Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-02

Chicago, Feb. o.-Hog prices were
lifted ) to 10 cents today. Activity was
shown in trade.
There were received in Chicago in
January, sS1,455 members Of the por-
cine species, and Of this great supply
only a small percentage comprised
! pigs, the average weigh of the Whole
| January crop being 212 pounds, COM
pairing with c2s pounds in January.
1911, and 20 pounds in January. 1910.
There were twenty-seven business
| days in January and the Chicago daily
receipts averaged 1856 head.
Despite the big supplies markets
were higher than in the preceding
month. prices showing an average Is
cents above December. aItho there Was
a decline of $40 in the average price
compared with January. 1911.
Packers have cut up hog meats at a
good profit. They pushed the sale Of
pork products wherever possible and
the result was as lackening demand for
Tres. Sc: - the 1.tte- davs'of the
month.
While the packer earned a good pro-
fit on the hog killings, he did MOI get
more money out Of the hog than did
the retail butcher. The latter party
did right well. but the consumer has
not howled against hig cost, since hog
meat was still cheaper than beef.
Continuance of such a situation in
! wholesale and retail pork markets can
! only mean a healthy market for the
live hogs despite big supplies.
February is going to be a big month
! in the hog trade. The daily receipts
| should average up we'll with those OF
January. and there is a belief in some
quarters that the movement will ex-
pand rather than shrink.
The country is not keen to make
hogs big in weight on corn which costs
upward of SO cents a bushel. There is
a tendency to market the stuff freely
as fast as it natures into decent sized
porkers. and as long as the count
selling basis for good hogs is near to
s cents a pound there will be little in
/ clination TO hold hogs and grow them
into big weights.
There were 1875 hogs at eleven
markets THURSDAY. or 10, 900 more than
a week ago. 10000 more than a year
O. dSO anu ot.tc IN kAoA
sponding Thursday two ago. Chi
cago. omaha. ST. Joseph and Buffalo
received more hogs than a week ago.
while ST. Louis was the only market
not being credited with as many as a
wear ago. Total thus far this week
Al 900 or $4,000 less than the same
time last week, $4,000 more than the
like period last yeaR and $4,000 more
- .---1,-1-l;ro fo,r dan tw0
years ago
Cattle.
Cattle trade was extremely dull and
prices weak at Yesterdays low time.
It may as we'll be generally under
stood that things in retail beef TRACE
are not working as we'll as the whole
salers would like. The butcher Is
making a little hay while the sun
shines in pushing pork and mutton
sales to the detriment of his beef bust
ness, and this situation, which has e
strongIv reflected in beef trade FOL
some time past. can not be cured In a
5ay or two. which demonstrates that
one little ray of sunshine in the steer
market had on Wednesday can not
mean the end Of a gloomy period, es-
,pecially if the killer get in a few
WAl!nnS the next odS winch
q lot Of the advance scored the DAY
before. as was the case yesterday.
Next Monday the trade is going IL
need another light crop in order to as
sure anything like good prices for big
gest share of medium n plain steer!
as well as the pretty good sorts. snip
pers keeping this in mind viii iiNsii
avert some losses in handling stun. ant
they may we'll rest assured that tn
killers at this end of the line, as wei
az eastern shippers, are in no big neet
Of beef.
For -four days this week receipt!
stand only 44.100. against $3.50 a weel
ago and 6o,s15 a year go, while tn
receipts at six western points. totalini
$4,000 in our days this week. SHOW
% 600 decrease from a week ago AM