Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-30

! Chicago. Sept. so.-Good hogs were
stronger today. The market for pack
/ ing grades eased off before the close.
| The week closes With hogs al the low
/ est price they have been in several
months. and the 500 hog has been
/ wiped out.
! Notwithstanding tie fact that.this
weeks receipts are the largest in over
Two months. many traders seem o
the opinion that next weeks receipt
viii he on a liberal scale. even in the
! face of a break OF 80 TO 7oc compared
with week ago. 1t is up TO the
country to cur,ail supplies in the near
future and give the market chance
10 react or at least hold its own
The large number of pigs received
here this week reduced the average
weight to around 21s pounds. or light
est since March, 1910. General quality
this week has been poorest in a long
ti!ie for this season OF the year.
Eleven markets had $500 fewer hogs
Friday than week ago. or $4,000. while
,ha, number was 1900 larger than
year ago and 3,40o larger than the cor
responding Friday two years ago. Chi
ago and 5000 more than a year ago
Kansas City hat. 1000 less than week
ago. ST. Louis had 1900 more than 4
week ago and 1000 more than a yea
ago ST Joseph had 1000 less than a
week ago Sioux City had 1900 more
than year ago. Total the first five
days this week. 100000. or $4,000 more
than the same time last week: 5000
more than like period last year and 81.
900 more than corr esponding time two
years ago Total for 1911 10 date. H.
$4,000. or 013 600 more than same pc
Rod 1910 and 100000 more than tn
corresponding time 1909
Cattle.
Cattle trade was uneven all week.
Steers ranging from 500 up are
little stronger than at the close last
week
II was a quiet close TO nirregular
weeks trade. in which the prime steers
finish higher than last week. nominal
quotations being best of the year. while
for bulk of stuff Of value below 81 il
is a full steady price basis as compared
with the finish last week.
Decline scored for these grades on
Monday was fully regained in the
Wednesday session, when a light run
came TO hand, but while there was con-
siderably better tone in the mid week
market for plain and medium warmed
up and short-fed steers these kinds lost
all the betterment on Thursday and
more in some cases.
Stuff Of value at s60016.S5. ard
even some of the $3.50 and lower kinds,
hao 10 take lon15 cents decline Thurs
l-7S I,51S i,atp ON ;rYf 10 J'ri-
day session. they finished down on
basis now better than Monday and in
some cases worse, showing 10I15 cents
decline from week ago, as far as bulk
/ IS concerned. tho a 20@25 cent loss has
beer noted for some grassy kansaus
which came in competition Will, the
pretty god warIned-up natives and also
the good rangers from the northwest
ern territory.
II. fact some Instances of even more
than % cen, loss nave been shown for
some Kansas srassers selling around
$3.50 So. out these. as mea sured
against the bulk OF transactions, 90 not
stand as a criterion.
The i-regularity in selling was moth
ing new. II has been trade feature
for some weeks past and there is strong
evidence that killers are going to keep
on pounding down the srass-fed and
warmed Up stuff. thus esta blshing
still wider spread in prices. whiie OF
( The other hand the higher prices for
choice 10 prime beeves and scarcity of
that sort we'll indicate sellers strong
I is conclusive proof. however. that the
position IN this end Of the trade. There
trade is able to get along nicely on
comparatively short receipts of choice
beeves, and also the toppy yearling
sorts.
/ Were there broad demands for this
high-p priced beef there would be no
I keeping the market from an $3.50 or
even higher top. This week the buy
ers put in a strenuous time eDdearor-
ing to hold the tops close to s., but a
prime drove on Wednesday at 1875, the
best price on the open market since a
wear ago last week. while cents high
er than top q year ago this. There il
not much fear among the traders that
the prime steer prices will this season
follow the course they took from oeto-
Der and December last year, when that
kind sold lower. Last October tops
dropped TO SIS. against $3.50 in Septem-
Der. while November top was s775, and
in December best open market price
was 1875 This year the quota OF
prime beeves is smaller and with a
reasonably good consumptive demand
for that class Of stuff prices are ex-
pected 70 remain above IS for weeks
ahead which should hold values for the
strictly good corn-fed steers on rela-
lively high basis. too. since the quota
Of them is not much larger than strict
ly irlatured kinds.
From a supply standpoint the mar
ket is getting all the cattle needed
Chicago had $500 in ave days this
week. against 1898 . week ago and
se,415 year ago. while shipments have
i. been 1880, against 1882 week age
and 31.o50 year ago, the cut in ship.
ping orders. compared with last year
being due to generous movement Of
steers out Of eastern feed yards, thu
> afording the eastern killers getting