Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-13
TRADING GENERALLY ON LOWER
QUOTATIONS THAN AT CLOSE
OF BUSINESS.
CATTLE DECLINE 10
CENTS WITH TRADE SLOW
Hogs Fail to Maintain Saturdays Lev.
sI and An Early Decline Of Cents 10
Registersd-esarish Feeling Shown
in Sheep Market Where Prices Are
Shade Under Saturday.

SHiCdSO, Jan Inc general lOile
of the market today was lower, and
cattle early showed decline Of 10
cents, but this was partly recovered
later. Trading was slow.
Closing trade here last week was not
at all satisfactory to the selling side.
1t was hard peddling out the later ar
rivals for Friday and slack again Sat-
! urcay for the few scattering lots here.
Big buyers here are all getting their
gauges set for a liberal supply of cattle
here at the start this week despite he
uninvitins treatment they have given
the shippers of cattle here las. last
week. These buyers declare, however,
that it was the misfit character of the
steers at hand for the trade here Late
last week that has given the market its
bad flavor to to taste of statesmen, that
more of the plain medium classes OF
steers showed up than there was place
for This, however, does not explain
away the fact that prices for medium
! and even the good heavy cattle closed
at q level very close to 15 cents lower
that one week ago and that prices for
the light and handy steers are only a
shade higher than at that tina, tho
they were at best time last "Wednesday
selling 1920 cents higher than could
have been made here the previous
week
The great bulk OF light cattle. how
ever, sold during the week at the best
prices of the year thus far owing TO
the urgent demand for stockers ana
feeders that stimulated the market for
the light classes Of cattle OF every
class. Very few useful beef steers even
Of light weight have been available
at a cost under ST. the stuff that mas
been obtainable down around $3.50 be-
ing of very inferior light class: IN
fact, so commonplace that they were
not desirable feeders. Most OF the sou
to 1,100-pound steers have sold at a
range Of $70O@7.75, mad the 1,150 TO
1.350-pound steers mostly at s8.00@
S.65, such as have sold at 1915 having
been mostly of extra weight or smooth
ness, the choice ripe 1,400 to 1,643-
pound beeves selling here last week al
$90O@94O, the latter top standing
against $3.50 rs top the week before
and $3.50 one year ago.
feature of the recent trade hac
been the closing up Of the gap between
the palmer and better classes OF beer
steers. Very few beef cattle OF use
full class are to be had now below ".
A narrowing of more. than 81 per
cwt in the wide range that was SHOWN
by cattle values only about one mon1h
ago is now in evidence. AS antlclptaeo'
a slice Of s100@1.50 was quickly taken
off the top prices of cattle as soon as
the Christmas demand was over ON!
cattle of very extra class ana rlpeness
selling now at s9.25 or upward, AGAINST
s11.OOm1125 as the top prices paid dur
ing the first half of December. An un-
precedented year and demand for feed
er. too, put the prices OF all hsht
classes of beef steers up about on cents
per cwt, and they are now selling lha'
much above the cost of lighter classes
of steers of the plain habitat type mere
early in December.
Hogs.
Hogs failed to maintain SATURDAY
levels. and declined cents from tAe
close of the last session. The run, esll-
rated early OF $4,000, was sufficient lof
all demands.
Combined receipts of hogs at eleven
markets last week $4,000. or 12,ooo
more than previous week, 172,Ooo less
than year ago and $4,000 more than
two years ago.
The average price Of hogs FOR the
week was $40, against $3.50 previous
week, $685. a year ago and 1898 cor
responding week Of 1911.
Top hogs at Chicago lastsWeek mace
s7.e21a, or 2h cents lower than ths
previous week, 921a cents hlgher lna''
a year ago and 511a cents lower tFan
two years ago. Average price Tor .ie
week figured $7.43, a decline OF cents
compared with the previous week. al
advance of 81 compared with the SAINT
week last year and SO cents loss COM
parcd with the corresponding week TWO
| years ago. y6
big heavy packers are still arus
on the market, selling largely arouh"
| 81.
! Receipts Of hogs at the cnicaso
Stock Yards last week totaled lso'oVo'
the largest weeks supply IN Almost
eleven months, or 26,400 more than tae
previous week., $4,000 less than the
same week last year and 32,ooo more
| than the corresponding week TWO seaie
ago. Shipments were com paratiy'eeis
| lighter.
Sheep.
| In the sheep market the same bearlsh
| feeling DreVa1leQ III oShCi
tn. livestock market for the day me
high prices Of last week were heio LOT
some grades but the market generally
was a shade below Saturdays average
practically everything killers are
buyiny is now costing them as much
as IS cents per cwt more money than
week ago and the highest January
prices on record. Extreme Gull sheep
hardly show the full advance, nor 40
some of the palmer wethers. but nI-
merous sales of heavy ewes. heavy ana
medium light lambs show as mucn as
81 advance. The bulge has been IN
response to broadened eastern snip
ping demand, induced by light runs
land runaway eastern markets. re-
markably broad consumptive demand
considering the prices, in all direc-
tions and to the moderate size OF re-
ceipts at all western points.
The immediate future market is
: little hard to diagnose, 80 much at TINS
juncture depending on probable supply
figures and that being very hard to de-
termine just now. Some moderate tenn
) porary reaction ID more than probable
n. o,,ch stock an has beer