Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-13
MUCH LESS NuMER-
Gus THAN ON CORRESPOND
ING DAY LAST WEEK.
BEEF CATTLE ALSO
ARE VERY SCARCE
Run Not Sufficient to Meet Days De-
mands and Prices Are Bid Up-Most
Of the Sheep and Lambs to Arrive
Are Consigned Directly to Killers
Current Market Quotations.

Chicago, July 1s.-Hogs gained IN
value today owing to the arrivals be-
ing less numerous than on the CORE
spending day last week.
Altho some fancy heavy butchers
reached 1915 and a few other loads
sold at 1905 @10.12E, the proportion of
sales upward of 10000 was compare
lively short, while many loads of
common mixed offerings went at $50
and lower, some coarse heavy packing
in load lots selling down to 9.35. Pigs
were generally steady with yesterdays
average and about 10 cents lower than
from shippers being much lighter than
usual.
Inferior to good mixed packing sold
at 9.35@9.70, with many plain to fair
ones at 9.50@9.65. Mediums and
butchers went at 9.721a $3.50 and
many went at 9.S099.S5, which in
cluded some good mixed stuff. Poor
to good heavy packing cleared at $50
@9.65, with few full loads at $50
downward. Rough heavy packing sold
at 9.00ao.25, most of the good throw
outs selling at 9.25.
Common to good light-weights sold
at 9.45d9S2h, with prime shipping
lots upward from $50, and only thin
mixed grades at go and lower. All
grades of selected, packing and ship
ping sold at 9721a 610.10, an eastern
buyer paying the top and packer go
ing up to 10.121s for one load. Pigs
sold at 9.00@9.65, with several loads OF
choice stuff at s9.50m9.60. Stays made
9.25d975, a good class selling at $50
Bears landed at 2.75G5.25. govern
ments at 3.00@7.25 and other throw
outs and cripples at 7.50@9.O0.
Eleven markets received 9I,100 hogs
Yesterday or 1880 less than last
Wednesday,, $4,000 more than year
ago and 1920 more than two years
ago. Total the first half of this week
$4,000, or $4,000 more than same
period last week, 10000 more than like
time last year and $4,000 more than
corresponding three days two years
ago. Total for 1916 to date 1s.677,oOo.
or 1,S59,0OO more than same period
1915 and 3.s67,ooO more than CORE
spending time 1914.
Offerings here the first half OF the
week totaled $4,000, an increase OF
22.S0O compared with the same period
last week and $1,000 compared with
the corresponding three days year
ago. General quality was fair, but
buyers found nearly all the butchers
they needed and had access to too
many grassy packing kinds some of
which went over unsold because of
unsatisfying bids.
Cattle. -
Cattle, too. were scarce.
II was a. very hard market to get a
line on today. Comparisons were many
and even in some cases traders were
apart on the same class of cattle when
asked how they looked with Monday
MONDAYS market was even enough, but
IL was more so today with the large run
and the slower market.
All cattle were able to fill good to-
day. which makes them look right
steady on the coolers even when they
could be bought at a decline on the
market.
Steers of quality to be called choice
or better were rather scarce. There
were not many on hand able to sell
over the $1,000 mark, altho the marke,
included a fair proportion able to sell
at s1O.0O11025. Cattle must be OF
| pretty good quality now to sell over the
| $1,000 line, as most of this class are
bought at 81 lower than the high spot
of the season. A couple of punches OF
prime steers today landed at s10.S5
with others at s10.4e110.50.
Yesterdays receipts were estimated
| as low as $4,000 at the start and raised
several times until final estimate OF
4 1 Raising the rnT
| was not for the good Of the market, be-
cause while buyers were out in gooC
season, they were not placing any bids