Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-02


greatly in excess Of the total d week
ago and packers took their time about
buying.
Hog receipts last week totaled l22,
500. or 1880 less than the previous
week, 23,4oo less than the same weel
last year and 10000 less than the cor
responding week two years ago.
Estimated average weight of hog:
I last week was 243 pounds. or pounds
lighter than the previous Week,
pounds heavier than a year ago and
pounds heavier than two years ago.
Top hogs made $3.50 last week. or II
cents higher than the previous week
sl.l5 higher than a year ago and s2.6(
higher than two years ago. Average
price figured $3.50. against $3.50 tn,
previous week s7.i5 the same week last
year and s591 the corresponding week
two years ago.
Eleven markets received 1900 hogs
Saturday making 50S.000 last week. OF
1000 more than the previous week. Il :
600 less than the same wee klast y<r
and 5000 less than the corresponding
week two years ago. Total for 1913 to
date. 10.392,000. or 1.213.G0o less than
the same period 1912 and $4,000 less
than the corresponding time 1911.
Cattle.
Only light steers and yearlings were
in demand at the cattle pens. Warmer
weather caused purchasers 20 hold off
until they had the adva ntage OF weight
shrtnkage. --~- -
The country seems disposed to cash
good quality strong weight steers free
II. Many Of them are coming from
western Iowa. Nebraska and South Da-
kota, and a generous consignment of
heavy Kansas beeves Is due TO land
here next week. Kansas is reported to
have a big crop of finished steers still
back and that this is true may well be
imagined when there is one big feed
ing section in that state which is
known to be ready to market total
OF 5000 steers of big weight.
The desire Is to get this stuff out of
the way before the summer runs of
stiller cattle are well under way, and
with the market prospective of getting
liberal crop Of heavy corn-fed steers
in the first three weeks of June. there
is small. hope for better prices. On the
other hand. traders declare it is going
to require lot of joc!ieying with the
supply and some broadening beef de-
mand as well to prevent further recess
sions in values for sood-weignt steers.
Yearlings continue 10 do creditable
stunt A goodly crop of them came
last week, and prime yearlings. load
averaging SIS pounds selling on Thurs
. n ICY, tan ! ~
higher than best heavy beeves made
that week A considera BILE quota OF
choice yearling steers sold at sS.4oN
SOS. and a few at sS.I0M 500. while
there were scant sales of heavy beeves
above $3.50, and latter price took kind
as good as ever walked. tho they were
lacking in fancy finish.
a spread OF ss.0oGs.35 bought bulk
of good TO choice heavy steers, as well
as most fat medium and HANDY
weights. There We're a lot of plainish
heavy steers averaging 1900 10 1,4oO
pounds and above within a range OF
sT65 a 80, and this spread also took a
considerable quota of plain and med
ium snort-fed light and handy steers,
as well as plain yearlings. Feeder buy
ers competed for such light grades al
this cost as had good breeding. out
where they were plain killers had thelr
own way and bought them according
". Down from $50 il was a low-br
kind of warmed-up steers averaging
manly $50 to 1,0O0 pounds, which the
killers took with little competition
from the feeder buyers.
a year ago top steers, heavies, soid
at 1895, and choice rearings at sS.5V
MS.s5. a spread of $1.250 $50 TOOK
bulk of steers in the run at that time
comparing with s7.5od $40 for biggest
quota the week before. tho since last
Monday a comparatively small crop OF
beef steers has sold below $3.50.
sheep.
Choice lambs Mere *teadE; othe: