------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | Mon. | Tues. | Wed. | Thurs. | Fri. | | | | | | | ------------+---+-----+---+-----+---+-----+---+-----+---+-----+ |Wt.|Cost.|Wt.|Cost.|Wt.|Cost.|Wt.|Cost.|Wt.|Cost.| ------------+---+-----+---+-----+---+-----+---+-----+---+-----+ Chicago |272|$7.10|255|$7.29|262|$7.31|246|$7.30|246|$7.43| E. St. Louis|195| 8.22|188| 8.16|188| 8.16|204| 8.00|209| 7.94| Kansas City |209| 7.53|209| 7.52|209| 7.54|225| 7.35|221| 7.23| Omaha |304| 6.41|292| 6.61|289| 6.84|300| 6.44|290| 6.96| S. St. Paul |243| 6.58|235| 6.83|245| 6.95|236| 6.95|246| 7.20| ------------+---+-----+---+-----+---+-----+---+-----+---+-----+ ------------+---------+---------+---------+---------- | Sat. | This wk.| Last wk.| 1 yr. | | | | ago. ------------+---+-----+---+-----+---+-----+---+------ |Wt.|Cost.|Wt.|Cost.|Wt.|Cost.|Wt.| Cost. ------------+---+-----+---+-----+---+-----+---+------ Chicago |280|$7.06|259|$7.25|263|$7.42|247|$15.74 E. St. Louis|201| 8.10|198| 8.10|192| 8.17|196| 16.35 Kansas City |270| 7.33|213| 7.46|213| 7.77|220| 15.79 Omaha |292| 6.41|294| 6.55|299| 6.86|273| 15.72 S. St. Paul |211| 7.02|240| 6.86|236| 7.16|...| ... ------------+---+-----+---+-----+---+-----+---+------ The above prices are computed on packer and shipper purchases. _Hogs._--The hog market had a fairly healthy tone and the erratic fluctuations which marked the trade for several weeks previous were, for the most part, missing. While during the preceding week, average cost of hogs at the markets under review showed a decrease, Chicago prices dropping to the lowest levels since early in 1916, closing prices of the week under review were generally 10¢ to 15¢ higher than the previous week-end. A broader eastern demand was partly responsible for the advance. While the proportion of new crop hogs showed a seasonal increase at practically all points, the continued heavy receipts of packing sows caused considerable comment. Traders at Chicago do not recall any recent period when receipts at this time of the year carried so large a percentage of packing sows as do current offerings. Packing sows were of almost uniformly good quality, many of them being almost as smooth as barrows. Several of the smaller packers at Chicago turned from heavy barrows to good and choice sows. Many of the new-crop hogs showed very little finish and buyers complained that many were “dopey” apparently suffering from the effects of initial rations of new corn. On almost every day butcher hogs averaging 200 lbs. to 240 lbs. sold at top prices at Chicago, while the 160-lb. to 170-lb. kinds closed considerably under top quotations.