Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-16

d ~ I!peEal louaE put a. AAe'
loads of stock were delayed several
| he ,,rs by the cold weather.
Cattle.
+! Cattle opened waaker. but sellers held
onto their stuff and before the buying
movenen was Well under way prices
rt-led steady on butcher Cattle ana
" re Only a shade easier on the bulk
| of beeves. There was some dIscrimina-
ton against heavy steers
! 1t is a somewhat peculiar situation
" hen prime long-fed steers sell at 81
ard choice 800 TO loo pound feeders at
s5a0M5.a5. Ii suggests tina, either the
4 fat beeves are TOO low or the feeders
too high am! opinion in packer and
! feeder circles IS at variance on TINS
point The killers say beef steer prices
are high enough considering beef out
| let. but feeders argue that their stuff
is TOO high unless the packers are able
10 show them a wide-ope.' demand
v.hen the stuff bought now as feeders
/ is sent back FOR beef trade.
/ Natu-2lly the 5..505.90 feeders will
reed to bring a long price in the sum
mar. but the killers are content 10 let
the summer market take care of Itself
while they are devo:ing their best ef-
forts 20 hold down current values for
ra- stuff
The receipts have been moderate.
| ONLY $4,000 came las. week. compared
with so.4s2 the previous week and s.
a6S wear ago while six markets have
had 1914. 600, against 14s1oo last week
and IT'S. 900 year ago. The west got
! small proportion oe strictly good
quality beeves and result was that kill
e-s and shippers had to look this way
to i'll orders for that kind. Thus the
sellers were able TO reverse the state OF
affairs ruling OF late with regard to
heevy beeves and practically every
thing averaging 1900 to 1900 pounds
has found the best market noted in
weeks past, while there IS plenty OF
! hullish expectancy for the next few
weeks. despite the fact that the killers
/ are looking for some liberal runs out OF
Kansas and Nebraska.
/ Shippers took big dose OF the re-
ce.pts last week. close to 1000 more
c. tile than last week going east. and
tire fact that the biggest shipping or
de-s called for good quality stuff was a
strong price boosting influence. East
ern chill-rooms. like those in local
quarters, are evidently less plen.ifully'
4 stocked than the killers have been WILL
Z II
/ beef row. however. is not denied aitho
! the price upturn this week. should It
bring out big run. can hardly be ex-
pected to be sustained the week
/ ahead.
! Tops sold a. 81 on Monday and We'd
resday ard few other lots have made
.s75G7o0 during the week. including
! choice vearlngs at $3.50. A spread OF
ss350e75 has taken bulk OF wellfed
$40 20 1900 pound steers. while most
. n ediun TO good 1880 to 1900 pound
cattle went at seooes35. but the stuff
/ az $3.50 SIS comprised better feeders
! than beef grades. altho killers go: some
light s.alk-fsd kinds down TO IS and
ta.Nngs lower.
Hogs.
Hogs We're strong and the biggest
portion of the days crop was sold into
TIE hands OF SPECTATORS or shippers
before noon. Prices were generally 5
cents higher than on Saturday. Ship
pers took their kim % hog. at $1,000
e5. tho the IS mark was frequently
reached.
Packers are OF the opinion that they
have a run ahead II them The in
crease this week however. does no!
mean that current receipts are heavy
or even nominal, as the following state