Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-09
HOG OFFERINGS
OF POOR QUALITY
HEAv,NEss DEVELOPS IN MARKET
BECAUSE OF ABSENCE OF
SWINE OF GOOD GRADE.
PRICES DROP 10 AND
is CENTS UNDER FRIDAY
Bulk Of Cattle Arriving Consigned
Direct to Packers - Others Bring
Prices Steady With Friday-shsep
Also Go Into Packers Hands-cur-
rent Quotations at Live Stock csnters.

Chicago, June s-Heaviness develop
ed in the hog market today owing in
the main to the poor quality Of oher-
ings.
Eleven markets received $500 hogs
Friday, or 6,40O more than last Friday.
800 less than year ago and 1880
less than two years ago. Total thus far
this week $4,000, or 10000 more than
the same period last week, $1,000 less
than like time last year and $4,000 less
than corresponding five days two years
ago. Total for 1917 to date 1e.s55,000.
or 1,372.000 less than same period 1916
time 1915.
Cattle.
Virtually all. the cattle that arrived
were consigned direct to packers.
The trade has had fewer big steers,
1850 lbs and heavier lots. since the
country is now we'll combed of fat
grades Of that weight but there has
been a swelling Of 1890 to 1,4oo h.
bullocks, and as warmer weather comes
these are getting relatively better favor
than big weights.
Plain weighty steers are a kind that
have mean action, but this is season.
able now. and they are due to get a
pounding should any very liberal crop
Of them come forward within the next
few weeks Hot weather demand is
-, ,et,t n ta Hy- COL
cases. and the strong favor which
generous supplies Of good quality yearl-
;ngs had this week is indicative of
their free selling action in the carcass
market.
Underfed yearlings. poor and med
iocre killers on the other hand. have
been mean actors and are prospective
of having poor favor as the season ao-
vances. These are bound to run into
competition from the light grass fed
steers, and the season is at hand when
such classes are due to move freely.
From the south and southeast crop
Of cheap grade. badly h-ed steers, with
Just a covering of beef, is due shortly.
and, in fact. some Of these slippery
little cattle have already edged their
way INTO tHo lId00 22oAA 0o0ehSAh AAAeA
kets.
Any generous run Of them IN the next
few weeks will be due to cause price
wreck.ng OF lot Of stuff such as sold
this week all the way up to $l100.
Tho trade for choice steers is in .
firm position, as evidenced by new
record price paid for prime 13s1-lb
steers at 1915 this week and $3.50 for
long yearlings.
Contrary to traders belief. there has
come forward a lot Of right good to
choice 1900 to 400 lb steers, as well as
lighter weights. which sold at s12.50a
1925. proportion of them this week be-
ing far heavier than was believed to be
in the country. Obviously feeders have
finished far more Of such grades de-
spite the high Corn, than traders be-
lieved they would have the nerve to
handle. Many IL these grades showed
but small profit and some feeders
have claimed they netted losses owing
to the fact that final feeding was on
corn costing all the way up 70 S1.70 a
busheL
The weeks run stood 4e.500 in five
days, against 44.464 a week ago and
1873 a year ago, while seven markets
have had 10000, against $4,000 last
week and $4,000 year ago.
Trade prospects for the week ahead
were today viewed LUMINOSITY as ap-
ply to good quality beeves. but there
is danger at this season of few toe
many greenish cattle of light and handy
| weight exerting strong bearish influ-
ence on stuff that comes unripe OF
corn.
Sheep.
killers hands.
This has been the third successive
week Of extremely light receipts here
and elsewhere. but packers bear rai6
on the price lists has been pushed t
the limit and values are sharply lower
than a week ago all along the line
Native ewes and bucks have beer
hardest hit, closing 32.60@2.75 below {
week ago and largely 34.50d 800 below
the May high spot Spring lambs arr
selling s16125 under a week ago ant
from s40064.50 below the high TIM
week before last. Shorn lambs SHOW
75c 6$1.00 declines from the close las
week and average about 1915 lowe
than the high time last month, grassy
kinds showing more decline.
Dry-fed lambs have been closely gar
nered and many in the trade are Of tn
belief that the decline in values has rul
Its course for the present at least, a