Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-20
PACKERS EXTENDED ACTIVE
SUPPORT AFTER ATTEMPT TO
DRIVE PRICES DOWN.
EARLY TOP OF s7.75,
POSSIBLY HIGHER LATER
Cattle Market Strong, Good Demand
Existing For Practically All serts-
Packers Anxious to Secure lambs,
at 10 TO is Advance and Sheep Prices
Also Showed Gains.

Chicago. Dec. 2o.-Hogs were strong
er h at the Low time yesterday.
packers extending active support after
attempting 20 drive prices down. The
run was not heavy. Best animals top
red at s7.75, tho there were indications
that a higher figure might be secured
later in the day.
Combined receipts for hcss at eleven
markets Monday We're $4,000. against
10000 a week ago. 1l1.400 a year &
! and $500 two years ago. Chicago re-
! celved $4,000. against $4,000 a week
! ago. $4,000 a year ago and $4,000 two
wears ago. Kansas City reported 5000.
beng the same as a week & and 1000
less tina a year and two years ago.
I Omaha had 1900 less than a week ago.
500 more than a year ago and 1,IO0
more than two years ago. ST. Louis
+: was credited with 1000 more than a
week and 1000 more than a year ago.
! Buffalo reported 5000 less than a week
( ago and 1900 more than a year ago.
Pittsburg had 10000. against $4,000 a
! week ago and $500 a year 6
Ing dNeldSc "S4SAiI VI AoSS oS ~
! caco last week was the same as the
estimate. or PA pounds. being l pound
lighter than the previous week and the
highest in about nine months. still s
pounds heavier than a yea ago and
4 pounds heavier than the six-year V
erage Of the corresponding week from
1904 to 1909, inclusive.
A year ago this week in u num-
hers $4,000 hogs arrived here. Two
| years ago the run was 10000. while
the corresponding week Of 1904 the total
reached 2o2. 900. The average weight a
year ago this week was PA pounds.
TWO years ago POS pounds and three
Years ago o0e pounds. 1t is expected
the average his week will decrease a
few pounds from last weeks average,
which was 224 pounds.
The average price Of hogs here a year
ago this week declined II cents. with
1927 the average on the closing day.
| Two years ago the average advanced
IS cents to 1911. while the correspond
ing week Of 1907 the average dropped
S cents. closing at s4.4s.
Cattle.
Cattle were strong. Good demand
existed for practically an sorts Of
prime stuff, with only fair inquiry for
lights, and active inquiry for heavy
cattle. A string o. distillery guff sold
at $500. Prime COWS and heifsrs were
in active demand.
markets wore evidence Of cattle short
age. Only 4o,7oo were received at SIX
markets, against $500 and $500 a
year ago. At that time, however, a
l:et had just passed thru such a price
| pounding period as witnessed recent
= and the country simply cut supplies
down to give he trade a chance to
1ecuperate. The same conclusion was
reached by the sellers in sizing up
reasons for the sharp cut in supplies.
Corn being much cheaper than last
year, rough feed plentiful all over the
| couI.trv. cattle feeders doubtless have
rome to the conclusion nat light sup
plies for a time might prove a good
dose to administer to a sick market.
That the prescription worked may be
seen in the much brighter aspect to
things shown on all sides.
Violent price reaction from low spot
last week will or will not bring OF a
heavy midweek run. That question is
up TO the country to decide. Proxim-
ity of Christmas puts poultry in broad
demand and the beef trade can do
well with quite moderate midweek az
rivals. There is no guaranty of repeti-
ton Of today's frothy demand again
on Wednesday ard Thursday Of his
week, and it will be a wise shipping
| policy to go slow in marketing and al
low the trade to hold that which is
gained rather han attempt to unload
a big pile Of short-fed steers, expect
ing to get benefit Of the present higher
prices and deeply regret their poor
staying qualities in event that too
many of them are thrown onto the
market.
Relatively short run Of thick fat
1900 to 1.45o-pound steers was good
evidence that these. as we'll as the
heavier kinds, are pretty well In. That
class dropped off in numbers last week.
too, and today's slim run OF them was
strengthening evidence that biggest
quota of supplies for n next rev
weeks at least will likely comprise
sixty to ninety day fed stuff which, in
fact, have made up largest proportion
Of the run in the past two weeks.
Sheep.
Packers wanted lambs today. n
early in the session showed anxiety to
secure animals. Prices were 1O@15
cents higher Than they had been at the
previous session and heavy lambs sold
as high as $685.. Sellers declared that
the same sorts would not have made
over $3.50 at the low time last week.
Demand for sheep vas active and
prices advanced over yesterday. One
load Of yearlings sold at S5.aS, while
toppy sorts were quoted up to $3.50.
q visit Of some length Mrs. Byron