Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-20
WEEKS HOG TOTAL
LARGEST N YEARS
ARRIVALS At CHICAGO EXCEED
ANY SIMILAR PERIOD SINCE
1908.
VALUES AGAIN REcEDE
IN FACE OF MARKETING s
Cattle Prices Nominal at Week End and
and Lower Than Last Weeks Close
SHEEP and Lambs in Demand-Re-
view Of Market conditions-currsnt
Quotations at Livestock Centers.

Chicago. Dec. 20.-Hog values gave
way today. Receipts for the week eS-
ceeded the total for any similar per-
iod in five years.
Considering the fact that combined
receipts at Chicago the first three
weeks Of this month will total about
$50 600 the market has held up wonder
fully we'll.
While pigs have largely disappeared
at the market there is profusion OF
$50 to 2Oo-lb stuff in the run and
growers anxiety to unload young hogs
forecasts shortage Of material for
the lard kettle. Stock yard opinion Is
not always reliable. but there exists
confidence of short hog runs along IN
March and materially higher prices
Eleven markets received 94,t0o hogs
Friday. or 24.20O less than last Friday.
2S.30O more than a year ago and lo.9oo
more than TWO years ago. Iotai n'e
DAYS this week. 667 000 or $4,000 more
than same period last year and 9o.ooo
more than corresponding five days Two
years ago. Total for 1913 to date, "a
$4,000. or 5000 more than same per-
iod 1912 and $4,000 less than cores
pouding time 1911.
Cattle.
Cattle prices were virtually nominal
Brunt Of the decline hitting the
short-fed and warmed-up kinds, II Isl
of course, a logical break for tnem'
when the fact that two successive
weeks of big supplies are taken into
consideration. and also that Christmas
week is always poor beef selling pc
Rod
This week Chicago has had e7.loe
cattle. largest run Of the year. against
64O47 week ago and 66,SOS a year
ago. II the trade gets much over nall
the supply next week that came the
past week, there Will be too many
traders declare. since Thursdays hoh-
day VIII reduce killerS needs and there
will be short shipping demands after
Monday. The next two weeks ought TO
register by far the smallest volume OF
merketings had in the past year and
even then killers declare beef stocks
will not be in danger Of running TOO
small.
No Argentine beef left Buenos Aires
for the United States this week, &C.
cording to a special cable from there
to the Farmers and Drovers Journal,
and none Uas exported the week be-
fore. Canada has sent a short crop OF
beef cattle over the line recently but
the general tendency on part OF the
corn belt feeders to cash short-fed cat
tie and dodge big feed bills has still
made it q supply for the market we'll
up to, and, In fact, above actual needs.
Still there were comparatively short
fat beef steer supplies west the past
two week and eastward It 10 mostly a
warmed up kind. Total run az six mar
kets for the week stood $4,000, an in
crease Of 1000 over a week ago. Chi
cago being the only point showing
gain in marketings. A year ago sig
points had $4,000 cattle.
That the supply win continue to run
largely OF short-fed character seems
certain now. but killers have long ex-
pected this development AID for two
| weeks past they have been playing the
! market accordingly. bearing down on
everything but the specially kinds and
effectinE prices for rank and nle Of
stsers quite az cheap az prevailed early
this month, though there may be more
of this same bearish pressure brought
into play. and certain 1t Will come II
the trade gets any big oversupply
which may be started marketward
with the first severe blasts Of winters
storms and their accompanying deplor-
able feed yard conditions.
| Estimates for next Monday were
placed at 1900 to $4,000 and the trade
generally believes that the Monday
crop will prove pretty close to two
thirds Of the total which will land all
of next week.
! Sheep.
Sheep and lambs were in demand.
! The market is on an irregularly low
er basis as compared with Friday Of
last week most good TO prime lambs
showing 409 soc decline while some
of the more common and medium
grades are possibly as much as Csc
| lower. Yearlings have declined about
as much as lambs. while best matured
wethers and handy ewes show 15125c
declines and fat heavy ewes are 900
40c down.
| Receipts, locally, will show decrease
for the week Of about $4,000 from the
| week previous, while the aggregate
marketing q, Missouri river points is
fully as large as last week. Chicago's
shortage being responsible for a de-
crease of $4,000 for the week in the
six point totals Supplies have been
coming freely, however, for this time Of
the year and the big run of over 81 900
here last Monday and slumping dressed
markets East have been twin handi-
caps.
The trade is not expectant Of liberal
receipts next week. nor will It need
them. In fact, no good sized supplies
will be needed until after the holidays
With light receipts some reaction to-
ward the high levels prevailing here
at high time last week il possible, but
a continued dumping Of HABITAT stun
in the market can hardly have other
than demoralisins effect on the trade