Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-22
DEMAND FAILS TO MAKE ANY
RECOVERY AND PRICES
ARE DOWNWARD
RUN OF CATTLE FAILS
TO IMPRESS BUYERS.
No Improvement Shown in Bovine
Trade and Passing OF Jewish Holt
days is Awaited-Fair call for Choice
Lambs Up,oIds Prices in Sheep Pens
Review of Conditions.

Chicago, Oct. %. Hogs showed
weakness today, demand being mod
crate.
Top offerings Tuesday landed at
$780, being the lowest top since Feb.
10 last. when best offered sold at $50.
There were very few hogs sold above
SS.15 and at the finish of market II
was hard even to obtain up to this
price fer the best kinds.
Average price was lowest since Sept.
2. Shipping orders were light and there
was nothing to stop the packers from
breaking the market and they went at
it in earnest.
Packing of hogs for the week in
round numbers was $4,000 head.
against $4,000 a week ago. and $4,000
a year ago. For the year to date 49,
$4,000 head
Fresh receipts for Tuesday We're es-
timated early at $1,000, later it was
Put at 10000. Receipts were about as
generally expected and made $4,000 in
the first two days this week. Two days
total was $500 more than a week ago,
$500 mere than year ago, and 700
larger than offerings two years ago.
There We're 6,S2S hogs held over from
Monday.
Eleven markets received $4,000 hogs
Tuesday. or $500 less than last Tues
Cay. 4,0C0 more than year ago and
$4,000 less than two years ago. Total
two days this week $4,000, or $4,000
more than same period last week g.
900 more than like time last year and
$4,000 less than corresponding two days
two years ago. Total for 1913 to date
19.3e4,o0O, or 12S.OOo less than same
period 1912 and 10000 more than cor
responding time 1911.
Cattle.
The run OF cattle was not impressive
The market is not in condition to
stand generous receipts. Mondays
higher prices were solely due to a cut
mand requirements.
Kosher demand Is expected to be
lifted in the Wednesday trade, but
quiry from kosher killers until next
slaughtering next Thursday and Fri
day season.
buted to the decline in steer trade in
recent weeks and elimination oe the
Jewish holidays will have only partial
effect in restoring the market to n nor
NAL condition. While the east is not
getting any big supplies of Argentine
beef, the effect of the arrivals there is
being felt locally in the demand from
eastern slaughterers and eastern mar
w. o1e nj
steers from neighboring states. The
trade is awaiting further movement
from South America to learn the real
effects Of generous shipments of that
beef. When there is any considerable
crop Of it in New York naturally there
will be some let-up in the demand here
for beef which previously has gone into
trade where the Argentine beef will be
substituted. Packers themselves are
the importers of this product and they
are doing 1t on a purely economic
basis. If they can bring Argentine
beef into New York and sell It cheaper
than Chicago slaughtered carcasses
then there will be less local demand
for beef to slaughter here and forwar;;
east.
Canada is doing little in the beef ex-
porting BUSINESS, llio llie SiiipiliSi4e
of Alberta range steers sold Monday at
1915, avera ging 1884 pounds, well in
dictates the good quality of range beef
in Canada, even tho there is no great
amount of 1t to come this way.
Chicago run Tuesday at 5000 stood
against BIAS week ago and included
3 500 rangers. while the two days crop
locally was 23,SoO a cut Of $500 from
week ago and $500 less than year
a go. while two years ago the supply in
two days was 51,104. Six markets had
a TUESDAY crop of 1880, comparing
with $4,000 a week ego and 10000 a
wear ago. while for two days this week
total at these points, standing $4,000,
showed 1000 gain over week ago AMI
a shrinkage of 1900 from year ago.
Sheep.
A fair cal for choice lambs upheld
prices in sheep.