Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-26
.s13 HOG NOW
NOT UNUSUAL
PRICES AGAIN ADVANCE AND
MANY SALES MADE ABOVE
EVEN FIGURE.
BULK SELLS At RANGE
OF s12.so TO $1s.o5
BULK SELLS At RANGE
Active Demand From Shippers Force
Prices UpsrAde-cattle Offerings Not
So Numerous as Expected-No Ur-
gent Call For Sheep and Lambs -
Review Of Market Conditions.

Chicago, Feb. \26-Active demand
from shippers forced hog prices today
sharply upgrade. Bulk sold around Sls
per hundred.
Average price of hogs at Chicago
last week 1850, highest on record, 81
cents above previous week, 100 higher
than a month ago, LIS above highest
week in 1916 and $40 higher than low
week last year. -..,.
Last weeks average price stands
$40 higher than year ago, 500 above
corresponding week two years ago ana
$50 higher than corresponding week
of 1905 when the average was only
40. The corresponding week OF l9lo
the average was a.s5.
Estimated average weight of hogs
received at Chicago last week was
four pounds heavier than previous
week at 2o6 pounds. being only one
pound lighter than last week OF Janu-
cry. which was heaviest since last Oc-
tober Average corresponding week a
year ago POS pounds, two years ago
.2l pounds, three years ago 226 pounds
and four years ago 232 pounds.
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hogs were made below 1910, while
packers, shippers and spectators paid
as high as 1900. Owing to the small
offerings some packers were compelied
10 stay out of the market. Shippers
took 5000 and only 1000 remained IN
,lie pens
While lights sold at 12.00G12.40
there were few with any weight below
u 90. Packing droves cost 12.IS@12s3
for mixed to choice butchers. Pigs met
with a good demand and sold loM 70
cents higher.
Cattle.
Cattle offerings were not as numer-
Gus as expected.
Eastern dressed beef trade is re-
ported 10 be in comatOse condition. Al
Boston 1900 was the limit on choice
beef and New York sold nothing over
1915. the common price for---good
dressed beef OF that market oeinS
400. Warm weather and a new scale
II retail! prices have depressed con-
SUMPTION. Lent has also been an In
fluence. as at this season retailers or
der sparingly. Fish and eggs will be
cheaper and more seasonable from now
FURNISHING UtCA "i|iA iiANNN
tition than recently.
Dressing results are Ia w per cent
below normal for the season. Much ot
the run last week had figured Sag o7e
Der cent on the dressing sheets, indi-
eating that the feed bill is being kept
down and that cattle are being mar
keted as fast as In decent condltlon.
Usually February puts better ap-
pearance on percentage. as cattle nave
been longer on corn and make better
weights.
Sheep.
There was no urgent call for sheep.
The lamb market has lived up to
hrst-week- of-Lent traditions. Dressed
trade here and in the east mas peeh
very sluggish and, altho the wool mar
ket seems to be gaining strength every
day. demand for lambs has shown ma
terial curtailment. Local packers nave
been low set, local butchers have done
very little and eastern shipping cali
has been light. Receipts, locally.
around one third of which have COM
prised direct to- packer conslgnments
and speculators' purchases In the west
have been about 1000 larger the past
week than last, altho comoined re-
ceints at seven western points for the
week are 2l,090 less than last week Ii
has been a lamb run everywhere, now
ever, and a large percentage OF the OF
ferin9 has been either too weignty or
lacking the finish and dressing quail
6cations that buyers naturally seek
when paying present prices.