The Detroit times., 1917-08-24
ROT TIM c s
By H. II. MACK

Prices for an kinds of meat boar
ing animals are rising rapidly. ana
vendors OF both fresh and cured
meat and meat products are hayn
hard time 100 keep ahead at the
rir Ia revising heir daily selling
rr.ocs. The situation b. "A difficult
one from every standpoint and no
one has yet been found who dares
venture prediction as 90 tho ultl
matte outcome The leading feature
no hc current cattle trade is The
scarcity ot cornicd animals ana "a
noW record OF $3.50 per cwt. for
prime steers has been established
in 'ho Chicago stock yards The de-
ad for prime grass cattle that
look as Tho they may have had some
com has improved greatly OF Tate.
5e gain in some eases bcing more
.rhm s. per cwt. since the low point
las' month
Very few western or northwestern
cattle are moving toward Che market
yct. and tho wise ones are OK
recIne "a big break when the cattle
nom the buffalo grass regious begin
% arrive i'm large numbers. The de-
Wana for common 10 medium butch.
Cr cattle has improved fully as
dly as that foe the better grades
NJ steers and the supply Of fat COW F..
fors and bulls is Gar below Tie
reeds OF the trade The demand Tor
tidy ycarlng heilerS was never bet
Tor than no~, and in Chicago some
Of this kind have sold for $3.50 pC
Z
bred COW h. worth Sl2 per Cwt 10
( iagna bulls are selling between =.
md s. and the Wellbred, fat kind at
/ $1,000 20 Sll per cwt in the Chi
cago market
Another significant development
in connection with thc cattle trade
md one that Ia, long been deferred
rs ne advance Iu feeding ca.tie
/ r.cas. The current summer is ON.
+ 81 he worst that American cattle
calpers have ever known. The IT,
I cent advance I'm The value Of gr1s
/ cattle has injected plenty OF CONNIE
lIou into the trade in the heavier
! grades OF feeding cattle, for the kill
er has place 10 put all OF these
pretty good cattle and viii have io'
! some time 80 come Tho feeder WhC
| is looking for something that VII
take "a quick finish is having a hard
timc finding it just now The sell
/ Inr value OF Well-brcd feeders ha-
advanced fully 81 per cwt sinct
the low poin, IN July Veal calves
are scarce and prices are advancing
Lambs arc on the upgrade again
and some record breaking value
may be looked for before Oct !
The lamb boycott seems 10 have
/ .pCnt its force-for this time and
fresh lamb quotations have recently
advanced In Tho cast from g 10 81
per cwt The demand for good
hrifty lambs is more active IN the
west than here. Omaha reporting q
/ sale of western lambs last week for
I S1GT5 per cWt The demand iol
feeding lambs is greater than ever
/ noWn before. and the prices being
paid by feeders suggest selline
! prices for mature stock well above
500 per cwt. The demand for breed
ing ewes was never before so active
many bands of western ewes chang
| inr hands two or three times before
! thov finally settle in the hands OF
| the permanent owner, the advance
! i'm each case frequently exceeding
So per cHt Many bands OF western
eve. recently got together have
cost the owners more than $50 per
! head
Wool is advancing rapidly in all
markets. and good judges of trade
conditions are predicting sales OF
medium woods on this crop, for 81
per pound The better grades ~
Dclanc woods arc firmly held at "a
cents and there j. very little WOO
in the market poor enough to bring
less than - cents per pound Man
ufacturcrs are beginning TO BID
freely for wool in Boston, and tho
entire trade is sellers market.
The sensation of the hour in live
stock circles is the reccpt upward
flight Of hog prices Light receir's
Of choice hogs and q pressing d."
mand for fresh and cured pork pro
ducts are the levers that helped 10
boost prices. The accumulation OF
lard and cured meats IN Liverpool