Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-23
DECLINES OF 10 TO IS ON
HEAVIEST MONDAYS RUN
Cattle Prices Not Much Changed From
Last Weeks close-Demand Was
Fairly Active But Quality Not Good
early Sales of Sheep Were at TO-
Cent Declines.


cents. The market WAS quoted gen
orally 1oG15 cents lower. The run was
the heaviest for Monday of the season.
The top was 1897. for lights and
s7.s5 q 80 for bulk
Receipts OF hogs at Chicago last week
itotajel l5S.2o0. a decrease Of 4.200 co NJ
pared with the previous week. but stood
10000 larger than same week last year
and was $500 smaller than CORES
pointing week TWO years ago. The av-
erage for years OF 1899 and 1850. in
elusive. was 19o,305. Or 3..10o larger
.!lan present week. which. barring like
period of 1910, stood lighter than any
other year in the last twelve. TIE
largest corresponding week in the las
twelve years was 1908. with a5e,aes
The estimated average weight Of hoss
received at Chicago last week was ga
ms. or ID. heavier than previous weak
and Is lbs heavier than same weel. las:
year While Il showed an increase Of
20 lbs. over corresponding week two
years ago The weeks average weight
stood lbs. above the average of cor
responding weeks during tire last
Twelve years, which was 215 lbs. In
sponding week 1899 the ave-a sc
weight was 23l lbs. and stood heavier
than any corresponding week in la,er
years.
Combined receipts Of hogs at eleven
markets Saturday ,otaled 5000. an in
GREASE of 5000 over week go, 1880
CON pared with a year ago. and showed
a decrease Of 1000 compared with two
years ago. The weeks total footed
49, 600. a decrease Of $1,000 compared
with the previous week and vas 1900
smaller than same week 1910 The de-
crease, compared with Two and three
weeks ago, was l9s.00v and $4,000, re-
spectively. The grand average of COR
: responding weeks in years from 1900
10 1910 inclusive. was $4,000 standing
$4,000 larger than this weeks total.
The Iightest week was 100000 in 1900.
, Fluctuations in prices have been
within a narrow range and killers are
not concealing their disappointment
over the manner in which supply has
fallen down. The bear dopes,ers have
now postponed the date Of the big hog
run they have been heralt3ine 50 vocif-
, erously and today-'s prophecy is 20 the
effect tina. no heavy movement is likely
until next summer. One Of these not
Iover-veracious forecasters says: Bulls
will find little encourag cement in tho
hog movement. At this time last year
We were getting the end of an abnorn- :
ally heavy movement. and stocks in the
country we're small. This year, owing
20 the enormous corn crop and high
prices. farmers have returned 20 IN.
raising OF nogs. and ait1o do not ex-
poet me run to commence until the
spring. when il starts it will be enorin :
Gus"
Filling an order for pigs is about the
most difficult task a buyer can face.
Not only are pigs abnormally scarce.
hut hogs weighing from go lbs. down
represent a decided minority in the
run noa. Whiie the average weight
: IS far below that OF last fall, this is due
. % the fact that a load Of big hogs is
/. rare and packing so,vs. weighing S7q
lbs ana up. are TO be found only in
punches The pig and the bacon nos
ara vanishing and chp market is getting
run of fat butchers. weighing 25o q
: 2s5 lbs. at present. and Of superb quail
:ty These are the most profitable
weights for the grower and they sun
the market demand 10 a nicely exeep;
5 that shippers want pigs and bacon cur
ers the lS0-lp class
2 Cattle.
Cattle prices We're not much chang
ed today from last weeks close De-
/. 1nand was fairly active, but the quality
vas not very good. One load Of cnoice
1 animals sold at 800 and a few wers
/. held at higher figures Butcher STUFF:
was steady.
= The week closed with heavy accuuu-
: lations OF such sock still! lef. unsolo
and it is practically certain that the
> demand for thin steers early this week
Will be much lighter than it was last
Monday, when the operations OF loca
: OF sucn an aggressive nature that kill
} ers secured ac comparatively light pro-
portion of the tremendous supply OF
2 cattle received.
? Arrivals last week included a gener-
osu supply of 1850 to 400 pound steers
which had been fed from 100 to 12C
days These sold at s6.35Q6.75, prices
which scarcely paid feeders for the corr
8 fed during the 100 or 120 days after ar
: initial outlay OF s5.75 q $50 had beer
t made for steers to take into feed lots
, There was also large number o.
. short-fed and warmed-up 115O to 1880.
. pound steers which cleared at $3.50
, 6.25, while the proportion OF strictly
fancy 1900 to 1850 pound beeves ant
prime yearlings was comparativel,
small. Plain and medium quality ligh
steers cleared at $5.50@5.75, with com
I mon rough killers down to $500 ant
9 lower including stockers thrown OF
: the market late in the week at $40
t @430.
: Receipts for the week made the larg,
Q total Of 1886 head, against be,770 tn
2 preceding week. 70,141 a year ago ant
4 $3.50 two years ago. Six western mar
!. kets had 1Se.500 for the week. agains
le4,1oo a week ago and 173.7oo a yea
ago. While receipts have increases
nearly $4,000 head, shipments totale'
. 1927, against 27.s75 the preceding
week, an increase Of less than 900
). head. and compared with shipments o
=. 29,629 a year ago.
4 Sheep
- In the sheep market some early sale
were made at 10 cent declines, but late
u activity made such changes that II
q bulk OF sales showed only slight pric
lcbenges. Prime lambs reached $50