Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-15
CHICAGO Live Stock Notes.

ehdS leeulI6, dcCUi Jung W dill
counts. is light Meal was high and
feeders lost money last year. In the
Fort Worth district an so per cent
! decrease is reported. This may be ex
aggerated., but there will be no heavy
spring run OF beef from Texas and the
cattle from there are always regarded
as price breakers.
Very few cattle are coming from
Mexico and it is doubtful if there will
be any considerable run from that
quarter at any time during 1916 Some
trash will show up. but pacification OF
that country will mean an enormous
demand for American breeding cattle.
Mexico as a supply Of either feeders
or stockers has been a disappointment.
Prediction is made that fed lambs
viii sell at $3.50 before Easter. This
is not improbable, as the people who
buy the product seem to be able TO
take it regardless OF cost. Very little
late feeding will be done and all the
second hand stuff this winter has been
caught by the butcher at Chicago
When the sheep market history of 1916
is written a new set Of records will be
put in type.
All information from Canada is that
y
Western Canada sent a considerable
number of cattle to st. Paul and Chi
cago last year because the money was
needed. but many of them were on a
stocker order. Ontario is sending very
little to Buffalo. and export Of hogs to
the United States has ceased, the
movement being in the other direction
Canada has advertised as a source of
prolific supply when the duty was TAX
en- off, but nothing of the kind has
happened or is likely to.
AL available news concerning the
wool market indicates strength and
higher prices. The British government
has put an embargo on crossbreds and
English woods and about all the Am
erican manufacturer will get from
across is merino stuff. The 1915 do
mestic clip will be the smallest in
years and growers are undoubtedly
aware of the statistical strength OF
their position. If the war continues ii
is not improbab BILE that wool will go to
81 a secured pound.
Cattle trade is acting encouragingly
Conditions are radically different to
those of year ago when feed lots
were full of weighty steers and corn
was being poked into them regardless
Of cost Everybody is working now
and beef is finding its way promptly
into distributive channels. There will
be a decided deficiency in weight on
the winter crop and when tonnage falls
down, buyers ride the alleys with ur-
gent orders bullying in their pockets
All the signs point to a good late win
| ter market and this would appear to
be a good time to put some cattle or
| feed
Some of these days an Sc quotation
on hogs is going to be registered
Packers have made another miscue:
but, for that matter, Packingtowr
oracles are seldom reliable when they
prattle on the subject of market flu
| tures. Only a few months ago the
Sage Of South Milwaukee predicted
| $3.50 winter market ana d d5teITisisss
effort was made to buy hogs SONG
where pear that figure, but a cos
4 slipped and January finds the common
price flirting with 81. The trade has 9
i bunch that the big runs are over
/ There will be sensational movement
but Chicago receipts are likely to droI
to an average of 100000 weekly and
there will be place to put that mum
Der, especially when weight deficiency
is considered.