Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-17
PACKERS DECLINE
|. 5 GENT HOG ADVANCE
EARLY MARKET HIGHER BUT
CLOSE is WEAK BECAUSE BIG
BUYERS REFUSE BID.
CHOICE STEERS HOLD STEADY.
WITH BEST TOPPING AT ss.o5
Load From Illinois Brings Highest
Price Of oay-stiIers Sell at S7.s5 to
S7.e5-Western Lambs Steady. Ma
.ives Weak. While Western Sheep
Are STEADY.

Chicago, aug. IL On buying by
scalpers hog prices advanced cents
early. Win top for packing grades
$40. The advance cid not meet the
app-oTa! q ,he big packers with The
result that he market weakened.
PLENTY OF farmers are now Insisting
that shortage OF hogs ;s imminent
From a.! paris OF Nebraska there IS a
Zig inquiry COR stock hogs which would
seem 70 Indicate that the spring pig
crop is not SO .arse as j, was though;
20 b.. says the Omaha journal Stock
man. Receipts % market hogs during
July were generally disappointing and
the Angus, run pro l?i>es 70 furnish still!
more disappointment. to- packers. A
Few months ago man who suggested
Z possible shortage N hogs this tal.
would have been regarded as q candi-
ia-e for ne lurai'c asylum. bit i IS
.:on practically certain that receipts
from 7ow until snow flies Will lack 2
Whole % o. being excessive
Co.Ti6rad receipts Of hogs ~ elsVen
MARKERS Wednesday tota,ed l6,lo0 less
-.an d week ago. or 5s0oo. while com
na-=i With a yaar ago = was - 500
smaller and compared Wit! ;!le CORE
sno-3ing Wednesday Two wears ag0
was 25n0 smaller. Chicago received
go iesS thar ree- aEo. while kan
sas C-v raa 500 more -iar 2 week
asc e-d odn more than Z YEAR ago.
omaha had 5 500 3sss than & w-ek aga
a.i 2-oa lass t.ar a wear aso s. Louis
cas credited with 1900 mora than a
rsa- ago. while Sioux Cry receive:
$50 ,sss thar q year ago. Total re
:rst ha,t ~ -t,.s week. ~ 400. or e.oo0
,-sS than same ;i.Ele last week and iik=
-e-.od a year ago, and $4,000 more
thar CORES r-oading three DAYS tTa
Years ago Total to- 1871 % da:>. IS
$4,000 o. 3.5s5.000 less than same Pc
ROD 1910 ard 5000 more than ccr-e
=2onG:rg tire 1899
Choice steers -ye-a s:eaiv. With best
price ss05 for heavy illinois steers.
S,Lia-S soid a. s.S5 ard 8. 81.
Es-!y estimate m -eceip-s Wednes-
o. cars swei!st: ,atar figures ~ Is 500
-=c.aac and made only - 500 for the
=
week ago ard - 30. d yea ago. while
NJ runs VS. Wednesday we're also
,3gn-. six markets having rota! % S.
-4o, against $500 ias- Wednesday and
= 500 a YEAR ago yesterday while tas
SIX markets, aggregate FOR three days
MS week stands ioo0o0. comparing
- II j.! 90 q we@l ago and $4,000 q
Ear ago Thus beef stocks al around
ara running com perative,E light. and
7aucity e choice grades i directly due
. ;?eaE'E early summer and ate spring
2.quiGat;o wen those kinds we're sell
.rg on a price basis July $3.50 lower
han cu--aa- nov.
Steers al $3.50 on ,ow markets this
season ara as good as the $500 STUFF
~ow and tha i:-Gs bringing 800 yea-
-ar5ay we're no better than s5.T5 grades
Z. or zine Thus both Ire choice and
medium grades are moving up, bu.
While the mediums have done pretty
w-,l II The price climb way. there
$ general BELIEF that they have gone
p-etty near as high az they viii 60,
no me trade IS no. c.anp:nz down rhe
Is on buI,ist .4pec;anc FOR the choice
70 prime grades.
Sheep.
Western lambs ae-e steady. while
natives were weas. Na;ive sheep we're
STEADY.
lio-e BUYERS Of feeding sheep and
lambs were securing the pens yester-
day than any previous time this year
Some Of them have come with de-
termination 70 get desirable feeding
.4n5s around g. 80 ard some have
their hoqe fixed 0. s. lambs, but they
ara .!ke,y 70 20 home eupt! handed
Unless they can screw their courage up
- n. sticking poir. somewhere in the
vicinity Of Sc
Receipts locally Wednesday were es-
mated early q, 81 ,coo ard later at 3s.-
50o. standing over 1900 larger than a
week ago and nearly 1900 larger than
2 wear ago. Tota! the first three days
mis- week sa,lo0 an Increase of 500
compared with same period last week
md a decrease of 1860 compared with
CORRESPONDING kline last year. 81.
markets received $500 yesterday,
against 5000 week ago. $500 a year
ago and 4..beO corresponding Wednes-
day two years ago. Total the first half
Of this week 10000. or $4,000 more
than same time last week. 5000 less
than like period last year and 1000
more than corresponding three days
two years ago.