The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-25
Farmers Rush Light Trashy Cattle to
Bargain Counter Already OUerStOcked.

and the outcnorD IN every city have
bought q few. Instead of holding
back these light trashy cattle. farm
ers are rushing them forward 20 one
OF the worst glutted bargain oountsrs
ever known In connection with Amer
lean market history. So great has
been. the confusion and the nuctus-
lions 30 wide that market reporters
have found II impossible to furnish
reliable quotations from day to day.
nothing sells above $3.50. In Chicago:
nothing sell sabove $3.50. In Chicago;
this kind were worth 1856 TO $3.50
one year ago. Female cattle. bulls
and all butcher grades are fully 31.2b
per cwt. lower than at this time last
month. Veal calves are coming In In
creasing numbers and are tending
lower.
Fat wethers are leading the live
stock trade just now, selling In Chi
cago as high as $3.50 per cwt.. the
highest price In two years. Year
lings sell az high Al % and fat ewes
az high as 81. The early run Of Tex
as sheep should strike . good market
this year. The lamb trade continues
to bob up and down with wide nuctu-
atoms. Quarantine regulations are
placing lamb owners completely at
the mercy OF the packers, and they
are making the best OF the oppor-
tunity. Wherever shippers are al
lowed to operate, the market ID 30
tive and prices are working higher,
but where the packer II master or
the situation, the trade IL uneven with
wide fluctuations and declining prices.
Packinghouse requirements demand
20 to 75-pound lamb. AZ the bulk OF
the lambs that are coming weigh
above So pounds, dockage In the rule.
The wool market Ii booming through
out the country. Contracts for wool.
still on the sleeps back. are being
made at prices eight to 10 cents high
er than was paid last year. CLIPS
that are being taken on ut stations
near Chicago. are selling for 30 cents
per pound.
The outlook for the hog trade seems
to be somewhat improved, and . ris-
ing market may be looked for nom
this time on; occasional reactions
will occur. OF course, but the general
trend OF the trade will be toward
higher values. IL has been an open
secret that the packers were well
pleased to have the hogs at the re-
cent range of values, and when ar
rivals begin to decline, which time
IL not far away, they will throw o
little competition into the trade.
Provision stocks are increasing rap
idly, IL Is true, but export demand Is
beginning to make itself felt. Stor-
age room for cured meats and lard
Is at O premium but hackers will md
some place to put II II they think they
foresee a demand for II later. Stocks
of provisions are more than twice as
large as at this time, last year. but
/ the cost, per hundred pounds, II more
than % per cent less. The statement
concerning stocks of provision to be
made March 1, Is expected to greatly
swell the amount of lard and cut
meats on hand. Heavy stocks OF
provisions do not, necessarily. mean
lower prices. When the packer has
something to sell. he generally trys
to provide q good market TO sell II
on. We imported S27.000.000 worth
of meat last year. and $23.00O.00O
worth was beef and veal.
The horse market II booming. the
foreign countries at war are In the
market for riders and artillery horses
and the farmers are beginning to take
horses for the coming summers
work.