Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-27


lower level.
AS the situation now stands there is
dearth of all excepting choice heavy
beef carcasses in local and eastern chill
rooms The east especially is loaded up
and there will need be some general re-
vinval of beef trade east as well as To-
calIy following the Thanksgiving holi-
day before there can be much improve
merit in either packer or shipper de-
mand.
Week after next comes the Interra-
tional Livestock Exposition. 1t opens
Saturday. Dec. ,, and there is assur-
ance of a big showing of prime beeves
for the car lot exhibits. This will mean
that the open marke will need few
choice to prime steers. 1nternational
week, and inasmuch as demand for
those kinds is bound to be short next
week, it is doubtless a fortunate cir
cumstance that the country at this
time is running shy of choice stuff.
A week after the International is
over there should be some late Christ
mas beef demand and thereafter the
prime ones will likely be no more.
Kinds now classed as choice will be
moved I'D as substitutes for prime stuff
and the next best classes will move up
as we'll, and so on down the quality
line
The trade is figuring on a narrower
price spread as probable and SO cattle
are likely to be a thing Of the past for
awhile at least. The narrowing pro-
cess should also be noted in the lower
grade steer line as we'll, but it must
be borne in mind that the first hard
storms of winter are likely to force a
lot of cheap grade steers out of the
hands of feeders who are not willing 20
feed them corn.
There is thus no prospect Of mater
ial scarcity of medium and in between
tho there is some probability that by
the end of the year good share of the
winter liquidation will have ended.
Hogs.
Hog values broke 5 to 10 cents, the
best selling at $3.50.
Receipts of hogs at Chicago stock
yards last week totaled 192,10O. the
largest weeks supply since week Of
Dec IS, 1909. when 200.s64 arrived.
which in turn stood largest since week
of Jan % OF the same year, when
total marketing figured 209.944. 1t was
81 500 larger than the previous week.
$500 larger than same week last year
and $500 more than the corresponding
week two years ago. Grand average
of the cores ponding weeks of the past
twelve years which ranged at 96.01e
to 222.249. was 164.1s7.
Estimated average weight OF hogs
at Chicago last week was 212 lbs. or
lbs heavier than the previous week. IL
lbs lighter than the same week last
year and IL lbs lighter than the cor
responding week two years ago. Grand
average of the corresponding weeks OF
the past twelve years. which ranged
at 20S lbs to 25s lbs. was 22s lbs.
Average price of hogs at Chicago last
week figured $685.. or 12c lower than
the previous week, SEC lower than the
same week last year and s1.13 lower
than the corresponding week two years
ago. Grand average of the correspond
ing weeks of the past twelve years,
which ranged at $3.50 to sS.0S, was
S5.4S.
Combined receipts Of hogs at eleven
markets last week totaled I0s.OO0. the
largest weeks run since week OF JAM
| l6. 1909. when 10000 showed up. 1t
stood $1,000 larger than the previous
week 10000 larger than the same
! week last year and $4,000 more than
the corresponding week two years ago'
Grand average of the corresponding
weeks of the past eleven years. which
ranged at $4,000 TO $4,000. figured
1000. Total for 1911 to date. 22.0a7,-
600. or 5431 900 more than same time
1910 and 2O65 900 more than the cor
responding period 1910. but 2,445.000
more than the corresponding time 1909.
Four-year average figured 20S24OOO
Sheep.
Sheep and lambs were slow, with
! little improvement in price.
With Thanksgiving week at hand
and the meat eating public changing
over to poultry diet for the time be-
ing means a small outlet fof sheep for
the next little while. especially with
the situation clogged as it is at present
Shippers will do best by being cautious,
as they have been the past few days
and hold down receipts until condi-
lions warrant more liberal marketing
Prices are unusually low, but buyers
seem to need the good stuff and a
widening of the range is expected al
any time.
Cautious market Of lambs will be
necessary this week or buyers VII
again raid prices and force them low
err Poultry eating season is on and
: demand for dressed lambs will be a.
a low ebb for week or so. Packers
claim coolers are comparatively vel
: filled and owing to bad eastern mar
kets are unable to move much OF wha'
they have on hand. Some Montans
, lambs arrived that killers bought a
!. s5.10@5 25, but other westerns were
fed lots. Wyoming feeding lamb
: landed at s450@5.0o. and some Mon
, tanas made s4.40@4s5. while som,
warmed up" lots went Out again. a
, $3.50 500.
: Chicago, Livestock.
l Chicago. Nov. 27-Cattle-Estimat
receipts for today. $4,000: market veal
t at early prices.
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