Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-06
UNDER HEAVY VOLUME OF OF.
FERINes LEVELS DROP IS TO Is
CENTS IN VALUES.
ONLY VERY BEST SORTS
At LAST WEEKS PRICES
Top For Day IS Cents Under Best
Quotations in Recent Days-Hoss
Advance to 10 Cents, With Top For
Prime Butcher Sorts at s6.55-Paek.
ers Make Purchases at $500 to $3.50.

Very best sorts held to the high level
of last week. The top was 50.
Beef trade is using a moderate quota
Of carcasses even tho the prices at
wholesale are being marked uD and re-
I tail advances are sure to follow. How
ever. there is a limit 10 the capacity OF
/ trade trade to withhold big supplies
This was evidenced the previous week
! when the bottom fell out of the market
: with a dull thud and lot of country
/ shippers We're compelled to cash Of
! ferings at prices below cost at loading
stations.
! Recurrence Of this situation must be
{; guarded against this week a big run
. of farm fed stuff not in the Very best
Of shape can only mean sharp price
! recessions once more even tho western
range supplies are cut to small volume.
( AS the situation stands it looks like
gCod time 70 cash finished stuff freely.
since a liberal dose of this kind Is
I wanted especially by packers, altho
/ the east is going against few Of the
/ $500 900 stuff and gives way 70 pack
ers Who are in urgent need of few
fancy beeves for best hotel trade. 1t is
/ this latter source of outlet into which
the bulk Of the fancy beef is going now
and il commands fancy price when
cut I'D. Packers have boosted prices
as witness the latest quotations for
beef cuts as follows: No. ribs from
/ Is cents TO 1919 cents; No. loins from
! % cents TO 23I2 cents. while NO. L
/ rounds are up l: cent. Chucks sell
steady and the plates at a cent ad-
vance. Thus far, however. there has
! been no material change in the whole
sael price for No. . and No ) beef cuts.
and the retail butcher who boosts his
prices for ordinary beef cuts on
strength of recent rise in steer values
is therefore charging up to his Gus
toners an increase in cost which is not
warranted by a proportionate advance
/ in wholesale cost.
! AS the season advances choice to
/ prime quality steers are showing up in
scant numbers. The prime ones are
strictly Monday and Wednesday
proposition and not enough of that
kind ar. at hand to fill the actual de-
mands ON the other hand, the trade
is getting all the medium and common
stuff needed and more. too. If there
we're more conservatism shown in mar
keting these grades there would be
greater prospect for decent-sized sup
plies Of matured beeves later in the
season. but just now when the medium
quality lots are moving freely and no.
many fleshy feeders are going to the
country for short feed there is strong
prospect of a short showing Of choice
teeves in January and February. and
some long headed feeders are taking
cognizance of this situation and plan
ming to feed for those markets.
From receipts standpoint the coun
try did well last week Only $500 cat
tic arrived. against s5.139 the previous
week and SOTO Il year ago. while OF
this volume there We're $4,000 natives
and HOO westerns, against grand
total Of $500 natives the previou
week and 200 westerns and tota
O. SOTO a year ago, Of which there
were $500 natives and 10000 west
ems Al the six markets supplies drop
plies dropped sharply, a total Of 1890
arriving. against $4,000 previous week
and 800 a year ago.
Hogs.
Hogs were up > and 10 cents. viii
top for prime heavy butcher hogs O.
$685.. The packers got their hogs d
$500 and $500
Receipts OF hogs at Chicago Stool
Yards last week totaled $4,000. de
crease Of $500 compared with the pre-
vious week, but an increase Of $3.50
com pared with the same wick last yea
and 341oo compared With the CORE
spending week two years ago. Tn
grand average of the correspondent
weeks Of the past twelve years, which
ranged at 102,6s3 to 1885, figure
$4,000, or 1900 less than the presen
week.
Estimated average weight Of hogs a
Chica go last week was 202 pounds, o
only l pound heavier than the lightes
week OF the year and IL pounds lighte
than the previous week, 81 pound
lighter than the same week last yea
and % pounds lighter han the cor
responding week two years ago. Gram
average Of the corresponding weeks .
, the past twelve years, which ranged
: oil pounds to PA pounds. was %
pounds. or "a pounds heavier than tn
present week, which means that recen
supplies. altbo larger than the ave-
] age, did not make as much as the av
erage number of pounds Of pork.
, Average price Of hogs at Chicago las
! week was 1913, or 13 cents less tina
: the previous week. s1.ss lower than tn
j. same week last year and S1.65 lowe
] than the corresponding week two year
r ago. Grand average Of the CORE
e spending weeks Of the past twelv
a Years. which ranged at S4.25Gs.o7, fig
;, ured s5.7s, or II cents lower than thi
week, showing that present prices sti
h figured better than the average.
Combined receipts Of hogs at elere
d markets last week totaled $4,000. Z
8 5000 larger than the previous weel
. which stood largest since week
$ June "a, when $4,000 showed up. The
:. were $4,000 larger than the same wee
{ last year and 10000 larger than I'll
: corresponding week two years ag
5. Grand average Of the corresponds
e weeks Of the past eleven years. whic
If ranged at $4,000 to $4,000, was 45S
8 o0n Total for 1911 70 date, %, 1e1 %
It or 4.777,o00 more than the same tin
1910 and 1,544,0o0 more than like peric
n 1909, but 2,2ss.00o less than the corr
e spending week 1908. The four-year a,
e. GRACE figured 19.1s3,eeo.
Sheep.
st Lambs were down Is to % cents {
l. lack OF demand. Sheep were abo
% steady.
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