Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-04

Ing prices here in mid week, total at
the six markets for the week being
.l14,SO0. against 1871 800 last week ana
ia, 20O q year ago.
General quality has fallen hard. Bar
ring q few loads Of fancy stun TOT
Christmas beef trade, which landed at
tS.75@0.2O, with q few fancy yearnngs
culled from show stock at $s.25@s.oO'
there was scant picking as high as 10.
A spread Of $7.25@7.s5 has taken puik
or good to choice corn fed beeves ana
medium to good short-fed stun was
landed largely within range OF $3.50 W
40. warmed-up light cattle OF decent
to pretty good grade went at $o.ooW
is.26 and stun down to 1926 and lower
was largely OF failing kind. much OF II
not having breeding enough to please
the feeder cattle buyers.
- Hogs.
Hogs were steady, selling largely by
scalpers. The top was $780,
Receipts Of hogs at Chicago STOCK
yards last week totaled 13s,500. or s.. loO
less than the previous week, $500 less
than the same week last year and 49,
200 less than the corresponding week
two years ago. Grand average OF cor
responding weeks Of past twelve years
which ranged at 1859 to 272.406, fiy-
ured 1854.
Estimated average weight Of hogs al
Chicago last week was 213 pounds. OF
two pounds heavier than the previous
week. nineteen pounds lighter than the
same week last year and five POUNDS
lighter than. the corresponding week
two years ago. Grand average OF cor
responding weeks Of the past twelve
years, which ranged at 207 to 2ot
pounds, was 22s pounds.
Average price of hogs at Chicago last
week figured $s17. or IS cents lower
than the previous week, $1.02 lower
than the same week last year, and $z.0s
lower than the corresponding week two
wears ago. Grand average Of the cor
responding weeks Of the past twelv.
years, which ranged at 33.S5@s.20. fg
ured at $5.5S.
Combined receipts Of hogs at clever
markets last week stood nghtest II
nearly two months. at 49s.o00, which
was 21a,b0o less than the previous week
IS. 900 more than the same week las
year and 5000 more than the cores
ponding week two years ago. Crane
average VI Tile SoI CSpohNAAe
the past eleven years. which ranged a
Asa, 900 to $4,000, was 1000. Tota
for 1911 to date 22,6sS.O0O, or 5.47s.oo'
more than the same period 1910. and 2.
or, 900 more than the corresponding
time 1909, but 2,5s7.O00 less than tn
corresponding period 1908. The four
wear average was 21,347.000.
| Sheep.
| Sheep and lambs were lower thai
last weeks high. Best lambs sold a
lS6.
Shippers deserve much credit To-
having held the run down all week, ant
certainly the situation has improved
vastly. OF course. every one could no
benefit by the moderate receipts direct
~, but each sheep owner will indirectl!
profit by the wiseness displayed In re
| cent marketings. Packers contested tn
advance scored, but were helpless gen
orally. So that sellers were able Z
boost prices to better level. CLOSING
prices were weaker than the high TIM
Friday. but stood largely 25@35c high
er on aged lots than the previous week
finish. Yearlings Jared even bette
and showed anywhere from soc to 10
advance Very little suitable breeding
and feeding stock were offered at an.
| time, and such lots that did arriv
went practically at the same leve