Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-29

Chica go, April 29.-Sheep and lamt
the year and came close to the recoro
figures Of 1910. Prime wool Colorado
lambs brought 5000 and clipped lambs
scld at $3.50.
Cattle.
Cattle were strong Ds,illery steers
sold at $500.
1t had been an uneven and irregular
market all last week, and on the close
the trade generally quoted values loep
20 cents better than week ago. but.
due tc unevenness in selling. some OF
the medium to pretty good handy
weight steers have of late shown even
Il greater gain.
Simply case Of supplies hardly fiji
ing beef trade needs This explains
the whole bullish situation. The Kill
ers have carried no surplus beef stocks
for many weeks and. doing business on
a hand-to- mouth basis, in face Of a
healthy beef demand. despite high
wholesale and retail prices. with a
prospect of summer shortage ahead
they have merely bsen compelled to so
against a sellers market which has
shown all the carmarks OF healthy sit
uation as viewed from the feeders
standpoint.
Buyers are putting up very audi
BILE complaint CT the high cost Of beef
on foot at this time and especially OF
the lighter and PAINTER class of cattle
that they have been taking over at
S7.00t7.50. Many OF the best buyers
declare such cattle have cost % cents
and mere above the previous week :
prices here the last half last week
some even measuring the advance at -
cents, but most of the selling side feei
that a conservative measure OF the
gain for the week is 15M20 cents, with
possibly instances of % cents advance
on some of the lighter cattle.
Beeves sold here Thursday at $3.50
or Is cents above the best price the
previous week. and averaging up to
1861 pounds We're ripe and thick fat.
out not of fancy class, the lot OF thir-
teen head containing two or three ami
mails that gave evidence of having a
buyers and sellers have agreed that a
load of strictly fancy blacks, reds.
roans or white faces might without
as SO had they been at hand.
There is anticipation that something
may be doing in that line this wee.
if cattle of the proper class and finish
show up TRADE in general closed
in healthy condition and with both
pork and mutton working upward to
levels more on parity with tn . late
high cost of beef it is freely asserted
by many men of !org experience in the
trade that consumers of beef must be
prepared for Still higher prices than
have yet been reached for the beS
beef from the hooks Demand for lit
tie carcasSsS of beef is so insistent tina
the calves OF short yearlings that will
approach SOC pounds in weight if good
and fat are eagerly taken over for this
class OF beef al a cost up TO $3.50 and
q choice to fancy class of $50 to 800
pound earrings will carr. the price ~
to sS.00WS..J
Hogs.
Hogs were Weat and ruled ) AMI :!
cents lover. Receipts were heavy. tht
rus nun bering 5000
Receipts OF hogs at the Chicago
s;ockya.Gs last week totaiea $4,000, o2
26.l2o more than the previous week ard
LEO less t.an the same week q yea,
ago and s2,cG0 moe tl.an the cores
poHGins week two years ago. Grand
average of the corresponding week of
the past eleven years, wnich ranged /
63.333 to 1888, was 132,723.
EstiTa ted average weight OF hogs a I
Chicago last week was 90 POUNDS, the
heaviest snce week of sept. 3, 1871.
when it was 2!1 pounds, and
stood two pounds heavier than last
week, sixteen pounds Lighter tlan the
same week a year ago and three
pounds heavier than the corresponding
week two years ago Average of the
correspondin. week during the past
eleven years. which ranged at eli t.
2G6 pounds, was oc4 pounds
Average price of hogs for the weeN
figured s779. or Il cents lower that III
preceding week, but $40 high thar TIE
same week last year and s1.73 lower
than the corresponding week in 1910
Average Of the corresponding week .;
the past eleven years which ranged at
s4aOm952. Was s6.49, or 26 cents lower
than the average of the tops for the
same period.
Combined receipts Of hogs at eleven
markets last NSth uid Ilot pio' 9"
large as carly Indications pointed to
but at 45s.Ooo the total stood 10000
larger than the previous week, 49,CoC
smaller than the corresponding week
a wear ago and 225,000 larger than the
same week two years ago. Average Oh
the corresponding week during the pas,
dozen years, which ranged at $4,000 tr
$4,000. was 421 900. Total for 1912 &c
date. 9,219,0C0, or 1,246c00 more than
the same period 1911 and 3,07S,0o0 more
than the corresponding time 1910, but
orly 54s. 600 more than the same period
1909. The four-year- average figured
100000.
Chicago Livestock.
Chicago. April Notwithstanding
ed receipts for today, $4,000; market
opened steady to 10 cents lower.
Reeves $50 81
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