Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-13
STRONG DEMAND
FOR LIVE HOGS
PRICES HOLD STEADY WHEN
BUYERS MANIFEST DESIRE TO
MAKE PURCHASES.
CATTLE TRADE SLOW,
NO CHOICE OFFERINGS
Bulk of Receipts Consist Of Butchers
Run Of Sheep and Lambs Proves Ex-
Feeders Division-Review of Market
conditions-Current Quotations.

SlSauy lOudy Ol SoOu oeAi1AAo'
Eleven markets received U1,5OO noss
Wednesday. or 1900 more than las,
Wednesday,, 23,7OO more than year
ago. but 1O,70O less than two years ago.
Total the first half Of this week. $685.
OOO or 1000 more than same period
last week, $4,000 more than like time
last year and 5000 less than CORE
spending three days two years ago.
Total for 1918 to date, 20.932. 900. or
20 900 more than same period 1912. but
$4,000 less than corresponding time
1911.
Cattle.
Cattle were slow, the bulk being in
the butcher division.
Wednesday it was a case of too many
cattle, but they were OF the same kind
as a week ago. 1t was apparent that
the reserve stock Of choice heavy bull
locks has been depleted, but there GER
tainly was not the same big proportion
of that kind in the run as week ago.
Succotash there was in abundance, al
so a lot Of Wisconsin graSsers plus a
considerable number Of Kansas cattle
that came out of the Flint Hills pas
| lures during the scorching period last
summer and were passed along to
Iowa, Illinois and Missouri finishers.
These cattle have not done well. The
reason is obvious. Pasturemen did not
part with them until dire necessity
forced them to cut loose and they
shrank and shriveled meanwhile until
| they lost their gain making capacity.
Getting them started was q slow pro-
cess and they are coming to market
without having made anything like the
| gains expected. The result is that Kan
sas City stockers are under cloud,
but abnormal conditions must be taken
| into consideration. even II results have
been disappointed. Big prices were
paid for most of these cattle and feed
ers have registered vows never to DO
1t again. They have simply been dis
| appointed in the weight making ca
| pacity Of the stun.
| The early estimate Wednesday was
| $1,000, figures than discredited the adj
| vance car report, but this included
some 1000 Gamers direct to packers
from the east, mostly Canadian dairy
culls.,. Only about 1000 western cattle
were scheduled to arrive and It was
doubtful II some Of these would get In.
Later the estimate was pruned 70
$4,000, but there was probability that
| the shoestrtng roads, which have been
VIGOROUSLY delinquent this week in the
matter of deliveries would not get
their stuff in until after the whistle
blew. That some Of the western stun
would be held out was a foregone con-
clusion. Chicago had more than half
the days supply at the six western
markets, the total at these points being
only $4,000, making a talf-w week crop OF
lao 900, against 151.0O0 last week.
Few Canadian cattle reaching Amer
lean markets are fit for beef. Alberta
| Is furnishing practically all Of them.
Ontario stun is thin to the point OF
emaciation and At only for finishing
purposes, but 1t is selling well. A local
dealer sold string OF Antario stockers
weighing $50 pounds to Quinn Bros. OF
Princeton, ILL.,, at $7.35 yesterday, and
a lot of Canadian stuff is going to the
corn belt at $7.00@7.25 to figure in the
beef supply Of 1914. Another train OF
the Burns & Duggan cattle from Al
berta is due to reach Chicago next
Monday, but that Will probably be the
last Of the season from that quarter.
Sheep.
The run Of sheep and lambs proved
excessive.
The live mutton market is on a
weather basis and a bad storm in the
| corn country would cause a temporary
glut, but the market has a good under
tone, and after the regulation fall
cleanup q profitable set Of quotations
so far as the feeder is concerned. is
probable. Demand for feeder grades
is undated and the country appears
to have no difficulty in getting money
wherewith to buy thin sheep.