Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-09-25
HOGS AGAIN ON
UPWARD TREND
Market Opens With Hogs Up
Is Cts. Followed by Losses.
RANGE OF HOG PRICES

With a stronger demand for hogs by
local packers, hog prices made q gen.
eral advance of 25c at the opening q
the market today, but there was a ten
dency among some of the COMMISSION
men to hold hogs until the last minute
and when local packers had gotten al
that they cared for, prices steady with
those of the close of the Friday mar
ket were bid on about 1900 hogs, but
few were sold on that basis, many OF
them being carried over for the Mon
day market in hopes that there would
be an advance in prices.
Receipts for the day totaled approx
imately 5000 fresh hogs and 2,o15 were
carried over from the market Of the day
before, making approximately 5000 hogs
that were on the market for sale.
With the advance In prices and many
good light, mixed and heavy hogs on the
market there was very narrow mar
gin on the price schedule. All GOOD
grades sold at $3.50.
There were but few extremely heavy
hogs on the market.
Among the 1900 that were left after
the early trading were hogs that did
not meet the standards OF the hogs OF
the early trading, and all indications
were that but few of these would be
sold, unless there was some unusual oe-
curance that was unforeseen.
There was but little demand for pigs
and prices dropped so cents, with a
top of $3.50 and probably twenty 1ye
or thirty bringing 81. The bulk Of the
few pigs that were sold ran arourd
Trading in roughs was not as heavy
steady, with a top of $3.50.
Bulk Of sales for the forenoon trad
klngan 4 Co, always the heaviest
buyers on the market, bought aroung
1000 hogs, Armour took approximately
500, Abattoir Company took about their
80
by other local packers made the sales
Ito local packers about $500 ead shippers
took about an equal number.
Trading on the cattle market was ex
trernely dull, with but little trading
outside spectators.
What few cattle that butchers and
packers took were bid - cents lower thar
the prices maintained on the market Of
the day before.
Receipts for the day Appropriated 400
but there are many cattle In the yards
that have been held over and Il Is th6
opinion of some OF the cattle commission
men that some OF the cattle In the con
gested markets OF the West viii come
on this market within the next few days
Heavy receipts are looked for for tbs
opening days OF the next week market,
Ii is thought that one OF the principal
reasons for the flooding OF the market
by local cattle feeders Is that the season
for the Western range cattle Is aear al
hand and the markets VIII in all prop
ability be flooded with that class OF cat
tie which will probably mean a down
ward trend in the market.
With but few good calves on the
market and a strong sentiment, prices
on the choice grades we're strong 10 20
cents higher with a top Of SD and
the bulk OF the choice calves bringing
Si7dis50.
Other grades of calves we're about
steady.
Receipts for the day Appropriated 300.
There was an unusually large run Of
sheep and lambs on the market for the
close Of the week with receipts close
70 500
There were some sheep that sold az
lower prices at the opening Of the
market. but the sentiment was strong
after the frst hour OF trading, and the
market closed steady, with sheep at
S5Gl6 and lambs with top OF Sl2 and
the bulk selling close 10 Sii50.