Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-18
ADVANCE DUE TO RECEIPTS
FALLING BELOW EARLY ES-
INMATES OF TRADERS.
GAINS OF S AND 10 -s,
CENTS OVER WEDNESDAY
Bulk Sell at Ranl<e Of $9.75 and 1896
Arrivals Of Cattle Fall Far Below
Number Received on Corresponding
Day Last Week-Sheep and Lambs
Sell at High Prices.

Chicago, May lS-Hogs rose in price
today. helped by the fact that receipts
were much less plentiful than expect
ed
A June hog run is probable. Trade
scouts report plenty Of fall farrowed
hogs and prices calculated TO attract
them to market. Trade sentiment IS
anything but Hbearish, altho June
break would cause no surprise, espe-
ciaily on common grades which have
been selling too close to top hogs. In
nearby territory the crop of old hogs
has been closely garnered. but the
character of receipts from west Of the
Mississippi suggests that there Will
be no scarcity. Whenever the COM
mon price works up close to 1000
country buyers have no difficulty IN
getting hogs and after sows nave
weaned pigs packers will have easier
picking.
Eleven markets received 125, hogs
Wednesday. or $500 more than las,
Wednesday, 1850 more than year
ago and 35 400 more than two years
ago. Chicago had more than twice ds
many as week ago and all the otne'
western markets were well supplied,
but Indianapolis was the only eastern
market with a liberal run. Total the
first half Of this week. 100000. or So
900 more than the same period last
week 5000 less than like time last
year and Sc. 900 more than correspond
ing three days two years ago. Iotai
for 1916 to date 12,647,000, or f,io3,e0o
more than same period 1915 and 1913, .
600 more than corresponding time
1914.
Cattle.
Arrivals Of cattle were far from be-
ing as numerous as on the correspond
ing day last week.
Altho local receipts were several
thousand in excess of expectancy, rev
cattle showed up elsewhere and out
side Chicago there was little peel
Feeding the whole country on lS,eoo
cattle is a strenuous stunt and buy
ers acted as tho they had a place TO
put every pound of beef in the crop
They are missing Texas stuff, that
would be plentiful under normal con-
citions at this season Kansas Clty
had only 1900 and St. Louis, 1900.
both markets being partially bare De-
cause Texas is not contributing. There
were 80 900 at six points. Chicago nav
ing more than half the run. The half
week run at the six points is S2,ooo'
only a few more than last week.
Sheep.
Fewer sheep arrived than on the
corresponding day of last week and
the market was strong.
New price records were hung up In
every department of the trade where
anything closely approaching top class
was to be found. Yearlings and aged
wooded sheep alone failed to score neV"
high levels. owing to the absence or
the right kind. The 11-cent shorn
lamb. predicted in these columns early
in the past winter as a trade develop
ment before the close of the current
season arrived and prime handy Colo
rado-fed Mexican wooded lambs scored
a 1880 top, a new record on the latter
Is cents above Tuesday and 95 cents
above the yard record prior to the cur
rent season. Shorn native ewes 500
at a new record price Of 800 and S.s"
was paid for double of shorn led
western wethers that, while good. were
4 kind that sold bout two weeks oack
30 cents below the top Of the shorii
we,fler market. Heavy lambs also
sold higher than ever before. as did all
decent Gull and inbetween grades OF
lambs, sheep and yearlings, while best
spring lambs here, tho not passing the
past weeks 13-cent line, were higher
than ever before at this season OF the
year. also scarcer.