Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-31
PRICE OF HOGS
TURNS UPGRADE
ACTIVE SHIPPING DEMAND IL
! CAUSE OF VALUES SEEKING \
HIGHER LEVELS.
ENr,nE MApKEr srpoNG
ENTIRE MARKET STRONG
AND UP 10 CENTS
Call For Choice Cattle Brisk But Bulk
Of Offerings Lack Quality No
Urgent Inquiry For Sheep and Lambs
-Review Of Market Conditions
Current Quotations at Stock centers.

Chicago, Jan. 81. -, Active shipping
demand carried hog prices today up
gra de.
January's hogs run all around the
market circle has been considerably
lighter and also much less than ex-
pectancy. There are reasons. Car
shortage may be one, but the fact
stands out indisputably that a full
crop OF hogs measured by the 1916
standard has not been raised. But
what, was needed more than anything
else was abundance OF pork
Europe is taking less beef and more
hog product, mutton Is scarce and pork
is required to make good the deficiency
SO far as domestic requirements are
concerned.
Packers are not worrying about
stocks; getting something to put into
cellars Is the problem confronting
them. They are doing business on
hand -to-mouth basis with the keenest
competition they have ever ex-
perienced during the winter packing
season.
There Is but one answer to inquiry
as to the whereabouts of the hogs that
are not showing up at market centers.
The country did not raise them.
Eleven markets received 146,600 hogs
Tuesday, or $500 more than last
Tuesday, 10000 more than year ago
and 1920 more than two years ago
Total thus far this week 100000, or
10000 more than same period last
week, $4,000 more than like time last
year and 1900 more than correspond
ing two days two years ago. Total for
1917 to date 3.51s.000, or $4,000 less
than same period 1915 and $4,000
more than corresponding time 1915
Cattle.
Call for choice cattle was good. but
most of the offerings lacked quality.
Buyers claim the nearby stuff is
killing out unsatisfactory and that
ANYTHING like a steady price for recent
Tuesday offerings from nearby terri
tory makes them dress out actually
higher in the beef as result OF their
more shrinky condition.
General values were 10615 cents
under high point last Wednesday, and
in the case Of the short-fed and
warmed up stuff frequent trades
looked 10000 cents lower. Anything
to command HOO and higher, on tho
other hand, is showing fully steady
rates with the high point last week,
and is on record basis of values, when
killing condition is considered, cattle
Of class to command 11.50@11.75 and
a few points higher at this time being
OF a class to dress far lower than those
which made like prices two months
ago, when such were OF six to eight
months of corn feed"
Killers asserted that cattle bought
Monday gave the poorest results oil
any in the winter crop. There are few
,long-fed buHocks in the run now, and
present indications are that there viii
soon be none. At western markets,
even decently fat buliocks are con-
stantly growing scarcer. Hay-feds are
high. A drove Of 1.106-pound Mon
tana hay feds sold here yesterday at
$40, a price that is calculated to keep
them moving in view Of high cost OF
hay.
Eastern beef markets are in healthy
condition and the car situation is about
as good as could be expected in view
of the fact that most lines between
here and the Atlantic seaboard have
declared an embargo on nearly all
classes of dead freight.
Sheep.
There was no urgent inquiry for
sheep or lambs.
When traders predicted q profitable