Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-20
'CVER ABUNDANCE Of
LIVESTOCK OFFERED
HEAVY RECEIPTS OF HOGS
SEND PRICES TO LOWER
LEVELS.
ABSENCE OF DEMAND
AFFECTS CATTLE TRADE
Supply Situation TO Be Governing Fac
tor During Week-Two Mere Jewish
Holidays Cut Kosher Demand-5is
Steers to "coms Back Under Nor.
NAL Conditions.

chicago, Oct. 2O.-L2rge rSceipts
sent hog prices down today.
hog receipts at Cnicaao s,ocAyarcs
for the week li1,SG0, or 4,..l less tnaa
previous week, 24,70O more than same
Week last year and 1880 less tnan cor
responding week two years aso.
Estimated average weigat of hogs
at Chicago for the week 2lU pounds. or
three pounds heavier than prece0-ns
week, sixteen POUNDS liz aier than same
week last year ana ,Welve pouE0S
lighter taan bonding week two
years ago.
Top hogs at Chicago for the we-A
1915, agains, $3.50 previous week.
se.4e13 year ago and $3.50 two years
ago. Average price figured $3.50. or 5
GEMS higher than preceding week. -
cents lower than a year ago and $1.7S
higher than two years ago.
Eleven markets received 80, 500 hogs
Saturday, making 4Sl, goo for the week,
or $4,000 less than previous week. S..
000 more than year aSo and 42,00o
less than TWO years ago. Total for 1918
to date 1872 1000, or 1490 less than
same period 1912 and 10000 more than
corresponding time 1911.
Cattle.
Cattle suffered from pc or demand.
Supply situation the week ahead will
be the governing factor. Demand can
not pick up materially with the New
York market getting any liberal
amount Of Argentine beef. and some
from Australia is also due. Killers
have used the imported beef as q bear
leverage on the domestic prices, and it
has worked to great advantage. The
east Is not receiving any big supplies
or Argentine beef. 5000 carcasses the
last week being no excessive crop, but
Its arrival has necessarily cut into the
eastern demand for medium and plain
grade domestic beef Eastern states
ran a lot Of beef into eastern markets
the past week. and this wac another
factor in breaking the market here
Locally and in the west it was mod
crate supply. and in face Of this ter
rife decline. which has measured a.
much as $7.5o9e.0o per head on big
steers In two weeks. has not appeared
logical. 1t is situation now. how
ever. when killers have the trade In
their grip and Jewish holidays, caus-
ing absence Of kosher demand. have
proved a serious factor In breaking
heavy steers
Two more Jewish holidays, next
Thursday and Friday, will again cut OF
kosher demand here today. and
any liberal supply Of big steers that
session can only take new low prices.
Canadian Fat steers are not q factor
in the trade. few Of them coming
across the line since the tariff was
removed. Prices in Canada have moved
up sharply to balance cost on this side.
and the advantages open to Canadian
owners are not alluring enough to
draw big shipments this way. Too.
Canada, has only scant surplus to
ship.
With the kosher demand once re-
sumed big steers. the trade believes.
will come back" since the seasons
crop Of them can hardly run ample
to Ali any very generous demand. but
imports OF foreign beef coming in any
very liberal volume can only have ef
feet in continuing the wide price spread
in force recently.
Heavy beeves Of plain grade sold
down to 1915 and lower Of late. and
and a 1.4oo-pound drove at $3.50 the
buyer declared. would dresr out 50 per
cent. Most purchases under 50 have
made 50 per cent. and shade better
and they were marked cheap" by the
buyers.
Sheep.
rnusuall~ abun7an' supplies counted
against sheep and lambs.
Total marketings .. sheep for the
week aggregated 1853 orc. a decrease Of
24soo compared with previous week
and an increase Of 90 eco compared
with corresponding week last year.
Father liberal rece:pts are in sight for
the corning week. but mary lots which
are expected are known to be in feeder
1esh.
A liberal sunoly IS II sieht for next
week and further declines in values
sill naturally follow unless proportion
# killing lambs is snail. 1t is known
that n good many thin Montanas will
be offered.
Chicago Live Stock
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