Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-05
BEST BUTCHERS SELL UP TO
$s.o2H, PACKERS BEING Ac.
TIVE BIDDERS.
ASSIST IN
ENLIvENING DAYS MARKET
Cattle Steady to sIow-one Load Of
DistiIers Brings $s.5o-shsep and
Lambs Close Stsady-choiee Wool
Lambs Quoted Up to $9.25-Othsr
Market Quotations.

Chicago. April 5.-Hogs showed a
slight advance today. Best butchers
sold up to ss.02H on speculative ac-
count Packers were good buyers
Paddy" Delaney, one of Armours
hog buyers, in discussing the situation,
said: Continued light receipts may
keep hog values up to around the pres
ent SIS notch, but there is no getting
away from the fact that this price is
too high. The consumer is unable to
pay for pork at the present cost. This
is evidenced by the dissa abstraction in
labor circles. 1 hardly believe that the
market will go much higher, anyway.
Shipping demand has fallen off, not so
much because of the Lenten season, or
that people have ceased to eat much
meat, but because there Is always
limit and the eastern packers do not
deem it advisable to go any stronger
than they have been in the past. At
any rate, 1t is only question of supply
and demand, and the supply is going to
GU. the big figure in the future trend OF
prices"
For four days this week Chicago has
received $1,000 hogs, which is 2S.S14
less than the first four days last week,
a decrease of 9.251 compared with the
same time a year ago, mad an increase
OF 33.295 over the corresponding period
two years ago.
With the exception Of Chicago, where
receipts showed a decrease Of 1000
compared with last Thursday, the run
on Thursday at all other points was
nominal, even Omaha finally getting
back into a condition where livestock
could be received and cared for as
usual Combined receipts at eleven
markets Thursday totaled 70,1OO. de-
crease Of 5000 compared with last
Thursday. 100 less than the same day
a year ago and 10000 more than the
corresponding Thursday two years ago.
Receipts in four days at all points
total 2S3.00O, or a $4,000 decrease COM
pared with the first four days last
week, $4,000 less than the same period
a year ago and a decrease OF $4,000 the
CORES ponding time in 1910. The total
1912 to date aggregates 7,s1e, 900. which
is 1854 900 more than the same time
last year, and an increase OF 2,6l6.Ooo
over the corresponding period two
years ago.
cattl6.
Cattle were steady to slow. A load
of distillerv steers sold at $3.50.
The last week Of Lent is rarely
good one in steer trade, and the higher
start this week, as we'll as early We'd
nesday, was an evidence Of some false
strength in demand. and this applied
largely to the best grades The higher
rates. when they were paid. were due
s,1nn1iaS and II has
now become evident that killers needed
crop OF steers no larger than has
been had.
This short local demand prevailing in
face of small supplies in the western
markets where high water is seriously
handicapping railway operations and
the deep mud Of the highways. which
bars movement Of cattle in many Sec
tons, is further evidence OF small de-
mands for beef. which will need to
grow following the ending Of the Lent
en- period if the market is showing ma
terially stronger tone in the near fut-
ure.
Six markets had only 14,000 cattle
Thursday. while for the four days this
week combined run at the six points
stands $4,000, decrease Of $4,000 from
a week ago and $4,000 less than year
ago, but few weeks later, when the
force of shorter crop of winter feeding
begins to be felt generally over the
market map, continued smaller sup
plies than shown year ago will be the
rule, and, looking ahead to this pros
pect the conservative element in the
trade is forecasting still higher rates
for fat beeves.
Sheep.
Sheep and lambs closed steady.
Choice wool lambs sold at 1925.