Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-16
HOGS HIGHEST
SINCE DECEMBER
PRICES IN CHICAGO GO TO NEW
HIGH LEVELS FOR CUR.
RENT YEAR.
ADVANCE CAUSED BY
LleArNEss OF RECEIPTS
Cattle Offerings Scarce and Prices Are
Firm-Record Prices Paid For Best
Lambs-Reeeipts Not Numerous
Review Of Market conditions-cur-
rent Quotations at Livestock centers.

advance in price to the highest inquire
since December, 1914. The rise was
caused by lightness of receipts.
| While packers are apparently willing
| to permit the hog market to work to a
higher level, they do not intend ia
permit spectators to run a boom cam
paign. The market is in good condition
for further advance, provided no
attempt is made to everyday the game.
Supply is diminishing, which is a bull
| liSh influence.
Eleven markets received $4,000 hogs
! Thursday, or 1.200 less than last
! Thursday, 400 more than a year ago
and 200 more than two years ago. Total
thus far this week $4,000. or $4,000 less
than same period last week. $4,000
more than like time last year and
$4,000 less than corresponding four
days two years ago. Total for 1915
to date S.945,000, or 1,774,000 more than
same period 1914 and l,512,000 more
than corresponding time 1913.
Cattle.
Cattle were scarce.
Popularity for the lighter cuts is sea-
sonable and will likely continue for
weeks. The eastern trade is calling for
an increased quota of fat 100 to 1850
pound steers, many of them having
gone to New York this week, and good
shipper demand has been a strong fac
tor in holding prices up in the local
yards for that weight stock.
Big steers. on the other hand. have
been landed largely in the local yards
and their punishment has not been
illogical, when the poor trade action
Fo hoo in ;r L..
en- into consideration. Kosher call east
is the chief reliance of the trade for an
outlet for the big cattle and free area
having had smallest proportion of the
400 pound and heavier kinds this
week fat ones have shown some price
premiums over local yards prices for
like quality goods.
However, on rank and file Of the
light and handy steers there has been
small difference in selling values, as
between the two sections, this despite
the fact that twothirds Of the crop
arriving since Monday has only been
eligible to the local demand
General receipts from nearby terri
tory which is still under quarantine
we'll indicates that the beef crop dam
med up as result of quarantine re-
strictions for many weeks past is by no
means run out and the trade is appre-
| hensive that too many big weights will
come forward in the. next few weeks to
! enable good selling OF that kind. where
! as the turning of many light steers into
pastures in both free and quarantine
areas promises to affect a compare
lively small volume of marketings OF
Nat. handy and little cattle and these
should continue to show strong price
appreciation over the unpopular big
weights.
This weeks run at $4,000 in local
trade for four days stood against 29,136
a week ago and 1886 year ago.
which six markets crop at 100000
showed 5000 and 5000 increase, re-
| spectively. as compared with last week
and a year ago.
Generous movement is looked for al
| the start again next week and the
trade has small hope of holding todays
price betterment in event of supply
next Monday totaling much above
| $1,000.
Sheep.
Sheep and lamps were scarce. Record
prices were paid for the best lambs
| Packers are showing shorn stock in
| creasing favor, a seaSonable condition
furthered by the recent droopy tend
ency of the wool market and the de-
cline in pelts. A spell of warm weather
would speedily narrow the spread be-
tween shorn and wooded stock In favor
of the former and put all half fat and
heavy sheep in the fleece on the list OF
undesirables. But for shipping demand
for choice wooded lambs the spread
would now be, more narrow.
| Scarcity is scheduled for some weeks
ahead and sellers are confident in t1eil
predictions Of 10c shorn lambs making
good before June 1.