Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-25

Various centers.
| Chicago. March 2o.-Cattle were
steady. Good beeves We're wanted anG
butcher stock sold at 10 to Is cents ad
vance
| Packers have given trade for tn.
light steers all kinds of good supper
most days Of the past week. The de.
nand for light cuts Of medium priced
. beef is running fully up to marketine
and with good shipper demand 70,
| the well-fed lighter weights. as well a:
vearling steers. sellers have really ha6
least difficulty in cashing these kinds
While the slowest sellers were medium
/ weight steers lacking right good quail
/ ity 1t is discriminating demand
/ which favors the very best heavy and
light steers as against the mediocre
kinds. and killers are claiming that lat
/ ter classes are costing relatively high
est in the beef. However. one packing
house manager asserts the highest
/ costing beef on the market is the COW
and heifer stuff. fat lots of which are
bringing practically steer prices at this
time
! The west is running steers only in
/ moderate volume. as evidenced by nor
mvl supplies coming into river markets.
but the fact remains that the shortage
of rough feed in the west has caused a
/ .ot vi immature maj cling there IN re-
cent weeks which will eventually have
| the effect Of trimming down late spring
and summer supplies Of fat beeves.
\ ~. tnv,f n
to apply to the summer supply situa-
ton here.
For a Lenten market the general sit
uation is showing up we'll The effect
Of beef diet abstinence in many quar-
tiers is not seriously felt There has
! been no time of late when beef market
was badly clogged by excessive supplies
ard the only really serious handicap to
| beef trade in the Lenten period Will
likely come in "holy week" When the
beef demand should slump off per
ceptibly. This expected situation. cast
ing its shadow ahead. is looked to as
probable Of having mean influence on
eastern demand here in middle days
this week still 1t can hardly be fac
tor early this week. when trade is
looking forward to generous receipts
from snow bound sections IN the west,
! where heavy SHOWS have recently put
check on shipping operations.
Hogs.
/ The hog market was steady. A board
shipping demand sustained prices on
the big run after opening shade high
er.
/ Local stockyard hog receipts during
the week footed 10000. and barring
the last week in 1Gl1 stood lightest since
! the second week of last October. being
| 1920 smaller than the previous week
! $4,000 lighter than the same week last
year and $1,000 more than the cor
responding week two years ago Aver
age of the corresponding weeks of the
past eleven years, which ranged at H.
/ Isl TO 1929, figured 1883.
/ Estimated average weight of hogs at
! Chicago last week was 21s pounds. or
two pounds lighter than the preceding
week, but one pound heavier than any
other previous week this year. 1t was
/ twenty-five pounds lighter than the
same week a year ago and two pousLs
lighter than the corresponding week
TWO years ago. Grand average Of the
CORES ponding weeks of the past eleven
years. which ranged at 204 to 2io
/ pounds. was 2lS pounds.
Starting out Monday with top hogs
at sos. the high mark was continually
boosted until Thursday. when s1l5 vas
paid, and that price stood highest since
/ Sept. 4, 1911, when $3.50 was the sum
nit Thursday was also high day OF
| the week on an average, and that day
the average, price figured 1882. the
highest since Feb. I, 1911. when it was
$40 Not a drove OF hogs at Chica go
cost up to 81 Monday, but every day
since none were secured as low as $!
and on most late days packing droves
were costing 1926 a 1850.
Average price of hogs at Chicago las
week figured 1892. the three last days
being considerably above that figure
and the first three much below thai
mark 1t stood 43 cents higher thar
the previous week and figured highes,
since week of Aug. &C. 1911, when sI.ot
proved to be the average, 81 cents
higher than the same week last yeal
and s349 lower than the correspondents
week two years ago. Grand average
of the corresponding weeks Of the pas
eleven years, which ranged at $5.32@
1881. was $685.
Curtailed marketing at the variou!
markets during early days last Weel
was followed by fairly liberal receipt:
Friday and Saturday, SO that the com
toined total hog supply at eleven mar
kets for the entire week showed les!
decrease than many traders were talk
ing of. Nevertheless the total at All.
.. 900 was $4,000 smaller than tn
previous week, and proved the lightes
since week of Oct. IA, 1911. and de-
creased 10000 compared with yea
i ago. but increased $4,000 compared
with the same week two years aSS
; Average Of the corresponding weeks o
the past dozen years, which ranged a
2ec 900 to 1000. was ss1 1000. Total TO
1912 to date passed the 7.o0o. 900 marl
by $4,000, or LAS 900 more than tn
same period last year, 2.39l.0o0 NOR
than the corresponding time 1910, AM
, even 47s,000 more than the same tim
in 1909. The four-year average fgure'
100000
; Sheep.
Live muttons were 10 to IL cent
!, lower. u
Sheep and yearling values had re
markable advance during the week. An