Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-01
LIVE PoRkERS SELL At HIGHEST
PRICE SINCE JANUARY A
YEAR AGO.
MARKET EASES SOMEWHAT
BEFORE CLOSE OF SESSION
Cattle Trade Slow But Steers Sell
Strong to 10 Cents Up-Sheep Sell
Strong After Weak Opsnine-Re.
view of Market conditions-current
Quotations.

! Chica go April Hogs reached the
for the first time since January Of last
year. The market was up 5@1o cents
at the opening, but eased off before
the close.
There We're 141.l0O hogs received at
the Chicago stock yards last week, or
10,40o more than the previous week.
1900 less than the same week last
year and 10000 more than the CORE
spending week two years ago. Grand
average of the corresponding weeks
OF the past eleven years. which ranged
at 71,loS to 153.94S. was 130,S6S
Average weight Of hogs at Chicago
Vast week was estimated a 21S pounds,
or l pound heavier than the previous
Week, % pounds lighter than year
ago and = pounds lighter than the
same week two years ago. Average
Of the corresponding weeks during the
past eleven years, which ranged at
los 10 24O pounds, was 21S pounds.
Average price of hogs last week
Showed more gain than tops and fig
ured s7.71. or 80 cents above the pre-
vious week. s1.13 higher than the
y
than the spending week two years
ago. The weeks average stood highest
since week OF Jan. % 1911, when s7.74
MAS the average figure. Grand average
Of the corresponding weeks Of the past
sln.SS, was S6.11.
Combined receipts at eleven mar
llets for the week totaled $4,000 be-
flNC
5000 less than year ago and 1scc.-
600 more than corresponding week of
1910 when receipts were unusually
small Combined receipts for 1912 to
date at 7.546.o0O are 100000 larger
stan two years ago and 1.029.Hoe
smaller than same period of 1908.
Cattle.
Cattle opened SLOW but picked up.
with steers strong to 10 cents higher.
Total receipts for the weeks run
few thousand below, week ago. being
4s.7G0. against 81. S99 previous week and
1886 year ago. while there We're ship
ped 1890 cattle. against 20,s49 the
previous week and 1885 a year ago.
leaving net supply for packers at 80. 500
against 81 $50 previous week and 27.601 a
year ago but in view of probable re-
killers and shippers were apparently
well satisfied with smaller purchases
last week Continuance of this rela
lively short killing. however. would
only mean new strength il values Cor
cattle
This weeks trade needs are going to
he mod crate and no more. but there IS
indication that supply may run a little
too heavy. since a lot Of feeders have
cattle knee deep in mud in feed yards,
and, in fact. many Of the arrivals here
last week carried a heavy coating Of
mud. The breakup Of winter always
results in this condition. but the fact
that the available crop of cattle in feed
ya~1s this years is materially shorter
than year ago, gives small reason to
suspect there will be general exodus
toward market to escape muddy feed
Yards, since the majority of holders of
steers nov look to the future to de-
valop lliGh prices for fat beeves and
are content to feed literally feeling
that high corn will well pay for itself
in being converted into beef.
Sheep.
sheep were slow at the opening but
picked up and choice lambs sold steady.