Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-17
ANOTHER CONCESSION IN PRICES
FORCED BECAUSE OF hEAVi.
NESS OF RECEIPTS.
GOOD GRADES OF CATTLE
FINDING FAIR OUTLET
Current Prices Not Considered unrea-
sonaoie Considering State Of Trade
and heavy Runs-Trade in Sheep
and Lambs inactive-current Quota
tions at Livestock Centers.

! Chicago, Dec. 17.-Heavy receipts Of
hogs tlGay forced prices lower.
Eleven markets received 10000 hogs
Tuesday. or 29,40o more han last
Tuesday, 5000 more than a year ago
and $500 more than two years ago.
Total two days this week $4,000, or
SO. 900 more than same period last
week, 10l, 600 more h like time last
year II 4i,0G0 more h correspond
ing two days two years ago. Total for
1913 TO date 2S,ss7,ooo. or $4,000 more
h a same period 1912 and $1,000 less
than corresponding time 1911.
Cattle.
Good grades of cattle found a fair
outlet.
After Mondays big buying 1t is nat
ural to expect some quiet lnidweek de-
mands. since killers are going to run
against a lot Of poultry competition in
the trade during the next W. weeks.
and while it promises to be good con-
sumer call for fancy Christmas beef,
this stuff is already in coolers. There
may be call for a few more fancy year
lings in the midweek trade. but sellers
are looking for no very Keen demand
for the handy and s1rong-weight stuff.
and unless the total run is held to
moderate volume a further decline will
come logically.
Current prices are called not bad in
consideration OF the big supplies this
week. A general range 1od15 cents
under the closing last week is shown
for bulk Of steers, barring the yearlings
which right now are highest of the
year. mis- break for the rank and lie
Of stuff coming on Monday, when there
We're also some 1925 cents declines
for medium and plain short feds, as
we'll as some of the $S.10GS.40 medium
to good killers, tho the 25-cent cut was
an exception in Monday trade and
scored only on weights least popular
with killers.
Two days run this week at II, 100
stands against 1892 a week e and
43,ss7 a year ago, while Tuesday crop
at six markets stood 80. 500, against
$1,000 q week g and $4,000 a year
ago, and for he two days this week a
run OF 100000 was registered at six
markets. an increase of $4,000 over a
week g and 1000 less than a year
ago. 1t is a season of liquidation for
thousands Of The habitat and short
fed steers which went in at high prices
as feeders and stand 20 cost heir own
ers some heavy losses.
Despite the presence of IS, 900 cattle
on h local market Monday, the high
est prices Of the year were paid for
prime yearlings, babies realizing $40
@10.25 per cwt. but this afforded no
criterion of general conditions in the
market, which vas deluged with half
fat stuff, discarded by feeders with the
avowed intention of saving corn. Liqui-
datlon was stamped all over the run,
the country having lost confidence in
the future Of the cattle market. Thous-
ands of short-fed cattle arrived. and if
the feed bill was less onerous. or the
market prospects brighter 70 per cent
of them would have been fed another
sixty to ninety days. Kansas City had
II. 200. indicating that Kansas feeders
are taking the hort route to market.
A lot of Kansas stuff reached Chicago,
$40 taking a big drove from Medicine
Lodge.
Sheep.
Trade in sheep and lambs was in
active.
Matured muttons, the relative scare
tty Of which of late leads to expect
ancy of short aged sheep supplies and
a narrowing of the price spread be-
tween them and lambs after the holi-
days, were not keenly sought. Heavy
ewes dragged badly and habitat stuff
in the sheep or yearling line of either
sex was little wanted. Strictly good
to choice grades, however, old about
like Monday. Few heavy ewes passed
s4.50, tho some made s4.75 early. The
latter price stopped most anything in
the handy weight class. tho So was
auotable for prime fed westerns. Some
fair to right good fed western wethers
sold at s5.15 to s5.35. a very good class
at $500 and some two-year-olds were
held above s5.75. Good heavy and
some light ye%arlings wethers that
lacked finish old at $3.50, a well fin
ished class of Gun n under ninety
pounds at :G.15 x $685..
CHICAGO Livestock.