The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-04-04
THIRTEEN CENT
LAMBS ON MARKET
Banner Prices Paid In Portland For
the First Spring Lambs of the
Season. -.

The first spring lambs for the sea-
son arrived Wednesday and sold at
thirteen cents, says the Portland Live
Stock Reporter, Thursday.
Just to indicate the strength of the
market a Jackpot" shipment of
sheep, consisting of ewes, spring
lambs and yearling wethers Wednes-
day morning brought exceptionally
good prices. The ewes brought $S25,
spring lambs $13 and the yearlings
$40. The month of March will long
be remembered by not only the sheep
men but other livestock men as a
month of exceptionally strong prices
at North Portland.
Nothing arrived in the sheep house
during the first part of the week and
all prices are on a good strong quo
tation basis.
Local supply of sheep is so short
that killers are forced to rely on their
own feed lots for their requirements.
| Sheep feeders are sitting easy these
days They have the supply in their
hands and are not worrying any as to
future prices. Shipments will prob
ably not start in numbers until af
ter the lambing and shearing seasons
are over.
Steers of the better grades have
shown no change since Monday All
quotations are on very strong basis
with receipts very short. Taking the
month that has passed as a whole
the steer market is showing up much
shorter and stronger than it did last
year for the same period.
Only a few cattle have been in the
yards since Monday The only re-
ceipts since that time have been in
the COW and heifer division. No steers
whatever having been received. There
is quite a bunch of steers marked up
for arrival today that will not be on
tOday's market Most of these anti
cipated receipts are from Idaho points.
All during the week the market on
butcher stock has shown a fairly &C
tive spirit and throughout prices were
steady to strong. Good to choice COWS
have met a ready outlet at the best
price of the season. There has also
been a good call for the better classes
Even plain, habitat styles have had a
good season and there has not been
any dragging feeling.
Bulls and stays have not been in
plentiful supply this week to date
Prices are very good and quotations
good quality.
Eastern markets again report al
easiness in hogs Chicago went off II
to Is cents and Omaha nearly as much
This seems to be a reaction from
Mondays squirt in the east. Hogs ar,
now averaging around 50 a hundred
more than they were selling at five
years ago and at a considerabl!
stronger price than they sold at any
year since to date
Steer quotations are: Choice grail
and pulp-fed, $S.75; choice hay-fed
$S15@S.5O; good, $775@S15; me
dunn, $7500775; ordinary, $1,000
$780, common, $6.5O@7OO
Cow quotations are Choice, $6.7
- @75O; good, $6.5O@675; medium
n $6.2506.50; ordinary, $60006.25
y common, $475@6.OO.
Il Heifer quotations are Choice spay
II ed $700@775; good, S6.O0Q700; 9th
q er varieties, S5.00@$6.00.
a Bull quotations are: Choice, $4.5O6
$500; good, $3.5O@45O; medium, $50
n @35O; common, $275@3.OO.
Stag quotations are: Choice $1,000
5.25; good, $4.50@5.00; other varieties
n $3OO@4.5O.
a Feeder quotations are: Best select
81 ed, $50 to 100 lbs, S5.5OW so; best sc
n lected, 700 to 900 lbs, $5.25@6.OO
4 choice stock heifers, $4.5O@5OO; goo
81 to choice stock COWS, $4.5O@5.25.
81 Mixer quotations are: Jersey hei
"a ers, $40 and up; good grade Holstein
M 500 and up good grade Durhams, SIS
al @$100; good Jerseys, S60@$S0.
al Sheep quotations: Spring lamt
81 $1,000; choice lambs, $10.O0@10.5 sc
81.
81 yearlings, SS75@10.00 good yearling
III $S.250S75; choice wethers, $8.25t
81 800; good wethers, So OO@S.25; choiC
s ewes, $7.75QS.25; good ewes, $1,000
IT'S.
81 Hog quotations are: Prime ligh
s 1925; prime strong weights, 5000
# 925; good to prime mixed, $S.75@9.Ol
"a rought heavy packing, $S.00@S.2l
[3 pigs and skins. SSO0MS25.