Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-01
MODERATE RECEIPTS ON CLOS.
ING DAY OF WEEK PREVENT
REcEssIoNs.
BULK OF SALES At $3.50
TO $7.e5. WITH TOP $40
Nominal Saturday Cattle Market, With
Steady Tone Prevailing = Sheep Re.
eeipts Fall to Almost Nothing and
Market 10 Steady-Review Of Mar
ket Conditions.

Chicago. Feb. Moderate receipts
! of hogs today enabled the market tt
hold all the recent gains, and prices
: were a shade higher in spots, althc
/ bulk of sales were made on Fridays
basis.
! Fer five days this week thus far Chi
caso has received 114.096. against 1885,.
/ S9S the first five days last week. 207,-
/ 1913 the same period a week ago. ano
lao, So the corresponding five days two
years ago.
/ Combined receipts OF hogs at clever
! markets Friday totaled $1,000, or 1.5o(
/ less than last Friday, 1890 more thar
a year ago and 37,400 more than two
years ago. Total thus far this week
! $4,000. or $4,000 less than the same
| period last week. 10000 more than TIE
/ like time last year and 10000 more
| than the corresponding five days two
years ago. Total for 1913 to date 1885,
| 600. or $4,000 less thar the same per-
! iod 1912 and $50, more than the cor
responding tine 1911.
Cattle.
Cattle offerings were neaSer and
while there was practically no market
prices were quoted as steady.
Compared with the bad close week
ago. there is generally firmer tone il
the trade as this week finishes, but II
has been brought about entirely by a
cut in receipts this week rather than
strengthened demand for beef al retail.
Prices now stand 10@15 cents higher
than last week for bulk of the good to
choice steers of value upward Of S1.,5.
most gain being shown for the right
good shipping kinds landing around
ssOods25, but there is no material
difference noted in values for the COM
mon, plain and medium steers ranging
down to s7.0067.65 and also the lower
priced light stalk-fed stuff.
These have done we'll to hold their
own in face Of the sluggish general de-
mand for them. Killers have no great
surplus stocks Of beef, and neither Is
there any material over supply in the
east, but the fact that light run this
week has failed to induce them to buy
freely and a: sharply higher prices fol-
lowing the hard pounding Of values last
week clearly indicates that light re-
ceipts at this time are the only saliva
.ion fron, 2 hard-breaking market
The run in five days this week
stands only $4,000, smallest since the
week ending Dec. IS last and compar-
ing with 51,75s a week ago and 46,s2s
a year ago. while two years ago re
ceipts were SLIT.
Run at the six western points this
week has also fallen off. a total of 123.-
coo arriving at these markets in five
DAYS, against $4,000 last week and the
same as year ago. while comparing
with 15s, 900 two years ago. Proximity
of Lent is a factor in holding down the
demand for beef, both locally and in
the east. altho the Lenten season in re-
cent years has been no material force
in effecting bad markets for cattle
Last year. in fact, the trade showed
some very substantial price advances
during Lent, but that was the period
when shortage of mature steers began
! to show up, and killers paid bis
premium for good to choice grades. a:
| compared with the short feds.
| At present il is narrow genera
spread in values and likely TO continue
for many weeks, in the belief Of mos
! traders. since everything of beef SHAPE
is being crowded with corn, now tina
| the price of that cereal is far below Z
wear ago. and there is small likelihood
of the market getting supplies below
requirements for some time to come
Feeders are turning off the stuff q
! fast as it is ready and a lot of imma
/ ture cattle. too, are coming from weak
kneed holders, who bought the high
priced feeders and are not inclined t
mature them. but rather to sell when
ever a decent profit is in sight
\ do 10
little increased supplies On every hare
spot, but surely for the next few week
| a very moderate movement OF steer
will suffice to keep the demand wei
lfilled unless retail butchers make som
very considerable reductions in price
of beef to the consumer in proportion
to the much cheaper Wholesale COS
now as compared with high time lat
in 1912.
It is ideal weather for beef nlakinl
and the cheapness of corn and srea
supply of rough feed commends bee
making to the feeder as good bushes
po!!c. rather than crowding the marHe
with an oversupply.
Sheep.
Sheep receipts fell to 1000 for tn
day. and the market closed the wee
on q steady basis.
Less than 5000 were here Frida!
against 9,441 last Friday and $3.50
week ago. Total five days this wee
| $1,000. a decrease OF 32,100 compare
with the same peroid the previous wee
and 4s,4O0 compared with the CORES
ponding time last year. Six marke,
had 1900 Friday today. against 1886
a week ago and 1880 the correspond
ing Friday year ago: Combined re
ceipts for the week to date aggregate
$4,000, or $4,000 less than the sam
period last week and $1,000 less than tt
corresponding five days a year ag
Local receipts for the entire month.
round numbers, footed $4,000, belh
1850 snort Of the corresponoln
month last year. In the race OF a az
crease in receipts for the month. II
shipments were around 1000 larger.
Chicago Livestock.