Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-26
ACTIVE BUYING RESULTS IN Ao.
VANCE OF 10 CENTS, WITH TOP
At $7.75.
VEAL CALVES IN DEMAND
At HIGHER LEVELS
General Cattle Market Steady - Live
Mutton Trace Unchanged - Rsvisw
Of Market Conditions - Quotations
at Livestock Centsrs.

Chicago, March 26.-Hogs were fair
ly active and prices were forced up
10 cents by active buying on moder-
ate supply. Top was s7.75.
1t IS season when the hogs are
apparently worth the money at high
cost. since their advance in value has
enhanced the selling prices Of lot
of provisions now in packers hands
which were manufactured some time
ago at comparatively cheap cost.
The mere fact that packers have
permitted the eastern shippers to pick
off the cream of hog marketings at
higher rates in recent weeks. while not
price advances, has at least been sig
nificant of no general packer warfare
being planned for late March hog
trading operations.
Hogs have been relatively cheap for
weeks past. The product has been
lower than beef and now is climbing
higher along with mutton values.
Meantime beef cost is failing to go
lower and the producer Of cattle, hogs
and sheep still feels that he is getting
only his due in face Of the high cost
to grow livestock.
There can hardly be strenuous packer
opposition to high hog values as long
as the product clears at high prices.
Liberia! receipts of hogs were record
ed at each Of the western markets
Monday. but the eastern points were
only moderately supplied. However,
the total at eleven markets footed
1850. or 21.700 more than week ago
17.10o more than year ago and $4,000
more than the corresponding Monday
two years ago. Chicago received 5000
more than a week ago and 11,00c more
than year ago. Kansas City had 1000
lessthan a year ago. while Omha more
than doubled year ago st. Louis
was credited with 45O0 more than a
week ago and 1000 more than year
ago. ST. Joseph had nearly three times
as many as last Monday and twice as
many as a year go. Sioux City re-
ceived 1000 more TIM week ago and
$500 more than a year ago. Buffalo
decreased 5000 compared with year
ago. Total for 1912 to date 100000. or
1.463,O00 more than the same period IN
1911 and 2.445,000 more than the cor
responding time in 1910.
Cattle.
Cattle were steady. Veal calves We're
in strong demand at higher prices.
1t is evident all around that beef
trade is not showing material weakness
in any quarter despite the high cost on
the hooks, and in face Of killers claims
that such weakness is likely to crop
out at an any time now. Supply situa-
ton, too, is developing into reality,
the recent indications that the crop
ready for market was by no means
as large as many had supposed to be
the case, and were crediting bad
weather and heavy SHOWS as factors
retarding the movement toward mar
ket.
Weather conditions are generally
clearing now and only In remote quar-
tiers is the claim set up that snow drifts
and bad roads are barring shipments Of
cattle which the owners are really de-
sirous of cutting loose at this time.
Obviously lot Of feeders who few
weeks ago were in mood to cash in,
have changed their minds and are go
ing to feed out their steers, since the
market prospect with regard to the
future continues to show brightness
rather than a probability Of severe re-
cessions from late strengthened prices.
Sheep.
Live mutton trade wac unchanged.