Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-19
HOG D PRICES again
It Ten DOLLARS
ADVANCE BRINGS vAL-
YES NEAR HIGH POINT OF
+. LAST WEEK 4
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BULK Sell At RANGE VIZ
OF $3.50 TO $to.o5
BULK sECL At RANGE ,.t
Receipts Fall Below Expectations --
Cattle Offerings Scarce and Prices
Hold Firm-Receipts Of Sheep and
Lambs Moderate and Recent High
Levels Are Maintained. ~

Chicago, May 19.-1o2 prices rose
today on account Of receipts being less
plentiful than expected. r."
Prevailing prices are st i'll lower than
last Monday. the highest day in over
six years. Thursdays closing values,
however, were about 10 cents higher
than previous Thursday. Pigs yes
terday generally sold 10 cents higher
with sales largely at S.75@935, accord
ing to weight, with most lots above
800 selected. -.
Eleven markets received 7S,100 hogs
Thursday, or 1900 more than last
Thursday, 5000 more than a year ago
and 200 less than two years ago.
Total thus far this week 100000, or
$4,000 more than same, period last
week, 5000 more than like time las.
year and 10000 more than correspond
ing four days two years ago. Total
for 1916 to date 12,72700O, or 1.763,o0o
more than same period 1918 and S'S12'-
600 more than corresponding time 19l4.
Cattle.
Cattle were scarce and prices held
steady.
The general average price Of beef
steers for the week promises to equal
if not slightly eclipse theNrecord aver
the week ending July 10 last when, al
tho a 1910 top on yearltngs and
1885 top on heavy beeves was made
there were many more steers selling
below $50 than at present.
The market is daily giving a dem
onstrati of much underlying strength
with Chicago the one market on the
map receiving a pormaH crop Of COCA
fat steers and southwest tern markets
sadly missing the good runs OF Texas
grass cattle that under favorable graz
ing conditions in that country would
be runninf freely at this iuncture and
which. were they now|available in de-
cent quantity. would prove potent
factor in pulling common and short
fed natives against which thfy com
pete down to levels more In keeping
with the actual beef vafue for the lat
ter than now prevail. I
Included in Thursdays receipts were
nine loads direct to packers from out
side points. among them three cars OF
'stillers to Morris from the Peoria
sheds. There were $4,000 all told at
six western points, making 100000 for
the week to date, against 100000
week ago and year ago. Chicago
receipts total nearlySt40000 for the
week to date, against 81, los like period
last week and 42,0l6 a, year ago. a.
Sheep.
Sheep offerings were not numerous
and recent high levels were maintained
All classes of live stock are selling
at nigh prices, but the most remark
able sales are being made daily in the
sheep house. There Is not an old rec
ord which has not been broken already
this season and the high marks have
not been, reached The production of
ovine stock is down ID the minimum.
but the recent phenomenal prices
should cause an increase in the num1
Der of farmers raising sheep and
lambs. W.
Scarcity Of breeding stock means
that production will not increase-Fap
idly, but farmers will put forth their
best efforts to get all they can.
In the west ranchers are keeping
most of their breeding stuff, altho
some have been induced to sell because
of the remarkably high prices offered
by buyers.
With wool lambs lowering around
1906 and ,shorn ones already at ll.0o
the market has good undertone.
which sows that the consumptive de-
mand must be Broad, -.
Even the more aged arrivals are
bringing heretofore unheard OF prices
and the situation never was SO bullish
as at present. t-@