Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-22
Prices Were About Unchanged
Today, But Week Shows
Considerable Losses
HOG MARKET is STRONGER
Prices for the Week Close About Five
Cents Above Closing Prices Week
Ago = Late Market Today Was
Rather Weak = Sheep Declined
During the Week.

can't offerings of cattle were sold at
unchanged values, sales showing re-
auctions of 25@35 for the week, and
4O@5O from the recent high time.
The fact that the prices have suf-
fered so marked u decline in the face
of the decreased offerings is largely at
tributable to the lack of demand from
the shippers and exporters. The ship
ments to the eastern markets and for
the export trade, with yesterdays esti-
mate have been 24,1S3, against 2S,S56
last week, and 24,7S9 one year ago. The
falling off in this demand cannot be
accounted for save that the trade was
we'll filled up and that they considered
that the prices which the sellers had
been asking for their holdings were
too high.
The hog market was stronger early,
with one sale at an advance of 29
over yesterdays top price, and be-
low last Saturdays best quotation, but
the late market was weak, early buy
ing animated. There were not enough
first class hogs to go around.
There appears to be no disposition
in shipping circles to hold back in eX-
pectation of higher prices, and the
marketman's injunction to market
stuff as fast as it is ready is being gem
orally obeyed, if the size and quality
of the run recently may be accepted
as a criterion. The market has now
had a sharp advance and prediction OF
further appreciation is less vociferous.
In the opinion of many there is an
undertone of weakness, for which
packers inability to advance values
of pit options is largely responsible.
The provision deal has not made the
progress intended and good cash de-
mand is palpably offset by lack of
speculative interest The future pros
perity of the hog market depends
largely on shipping and fresh meat
demand, both of which are likely to be
checked by advances in prices to the
consumer
stays is at hand and shippers need
to exercise caution in acquiring pos
session of them, as packers are In very
discriminating mood and insist on dis
counts of 40@50 cents per cwt. on such
stock.
Sheep.
The small receipts today were large
ly consigned to packers and prices
were most nominally, showing a de-
cline for the week of about 25 cents
The weeks receipts: Cattle, 6o.so0:
hogs, 141,50O; sheep $500. Last week:
Cattle, 65,4OO; hogs, $4,000; sheep, 90,-
800.
Live mutton market events this
week have seriously discredited the
regulations of numerous trade proph-
cts. According to these oracles. SO
was to have been paid for wool and IS
for shorn lambs by this time, and 1T
was to have been a Sc market for
shorn wethers. None Of these predic-
lions have been made good, nor is
there any indication of the promised
gap in supply between fed and grass
stuff. Feeders, on the contrary, have
manifested ill-concealed alarm at the
close approach of the grass season,
coupled with continued liberal mar
keting of fed stuff. a fact that has been
responsible for disposition to unduly
crowd stuff on the market.
Receipts this week show up heavy,
being close around the $4,000 mark, or
only a few hundred less than last week
and 5000 more than arrived during the
same period last year. Shipping trade
has been fairly good, 10000 having
found that outlet, against 10000 a year
ago but compared with last week
there is a decrease of 1000.