Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-19
IMMENSE RECEIPTS OF CATTLE
AND HOGS BURDEN CHICAGO
STOCK YARDS.
ALL PRICES TENDING
Hogs Down 10 to IS Cents, Reesipts
Exceeding 6o.0oo-Livs Mutton Mar
ket Nearly Steady But Inclined To-
ward Wcakness-Review Of Live
stock Conditions.

many sheep and lambs for the market.
From a receipts standpoint the past
! week was moderate in the trade There
we're $4,000 cattle at Chicago last week,
q gainst 51,679 the previous week and
! SITS year ago. The shippers took
eS,700. against 21,.39 the previous week
and 24671 year ago. while the crop
for local distribution was 31.1c0 COM
pairing with s0.44O the previous week
and 32.507 year ago.
At six markets the weeks total was
133.3o0. against 12S,700 last week. 1872
500 year ago and 141, 500 two years
ago.
I Pre-Lenten influence in trade for all
! excepting choice heavy steers has been
! felt in the market each day. Buyers
complained that as the Lenten season
approaches-it opens next Wednesday
beef demands is slowing up. In ethe
east this was the case all week. and
, as early as last Monday there was
sluggish shipping demand on this &C
count, while it has prevailed since then
in trade fvT practically. 81! excepting
the high grade heavy steers.
All others are relatively poor weight
makers in the carcass. This has been
a killer complaint for some weeks past.
Cattle hung on the hooks are showing
the result Of short feeding On high
priced corn It is a situation in which
the feeder is not to blame for his stint
irg feed. since il costs him high, altho
there has been plenty Of announcement
in the high prices for finished stuff at
market to induce owners to finish the
heavy beeves and make them command
the premium to which those kinds are
eligible ROW. and probably will be for
some months ahead.
The medium and plain grades OF light
and warnled-up steers too, owing to
the poor dressing qualities. are re'a-
tively high costing on the hooks ana
the price in wholesale and retail trade
is correspordingly high in face of rela-
lively lower rates for pork. and NUT
ton. The latter commodities. giving
the butcher a better profit than beef.
are being pushed by him. and the con-
sumer. quick to see the point and take
advantage Of it. is not giving beef the
! same broad disposal as would be the
! case were it down to a cost basis nearer
10 that of pork and mutton.
! Hogs.
/ Hogs we're down 5M 10 cents.
/ Receipts of hogs at Chicago stock
yards last week totaled 119,400 or 10000
more than the pervious week. 42,S0o
more than the same week year ago
and Is, 700 more than the corresponding
! week two years ago. Grand average of
the corresponding weeks of the past
eleven years, which ranged at 1882
to 1e7s2S, figured 1855, so that it is
/ plainly seen that last weeks supply
was above normal in size.
Estimated average weight Of hogs 4.
! Chicago last week was 218 pounds or
one pound heavier than the previous
week. but fourteen pounds lighter than
| the same week year ago and six
! pounds heavier than the CORE spending
week two years ago. Average Of the
responding weeks Of the past eleven
years, which ranged at EOS pounds to
80 pounds, waas PA POUNDS.
! Top hogs last week at $685. stood
! lower than any previous weeks hi2 h
mark thus far this year and was 1919
cents lower than the previous week.
While it compared with $3.50 a year
ago. Average price last week figured
] 1916, or cents lower than the prev
! lous week, s104 lower than the same
! week last year and 1901 lower than
| the corresponding week two years ago.
| Grand average Of the corresponding
! weeks of the past eleven years. which
ranged at s4.36d 9.17. figured 1925.
Eleven markets had more hogs last
week than the previous two weeks, but
! stood $4,000 smaller than three weeks
ago at 600. However, that number
was $4,000 larger than the previous
/ week, $4,000 larger than the same
; week year ago and 10000 larger
than the correspon ding week two years
ago. Average OF the corresponding
weeks Of the past dozen years, which
ranged at $4,000 to $4,000, was sos
900. Total for 1912 to date, 4,5s2.0G0,
or 1.243.c00 more than the same time
! 1911 and 100000 more than the same
period 1911, while compared with the
corresponding time in 1910 the in
crease was $4,000. Four-year average
fgurer 3,75s,0oo
The live mutton market was nearly
steady but inclined toward weakness.
Scarcity of prime lambs was more
pronounced the past week than any
previous one this season and the range
cf prices widened and still further
spreading OF the range viii undoubted-
ly be recorded as the weeks 90 by
Prices We're unusually uneven turnout
and the medium classes, which were
most numerous. suffered reaction
downward Of anywhere from 15c to 25c
with the plainest showing the most
depreciation. On the other hand, the
extra good to prime lots held up well
partly owing to the broad eastern de-
mand. which was also helped out by a
fairly good local call, but mainly owing
to their scarcity. Arrivals that suited
the most particular buyers were fully
steady, but shippers should not 90 or
that basis when buying in the country
but use the basis upon which the gen
eral rank and file" clear. Feeding grades
! were in fair request most days. but
prices had a weaker turn because or
ders were not very urgent md suitable
lots were in abundance. General quail
ity was CA, tct- end There II little
hope for any Improvement In the near
future, unless the market gets better
and warrants the feeders holding stock
and feeding that they claim il cciI-
parativeIy high feed. go