The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-11-22
LIVE STOCK MARK EFT
National Stock Yards, Nov. 10. 1918.
Cattle ........... 5000
Hogs ............11,50O
Sheep .......... 1000

CATTLE.--Much needed improve
ment in values has taken place this
week; thanks to moderate marketing
and the general good outlet that has
existed on all accounts. To make a
long story short, all classes of steers,
regardless of whether stockers and
feeders, or for killers, has shown an
advance of fully SOC per cwt., COM
pared with the low time of last week,
while cows, heifers, mixed stuff, in
Guiding Gamers, show a general inn
provcment of 81 per cwt., compared
with the same time. What a differ
ence the market has shown this week.
1t has been no trouble whatever to
effect clearance of the supply, while
last week it was almost impossible to
turn wheel, especially at the latter
end, unless some sort of concession
was accorded, either price or sorting
Of the offerings, and at that time a
noticeable feature was the fact that
hardly any outlet could be had for
common and plain quality light weight
steers for country purposes, most of
such offerings having to sell to the
packers for Gamers, whereas this
week packers were unable to touch
that class of stuff, owing to the ag-
gression in the outlet among stocker
buyers. go c, .
Prospects are very encouraging for
good market to continue the balance
of the week, but, of course, what next
weeks results bring forth will de
pend naturally upon what effect the
present weeks advance has upon the
country at large, in its desire to liqui-
date the holdings.
HOGS.-When the Food Admins
tration, in behalf of the Federal Gov
eminent, decided to extend the mini
mum average daily costs of packers
droves, based at $3.50 Chicago cost,
with an allowance of differential of
10c per cwt., meaning $17.40 for the
st. Louis market, for the average
daily cost of packers droves, to ex-
tend throughout the month of De-
cember, as well as November, it was
an outcome that will, without ques-
ton of doubt, exert considerable in
fiuence in creating confidence upon
the part of the country in eliminating
their desire to rid feed lots of it's
holdings, especially of the immature
and light swine. With the average average
price being set for December, it
means a market of stability, and one
upon which feeders and dealers can
look forward to with certainty, and
toward dependable market, and it
likewise will be The means of stimu-
lating countrymen to hold back their
pigs and light weight hogs until they
can be matured into better flesh and
weights, before they are placed upon
the market. 1t is very essential that
this be done, because with packers be-
ing able to secure a fair supply of
good hogs with their cost not averag-
ing less than $1740, they naturally
cannot buy the light stuff, because it
would throw their average daily buy
under the minimum, against the rules
and regulations of the Food Admin
istration, and the result of this has
been that owing to the tremendous
big proportion of hogs and pigs upon
the market weighing less than 100
pounds, that there has been a glut,
and offerings had to either be sacri-
feed III price at the outset, or layed
around the pens until they became
sick, and the inevitable took place
the disposal of the offerings at the
price that was everything but salts
factory.
The general market this week av-
erages up just about as high as it
was the corresponding time a week
ago, today's general top being $17,85,
though a scratch sale to an outside
buyer was made at $18, which serves
as no criterion upon which to judge'|
the trade.
SHEEP.-Supply has been more
moderate this week, and this has
served to stimulate the market to con-
siderable extent. Lambs show a net
advance of fully soc per cwt., COM
pared with week ago, best grades
now bringing $15.75; though fat sheep
at 50 is steady. However, compared
with the low time of late last week,
the lamb market is fully Toe per cwt.
higher and sheep Soc higher. Pros
poets are encouraging enough, pro-
vided receipts do not become burden
some.
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