Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-08
WEAKNESS SHOWN COMPARED.
TO STRONG MARKET OF SAT.
URDAY, WITH TOP At s..
CATTLE TRADE STRONG,
WESTERNS SHOW HEAVILY
Market Featured by Arrival Of Fifty
Loads Of Western-Fsd Animals
Sheep and Lambs Quoted Steady
Current Quotations at Market
Centers,

Chicago, April S.-Hogs were weaker
and mostly ) cents lower A top of IS
was quoted. tho some dealers asked
higher prices.
Hogs at the Chicago stockyards dur
ing the week tota!e6 only l05.COc. the
iichtest run since the middle of last
september, INC was $4,000 smalle
than the preceding week. 22,600 smaller
thai the corresponding week last year
and $4,000 larger than the same week
two years ago. Average Of the CORES
porGins weeks of the past eleven years
figured l15.S43.
Estimated average weight of hogs
last week was 221 lbs. while no other
previous week this year Ga the weight
figure more h 900 his. Compared
with The previous week it was , lbs.
heavier and stood two pounds lighter
han 2 year e and = lbs. lighter than
the saEe week two years ago. Aver
age for the past eleven years of the
corresponding wetIS was 220 lhs.
Average price of hogs for the week
fSared $3.50 and stood highest since
third week of January last year. being
l9c higher than previous week. $3.50
higher than same week a year g and
s2.61 lower than the corresponding
week two years age. Grand average
Of the corresponding weeks of the past
eleven years. which ranged at s5.1S to
S10.51, was s6.15.
Eleven markets were credited with
2SG.CG0 hogs last week, the l.ghtest
since the first week Of last October. or
- ,n. 1.- .,o- tho >1rnI-;n1is C-aaE ana
So. 900 less than the same week a year
ago. but 102. 600 more than the cores
ponGing week Two years ago. Average
OF the corresponding weeks OF the past
dozen wears. which ranged at 2is.0oo
TO $4,000. was $4,000. Total for 1871
to date $4,000. or 1~,343.n0o more than
the same period in 1917 and 2'Sla.oVo
more than the corresponding time IN
1910. but only 460 coo more than the
like period in 1909. The -FOUR year
average figured 6.So3.oeo.
Cattle.
cattle were strong. The feature was
a run of about fifty loads of western
fed animals.
Supply the past week has been large
liz of 100 to 1.300-pol . cattle II a
spread of ss.75d1.5o ha-s brought a
Iarees lice of the crop. An SS.IO top
was made on Monday. but $3.50 was
the hes, figure on Wednesday. that
price being paid for shoppers" A figure
that is right mp close To the record and
the highest for still-fed cattle in thir-
~ years.
Demand continues to center on
choice heavy cattle and finished year
ljngs The latter sold in full loads last
week at SIS. the high point Of h year.
Medium cattle have borne the hrunt Of
the battle and closed 1562a cents
lower than the previous Monday.
Steers selling below 1915 get feeder
competition where they have the re-
uuisite quality. otherwise killers dis
cr;rninate against them.
Thu most potent influence against
further appreciation is the current
high cost Of beef. Eastern demand has
eased off and the export outlet is all
but closed. only a few cattle having
Deer taken TO 60 acros the water last
week around 1920. The trade is not
forecasting much lower prices. but the
cost of beef has reached a level where
ption will Of necessity be cur
tailed.
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