Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-26
HOG PRICES BETTER THAN WE'D
NEspAY's CLOSE BUT s7.s5
WAS EXTREME TOP.
KILLERS GOT HEAVY PACKING
GRADES At 10 TO IS LESS
Cattle Trade Was Sticky, But Few
Light and Handy Weight Animals
Gus sessicn-sheep Went Begging
Except Few Desirable Lambs.

Chica go, Jan. 26.-The close of the
hog market was weak. tho prices We're
better than at the close yesterday. the
top was s7.S5. bu, This was the extreme
a the butchers could be bought al
$50, While big killers were bidding
s7.6od ..65 for heavy packing grades.
Combined receipts Of hogs at eleven
markets Wednesday to>aied $4,000 an
increase of 1880 compared with a year
ago. but decreased 1880 compared with
TWO years ago Total the frs, half o:
+ This week 2s5.0o0. an increase of $1,000
compared with ne same period last
, Week and 5000 compared with like
time last year. but showed a decrease
| o: $4,000 compared With corresponding
period two years ago. Total for 1911
10 date l.111.0o0. an increase OF 5000
compared With corresponding time in
1910. and decreased $4,000 compared
with like period in 1909. Wednesday $
total al Chicago stood 5000 larger than
week ago and 1000 more than a year
ago. Kansas City increased 1900 COM
pared with a week ago. but was 1000
smaller than year ago. s.. Joseph
was $500 lighter than year ago. s..
Pau. was 1000 larger than year ago.
Pittsburg and Buffalo each stood 1000
larger than week ago and 1000 above
, year ago.
Cattle.
The cattle trade was sticky. a few
ligh, and handy weight animals OF
, good quality sold steady and even
above the late bids Of yesterday
No higher quality general supply has
been seen any day this winter than on
Wednesday. There was a great profue-
ion Of choice 400 to 1850 pound steers
and sprinkling Of choice 1sO0-pound
and heavier stuff. Weight caught hard
est knocks because that kind We're in
TOO liberal supply. Light and handy
weight Fat quality steers, on the other
hand. were fairly active sellers, altho
spread Of s6.00@S.50 sold 10 cents
lower than Monday. along with bulk OF
the steers which killers got at 1925 q
$3.50
Tie fact that biggest share Of re-
! ceiprs sold only at 10 cent decline was
significant OF some general broad de-
I 4A'oAANS 4N'A 49, GA AS PA0AA ~ ~ Osss
| good big weight steers often selling Is
cents lower and getting bids even
worse. in some cases, evidenced the
secondary favor these are enjoying In
bees markets. where call is strongly
| partial TO hand light. good quality
killers. Packers took the light and
handy, fat and warmed up steers with
! some freedom for reason that such
kinds We're in relatively shorter quota
/ 'han usual I, is rare instance when
quality runs as high as yesterday, but
I the suspicion is growing among traders
! that cheaper priced corn and the excel
/ lem Matchmaking wea ther has favored
strong feeding tendency. and that
late winter supplies are going TO run to
( higher general quality this season than
! during some years past when corn cost
. e5Tt 20 per cent higher than current
rates.
! Illinois and Iowa contributed biggest
share % good 10 choice weighty beeves
and a spread OF s6.4006.75 took bulk OF
them. Occasional lroves sold at s6I5 q
$50. and top wa pu; over at 500 for a
/ load Of choice Illinois Shorthorn and
! Angus steers averaging around 400
| pour ds. while a piece of a load Of prime
| 1894 pound Indiana Hereford yearlinss
! also made this price. There were nu-
n1erous prime lots Of 1900 To 1900 pound
and heavier steers on sale which only.
a short time ago would have landed at
500 or little higher. but significant
OF the decline FOR then was sellers in
| ability to get 800 for that class.
Sheep.
! The sheep market was extremely
quiet The only thing packers seemed
to have the slightest need of was lish.
AID HANDY weight lambs. Others wen.
begging and prices in general looked
ioW15 cents lower
Barring supply figures at Chicago
and in the west there is nothing in
trade conditions to lend encouragement
to the selling side to hold out FOR higher
figures Buffalo had a good run We'd
aesdaE and with that market still on a
relatively lower basis than Chicago.
Eastern dressed markets still loaded,
md soft weather working against the
trade, buyers could not see where any
Strengthening Of the price was due, and
bids in some quarters were lower. The
trade dragged along very slowly. with
prices holding about a steady basis
on the more desirable classes, but
Heighty stuff suff ering serious neglect
and moving on as low, sticky market
at the low prices current on yesterday.
Choice light lambs sold up to 1925.
Same were held at higher prices thru
out the greater part Of the forenoon
session. but the rifle could not be made
and i. took something OF a made-to-
order class to bring 1928. Two loads
OF Colorados from the Fort Collins dis
trict were included in the supply