making further serious cuts in values
are considered poor.
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