Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29
DELAYED TRAINS RESULT IN
TRADING BEING ALMOST AT
sTANDsTlLL.
LIGHT OFFERINGS TAKEN
AT PRICES CALLED STEADY
Hogs Top Market at $3.50 and Choice
Lambs Reach $3.50 - Market for
Sheep and Lambs is to Is Cents
Hisher-UsuaI Holiday Week condi-
lions Prevail.
lions Prevail.

Chicago, Dec. 29-Receipts Of cattle
Were so delayed that the market was
practically stagnant. Shippers anu
scalpers took most of what was offered
at steady prices.
Christmas week is always a rather
poor one in beef trade and there is not
an exception just at present and until
this poultry and game appetite wears off
the outlet for beef is not expected to
increase. However, at the start of the
market Monday there were no signs of
depression. The light run which was
posted was in fact stimulus to keen
demand. but it was short lived. Actual
receipts Monday totaled 1862, vol
ume 1000 above the early estimate,
urgent orders at largely 1O@15 cents
advance on last weeks prices, and paid
% cents gain for some, the market
slumped sharply and failed to gain on
Tuesday.
Two days receipts this week at g.
200 stand 1900 in excess of week
ago and 5000 more than came year
ago. The outlook for Wednesday fators
a run upward of 10000 and estimates
today We're as high as $4,000. With beef
trade in the present dulled state the
demands are not such as warrant lib
eral runs and naturalization of any
very heavy supplies later this week
can only have the effect of breaking
prices still further from the elevated
basis of early Monday.
Eastern shippers are not viewing the
situation cheerfully. The snow-bound
conditions are causing difficulty in get
ting stock into the eastern cities, and
altho railroads are still in shape to
handle shipments. delays en- route are
common and for this reason buyers
are not keen to purchase cattle unless
they have urgent need for them.
Hogs.
Hogs also were few and early prices
were steady. A top of $50 was
reached.
The two day supply is less than 25.-
the supply of last week December
receipts to date are 21S,o0o less than
last year. A feature of the trade this
week is an expanding shipping demand
Dole of Buffalo is back after several
weeks absence and there are surface
indications that eastern killers will be
compelled to come west for more hogs
hereafter. All this month shipping de-
mand has been very light, the output
showing a decrease of 1000, COM
pared with last year, which has more
than cut the trade in two. So far this
week shippers have taken three hogs
where they bought one last week, but
the movement in that direction is less
than half what it was year ago.
Decrease in supply this week is at
tributed in a large measure to the
storm, but other factors have been at
work. Punishment given country buy
ers last week has excited a repressive
influence on the marketward move
ment and the fact is evident that
when the country price drops below 8
cents growers are disposed to hang
up the telephone when bids are prof.
fered, refusing to listen. Supply Mon
day and Tuesday. even with bad roads
taken into consideration, does not sug-
gest that the country is full of hogs
by any means.
Sheep.
Choice lambs sold at $3.50 and the
market was generally 15@25 cents
higher while sheep showed almost as
liberal gains.