Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-23

Chicago. Jan. 23.-1n .he hog market
it was a lower price level at the out
! set. and 70 recovery was noted. Pack
ers insisted on a general decline OF 10
cents Tn marke, was quoted gem
orally loa15 cents lower. The run was
! the heaviest for Monday OF tie season.
/ The top was $685.: for lights, and
! s7.s5a,.ao for bulk.
! Receipts of hogs a, Chicago las. week
totaled 1920, a decrease Of 400 COM
pared with the previous week. hu; stood
10000 larger than same week last year
and was $500 smaller than CORES
ponding week Two years ago. The az
erage for years Of 1899 and 1910. in
elusive. was l9o3o5 or $500 larger
! than present week. which. barring like
period Of 1910. stood lighter than any
other year in the last twelve. The
: largest corresponding week in the las
twelve years vas 1908. with 259.3oS
/ The estimated average weight of hogs
received At Chicago last week was pa
lbs. or u. heavier than previous week
and Is lbs. heavier than same week last
year. While il showed an Increase of
/ ~ .JS, over CORES DollU!TE week TWO
years ago. The weeks average weight
stood lbs above the average Of cor
responding weeks during the last
-welve years whtch was 215 lbs. In
( correspon ding week 1899 the averag
weight was PSI lbs. and stood heavier
! than any CORES ponding week in later
years.
( Combined receipts Of hogs at eleven
markets SATURDAY .otaled 80 600, an in
crease OF 5000 over week ago, 1880
! compared with year ago, and showed
a decrease Of 1000 compared with two
years ago. The weeks total footed
451 100. a decrease of $1,000 compared
( with the previous week and was 1900
smaller than same week 1910. The de-
crease. compared with two and thr-a
weeks ago, was 1880 and $4,000, re-
spectively The grand average of cor
/ responding weeks in years from 1900
10 1910 inclusive, was $4,000, standing
III 900 larger than this weeks total.
I, The lightest week was 100000 In 1900.
Fluctuations in prices have been
within a narrow range and killers are
not conceaNng their disappointment
over the manner in which supply has
fallen down. The bear dopesters have
now postponed the date Of che big hog
run they have been herall,ag SO voeif-
erously and today's prophecy Is to the
effect that no heavy movem ent is likely
until next summer One of these not
over yeracious forecasters says: Bulls
will fad little encouragement in tn"
hog movement AZ this time last year
we were getting the end of an abnor'n-
ally heavy movement, and stocks in the
country were small This year, owing
10 the enormous corn crop and high
prices. farmers have returned TO ;as
raising Of nogs. and. a!tho DO not ex-
pee. tlla run TO commence until the
spring when il starts i. will be enorm-
ous"
Filling an order for pigs is about the
most difficult task a buyer can face.
Not only are pigs aonorrnary scarce.
hut hogs weighing from 22o lbs. down
represent decided minority in the
run now. Will. the average weight
is far below that OF last fail. this is due
10 the fact that load OF big hogs is
rare and packing sows. weighing $50
,,bs. ana up. are 70 be found only in
punches The pig and the bacon hog
are vanishing ana the market is getting
a run OF fat butchers. weighing 1850
z55 lbs. d, present, and of superb quail
:tv These are the most profitable
weights for the grower and they SUIT
the market demand 70 nicely except
:ha- shippers van: pigs and bacon cur
ers the lS0-lb. class.
Cattle.
Cattle prices were not much chang
ed today from last weeks close De-
gnand was fairly active. but the quality
vas not Very good. one load OF choice
animals sod ut $500 and few were
ned AT higher figures. Butcher stuff
vas steady.
The week closed with heavy accumu-
lations OF such stock still left unsold
and it is practically certain that the
demand for thin steers early this week
viii be rnucn lighter than it was last
Monday, waen the operations OF local
| dealers in stock ard feeding steers were
Of siicn an aggressive nature that kill
ers secured &C comparatively light pro-
portion OF the tremendous supply OF
cattle received.
Arrivals last week included gener-
osu supply of 1850 to 14o0-pound steers
which had been fed from 100 to 120
days These sold at $685. @6.75, prices
which scarcely paid feeders for the corn
fed during the 100 or 1910 days after an
initial outlay of S5.75@5.S0 had been
m ade for steers to take into feed lots.
There was also a large number OF
short-fed and warmed-up 1850 to 1850
pound steers which cleared at $3.50
s25, while the proportion OF strictly
fancy 1900 to 1850 pound beeves and
prime yearlings was comparatively
sm all. Plain and medium uality lgh:
steers cleared at s5.5o@5.75. with COM
mon rough killers down to $500 and
lower, including stockefs thrown on
the market late in the week at $3.50
94.eO.
Receipts for the week made the large
total OF 1886 head, against 1910 the
preceding week, 70,141 year ago and
7s.S40 two years ago. Six western mar
kets had 1s6.50o for the week, against
164, 100 a week ago and 173.700 = year
ago. While receipts have increased
nearly $4,000 head, shipments totaled
1927. against 27.s75 the preceding
week, an increase Of less than 5000
head, and compared with shipments OF
1859 year ago.
Sheep
In the sheep market some early sales
were made at 10 cent declines, but latel
activity made such changes that IL