Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-26
PRICES AVERAGED FIVE CENTS
ABOVE FRIDAYS ON sPEcULA.
TIVE ACCOUNT.
PACKERS GOT INTERESTED
TAKING STUFF At ADVANCE
Was No Actual Tradins-Priees IS
Sheep and Lambs "come Back"
With Substantial Advances.


count the hog narke, was FIVE cents
higher han Yesterdays average prices
and there We're spots where sellers
i thought it was a teu-cent advance
Packers showed little interest ur.n late
in The day when they took stuff a. The
advance.
/ The average price Of hogs al Chicago
year ago was sSl5. while Two years
ago il MAS s55. and the correspond
ing Friday Of 1907 only st.S6. with the
ei ght- year average Of the correspond
ing Friday from 1902 To 1909, Inclusive.
al $50
While the number Of hogs pa cked in
the west the last week was the heaE-
lest in over eight months and over So
0Go more than the packing Of ye1r
ago The total al $4,000 was 205.oao
smaller thar he CORES onding week
OF Ia0S of the l,535.0oo packed in the
en1ire wes. since Nov /. Chicago is
credited wi:h $4,000. OF 10000 more
than t1e combined packing az Kansas
City. Omaha and 81. Louis
Cattle.
Cattle were no1linaily steady but
there was no actual trading. Prices
higher than hey were last week ard
everything that the rnarke, Offered has
been cleaned up.
owing % the holiday. and some cur
..i!rent OF the movement, the Week :
supply here is 10000 less than las.
week, but there is also a shrinhage OF
, 900 compared with :he same period
last year. Taking supply a. he Ave
principal western markets the run j.
$4,000 less than last week and 10000
less than a year ago. This alone has
Checked the slump November re-
, ceip,s here are sonlewha, in excess ot
a year ago but the viewpoint tota!
for The month will show decrease.
Mondays market was a fash in-the-
pan affair. I. wore some bloom al ,.e
outset, ou. yearltngs and handy
weights we're the only kind that beae
a.ted. and after few urgent orders
had been filed. the thing petered ou..
prices closing az the low point Of the
year. especially On heavy steers. Tues
day was dull IN expectation OF 10000
or more on Wednesday. but the mid
week run proved deficient. and al! the.
was taken off late Monday was re-
stored. that market being strong %
Zoe higher. Any Improvement on the
4 general run " CdtlAS ~ CO n
closing prices Is hard % detect, how
aver
One reason why little furry today
should not be seriously regarded is that
there are several acres OF show cattle
On the grounds and :.ey include 10.
: Of weeds that will be thrown on Mon
days market IL addition TO the fresh
supply This year the sitting commits
-e-e. mas a formidable task II is un-
ders,ood that only cattle OF show quail
~ are 70 go 20 the show Judge and
there viii be a lot OF rhrow-outs.
\ drove Of choice Angus yearlings
avera g!ug 1855 lbs. from the krau1-
beck fed lor. culled from the show
hard. made $40 yesterday Several
buyers stopped at s7.25 on these cattle.
which affords some criterion as 70 what
Is IN sore for next week.
Taking the week as a whole spread
q So i5.25 has taken large slice
of .h4 steer crop. Above 81 i mas
been largely market for finished nam
dywaignte ard year!!ngs which are in
a c!ass by themselves. Heavy cattle
have been appraised a. tne lowest
prices In Two Years and thai trade has
, worn no bloom at any time. \ oi Of
$50 70 1.25o-!p steers have had 20
quality not 20 be sneezed a., as many
Of mem have been on feed four months
or more While not ripe. they are good.
A spread IF 5l2 q &c has taken a lot Of
war,ned-up 10 pretty good steers
Weighing 1850 70 1880 pounds with
some weighing as much as 1900
pounds. In the ss1s.25 range has been
found a 50, Of cattle weighing 1880 q
1900 pounds. while s650@6.75 has Sc
cured prime 1850 TO 1900 pound bu!-
+ locks and s71 20 has bought the aris-
! tocra.s Of the run
I Sheep.
! sheep md lambs have enjoyed a per-
iod % prosperity after declines that had
rearured the market for several weeks.
ard at the end Of the week most lambs
are 50N75 cents above the closing lev
els of last week. and sheep are general
TX - cents and in some cases a little
/ more.
CHICAGO livestock