Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-29
RENEWED DEMAND
LIFTS HOG PRICES
TRADE SHOWS GREAT ACTIVITY
AND SHARP ADVANCE ls
1coRED.
PRICES 1o@15 CENTS
: ABOVE SATURDAYS AVERAGE
Cattle Trade Also Active and Prices
Firm-Arrivals Of Sheep and Lambs
inadequate to Meet Demands - Re-
view Of Market conditions-currsnt
Quotations at Livestock csntsrs.

actively III demand at sharp advances.
Receipts of hogs at Chicago stock
yards for the week fell down to 10000
or 10s,50O less than previous week,
1850 more than same week last year
and 1900 less than corresponding week
two years ago.
Estimated average weight of hogs
for the week at Chicago was 20s
pounds. or six pounds lighter than the
previous week, ten pounds lighter than
same week last year and three pounds
lighter than the corresponding week
two years ago.
Top hogs at Chicago for the week
reached $500, the highest of the month
or 10c higher than preceding week. 30c
higher than year ago and $50 higher
than two years ago. Average price fig
ured SITS, against S7.65 the previous
week, $40 the same week last year
and 1921 the corresponding week two
years ago.
Eleven markets received $4,000 hogs
Saturday. making 404. 900 for the week,
or 326,00o less than the previous week.
81, 900 more than a year ago and 2l,0oo
more than two years ago. Total Tor
1918 to date, 24,8O3,0O0 or 81, 900 more
than Same period 1912 and $4,000 less
than the corresponding time 1911.
Cattle.
Cattle showed flrmness.
It is a period when many feeders
who have short corn supplies are
reluctant to buy more. Many are de-
sirious Of cashing in their short-feo
steers. and run far, above expectancy
would not prove a great surprise to the
trade, but 1t is evident that no big call
for beef will be shown. Killers stlll
claim to have moderate crop OF beer
in coolers, Christmas demands having
been small because OF the enormous
poultry competition, and until after the
opening Of the new year no very gen.
erous supplies are going to be needed.
Good quality had all the 1best OF the
going thruout the weeks trade. A lot
Of the poorer classes of light warmed
up steers proved as hard to cash as
the previous week. and frequent trades
down to $3.50 In recent days showed no
material advance over prices in force
the week before. An irregular market
prevails for these and the handy
weight short-feds are preferred by kill
ers as against 1900 pound and bigger
kinds which lack in killing quality.
Medium stuff. while going little
higher than the previous week. still
seems susceptible to quick reversal Of
buying favor, since cattle dressing be-
low 60 per cent are relatively high
costing in the beef. and the higher
dressing. weI-dnished grades had de-
cided favor and commanded their due
premium the past week, in contrast to
condition week previous, when buy
ers showed them little favor as against
the middle and palmer quality kinds.
No Argentina beef left that country
| for the United States the past week.
There was none shipped the previous
| week, also, but 1t is declared to be only
temporary lull In the movement from
South America into our markets. Can
ada has about run out Of surplus beef
steers for export trade. since the
prices at home have been marked UP
sharply in recent weeks.
Sheep.
Arrivals Of sheep and lambs ap-
| peared inadequate.
The light run the past week has CIV
en- the market needed application of
the rest cure and the dose has been
erective. but the same treatment ought
| to be continued at least another week
BY that time poultry will be out of the
way and the dressed market in good
condition Demand for mutton inyari-
ably revives after the holidays.
Every swell in supply fetches in a
lot Of medium stuff. Advice to feed it
out is being disseminated but such adj
monitions fall on deaf ears when the
feed bill is as high as at present
| The 1886 top on lambs last week is
the highest point of the season and a
$500 wether trade marks high point
since last spring.
! The light run has been accompanied
by some Improvement in quality caus-
! ing narrower spread. Feeder trade
has been of diminutive volume