Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-10
HOGS ADD 20 CENTS ADDITIONAL
AT THE START OF ToDAYs
TRADING.
FIGURES ALMOST AT SIT
IN CHICAGO AND ELSEWHERE
Ten Dollars and Ninety Cents Paid For
Choice varieties-Prices Jump at
Cleveland, Kansas City, Omaha and
Other Livestock centers Market
Conditions Reviewed.

live hogs, the market at the opening to-
day added 20 cents to yesterdays clos
ing figure, buyers paying $1,000 for
choice varieties. When the price
| reached Sl0.75 at Cleveland this morn
ing. buyers freely predicted sl1 hogs
there. At Kansas City s1o.55 was paid
early today, an increase of 80 cents
ever yesterdays price. Omaha started
the day by adding So cents TO yester-
days best prices, the high quotation
this morning being s10.45.
St. Louis and Cincinnati made high
bid for the s11 mark when quotations
Of s1o.S5 were announced as the open
ing figure at each market.
Pittsburg met Chicago's figures Of
$1,000. but it remained for Indianapolis
s11 was hung up there.
Chicago, March 1o.-scalpers outbid
each other in extravagant prices for
hogs today and started the market at
being advanced TO $1,000, the highest
went back 10 the levels of the previous
day. and the best that could be had
for fancy animals was 5000.
Iip" idpIN!s -4''S NaihtcS nav ( GU
vanced recently may be cleaned from
the fact that s1o,10 was the top a week
ago and the 10-cent hog was then re-
garded as an uncertainty. On the same
day of February ss.65Gs.75 took the
bulk A year ago it was $3.50 $3.50
market.
Combined receipts Of hogs at eleven
markets yesterday so 400, showing 500
decrease compared with a week ago,
$4,000 decrease compared with a year
ago and 54.1oo decrease com pared with
corresponding Wednesday two years
ago Chicago alone received 5000 less
than a week ago. 10000 less than a
year ago and $1,000 less than two years
ago
Eleven markets received $4,000 the
first half of this week, showing $4,000
decrease compared with a week ago,
$4,000 decrease compared with year
ago and 14e 900 decrease compared with
two years ago.
Receipts at eleven markets for 1910
to date 4,444.o00, showing 100000 de-
crease from a year ago and 3,241.oo0
decrease compared with corresponding
period of 1908.
Cattle.
Cattle were steady. One load OF
steers went at 1925. but this was the
only lot to reach the IS mark.
Buyers have been trimming down
their orders as much as possible for
some time in the hope of preventing
the market from going UP too fast.
but it has advanced just the same and
is now about dollar higher than a
month ago The sensational advance
in the other markets has no doubt
created a stronger demand for beef
and so has intensified the demand for
cattle Cheap cattle are selling rela-
lively high for many buyers are TAX
ing that class in order that they may
supply their customers with less ex-
pensive grade of meat.
The freedom with which price adj
vances have been paid plainly indi-
Gated an urgent need for beef. altho
after such an erratic advance yester-
day some little reaction later this week
could not come unexpectedly. Buyers
are not in such great need of cattle
that they will allow the market to
run away from them, and with a little
slowing down in shipping demand the
packers would again have pretty
good grasp on the situation.
Sheep.
Clipped lambs We're 10 cents higher,
a top of 1855 being paid. Wool lambs
went over the scales at $50.