The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-01-20
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

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HOGS-Market slow and shade
higher than Yesterdays average; quail.
ity fair; mixed and butchers, $7.15@
l7.70; rough heavy, $7.15@7.3 80; light,
$7.O5@765; Workers, $7.3O@745; bulk
I$7.25@760; pigs, $5.75@6.75.
! CATTLE-Steady to strong; beeves
$6.50Q9.S5; COWS and heifers, $4,000
calves, $7.50@10.75.
SHEEP - Steady at yesterdays
close; native sheep. $7.25@765; west
ern sheep, $7.25@7S0; yearlings,$7.9
$780,; native lambs, $8.25@10.5C-
western lambs, $S,40@1075; ewes,
,$5.25@765.. ...
Closing Markets. .
,HOGS--Closing more active and
steady at opening prices; mixed and
butchers, $7.15@7.7O; good to choice
heavy, $7.35@77O; rough heavy, $7.15
@7.3O; light, $7.05@765; Workers,
$7.3O@745; bulk, $7.25@765; pigs,
$5.75@6.75; clearance yesterday fair.
Cattle closing steady. .nH
Sheep closing steady. :
Official receipts yesterday-Hogs,
22,S33; cattle, 5,692; sheep, 1894.
Official shipments yesterday-Hogs
1857; cattle, 1881; seep, 1920.
Today's Markets.
Cicago Union Stock Yards Jan.
I19.-Under bearish pressure from the
big packers-and the fact that the
spectators had many carried over
from yesterday-the market with ST.
900 fresh arrivals opened little slow
this morning though prices were held
steady to a shade higher than yesters
day. After the first hour trading
became active at the opening prices
and the close was the best of the day.
Thk bulk sold oday at $725@7.60,
against $7.206755 yesterday; $1,000
sos last Wednesday; S6.)0@650 four
weeks ago; $665W6.S5 corresponding
Wednesday in 1915; $8.35@S.45 in
1914; $7.4O@7.5O in 1918; $605@6.3O
in 1912; and $77O@7.80 in 1911.
TIE top paid today was $40; yes
terday $7.G5; last Wednesday $7.O5;
four weeks ago $3.50; one year ago
years ago $7.55; four years ago $6.40,
and five years ago $785.
In the run of $4,000 cattle today
there were comparatively few fat and
desirable steers and these sold strong
while all the others were weak and
hard to dispose of. Cows and heif-
ers sold steady and with considerable
activity, there being good demand for
that class of cattle. Calves reached
$10.75.
There was no appreciate change
in sheep and lamb prices today. With
$4,000 offered packers were inclined
to be Indifferent and bearish but
eastern demand was good and this
proved the sustaining influence of the
market.
The estimated receipts for tomor
row are $4,000 hogs, 5000 cattle and
10000 sheep.
Receipts for today, $4,000 cattle,
81, 900 hogs and $4,000 sheep, against
1927 cattle, 57,S42 hogs and 1858
sleep a year ago.
Average price of hogs at chicago
Tuesday was $7.37, the highest in
four months, against $7.17 Monday,
$3.50 a week ago, $6,S7 a year ago
and $846 two years ago.
General shipping demand for all
kinds of live stock continues to i'm
prove, and Canadian packers are buy
ing a good many hogs for shipment
dressed. They paid $7.65 yesterday,
top of the market.
Angus beeves from Kansas sold
yesterday at 1886, new top for the
year.
Top hogs at $765 yesterday stood
55c higher than year ago, but are
still $3.50 below 1915 high point last
October. Prices since Saturday have
advanced 10000 and some traders
are expecting the So porker in the
near future.