Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-10
UN[V[NCAI1[{ MARKET
EARLY SALES AT CLOSE TO
STEADY PRICES, WHILE 9TH
Frs SHOW DECLINE.
HOGS OFF 10 TO is CENTS
WITH TOP AT ss.75
Resumption of Train Schedules Ex-
pected to Bring More Live Hogs to
the Market = Sheep Unchanged,
Lambs, Steady to 10 Cents Lower
The Days Quotations.


was uneven. Most of the early sales
We're at close to steady prices, while
some sales showed slight declines. One
lot of choice steers brought $50
Receipts for last week were $500,
against 6O,533 the previous week and
1885 year ago, when weather con-
dltions We're more favorite than the
past week. The shipping demand was
quite good and proved a strong slim
ulus in the price-boosting process.
Shippers took 24.300 out of the run
and there was thus 29,200 fewer cattle
for local consumption than in the pre-
vious week, while packers, meeting a
good demand for beef, seemed to need
liberal supplies, and they bought freely.
Despite the decrease in marketing at
Chicago, outside points received more
cattle because of the shorter hauls in
most cases, but there is in the cooking
a big run due for Chicago, say the trad
ers, whenever weather moderates and
the railroads are in shape to handle
normal shipments of stock. This week
the railway situation was especially
bad, many shipments being hours late
delay in long hauls We're experienced
Some western Iowa shipments start
ed on Monday and due for the We'd
nesday market did not arrive until Fri
day, While others were held out at IL
linois feeding points because of the
roads inability to get them into Chi
cago However, when the cold spell
breaks the country is likely to take on
spell Of heavy liquidation of Short
fed steers which will not augur we'll
for high price levels, and the braced-up
market is thus apt to receive a jolt this
week in event of shippers ability to
market stock as freely as they would
wish.
Supply last week carried an even
shorter quota of well-fed steers than in
the two weeks previous and a scant
quota of sales have been above 81,
while tops sold at ss.o5, against $3.50
the previous week and $3.50 year ago.
The trade is working away from the
nigh prices of a few weeks ago, feed
yards being constantly drained of long
fed steers, and the prediction is being
made that an SIS top will soon be elm
mated Good-quality 1900 to 14OO
pound steers sold this week at s625@
6S5 and a long list of medium to good
1,150 to 1900 pound steers made $3.50
G6.15, with the plain to fair light
warmed-up classes at 4S5 @5.35, while
common light steers, hardly decent
feeders, went down to $3.50 and lower.
Hogs.
Hogs We're generally 10@15 cents
lower, with a reported top of 1915.
Last weeks supply was few thou
sand heavier than the previous week
and is far below normal for the sea-
son. Local supply was about 100000
less than a year ago, while the five
principal western points have received
but 100000, approximately. agains
497 900 a year ago Prices have, as {
result gone to an unprecedented leve
for the season, but il is. obviously, al
abnormal market, and with any con.
siderable increase in supply a rector
is logical Just what effect the colo
spell has had on the movement remains
to be developed. Transportation con
ditions have been decidedly adverse t.
thes hipper. and is logical to sup
pose that milder weather ought to fetcl
in lot of stuff held back in the coun
try by cold weather. This guess ha
proved wrong before, however, an
may again. That the crop is short i
indicated by weights, which demon
strate that there are few finished hog
in the country Packers may predic
big runs as much as they please. bu
; that dope does not fetch hogs t
] market.
: Sheep.
Lambs were steady 10 cents lowe,
tho Two lots went at 50. Sheep wer
< without marked change