Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-22

1nlcdSO, MaTcH Zz.-LlNe'SlOck mar
! ket showed very wholesome tone all
thru the selling hours. so much so,
that the top prices on later sales showed
gain of Z y to 10 cents over the early
top for hogs.
Spectators are wary of hog market
vicissitude during the period between
| Palm sunday and Easter. Tradition
has 1t that no Spectator ever made a
dollar during that week while barrels of
money have been lost in the same
spot.
Five days this week a total of 112,-
9S9 hogs have been marketed at Chi
cago. against 142.973 week ago, H.
672 a year ago and 1896 the same
period two years ago.
Eleven markets received $4,000 hogs
Friday or 1850 less than last Friday.
LOO less than year ago and $4,000
less than two years ago. Total five
days this week $4,000. or 1000 less
than the same period last week, 1000
less than the like time year ago and
$4,000 less than the corresponding five
days two years ago. Total for 1913 to
date 5,937 900, or 100000 less than the
same period 1912 and 2S6 900 less than
the corresponding time 1911.
Cattle.
Cattle receipts today We're almost
nothing. and including stale stock were
hardly sufficient to make a market.
Such trading aS there was was CT 9
steady basis.
Present status of the price basis COM
pared with week ago looks bad, in
deed for the weighty grades, good. ba d
and indifferent. They're all lower, and
bulk of them have sold of late at 15u
20 cents decline from last Monday and
the close week ago. Instances of %
cents decline have been shown for nu-
merous of the plain weighty steers SELL
ing down to sS.1OdS.25, and when it is
considered that 1880 to 1,4S4 pound
steers carrying quite decent quality had
TO go at this image in the Thursday
market it is surely time for the country
to take the cognizance of bad situa
ton prevailing in the trade for weighty
grades. On the other hand, the light
and handy fat steers have had pretty
decent sailing in the market this week,
and most of such grades are not quot
able worse than 10 cents lower than
| a week ago, while a steady basis has
been made for numerous of the right
good to chloe 1850 to 1850 pound
| steers, as we'll as the choice yearlinss,
top of $3.50 for yearings this week
we'll emphasizing strong demand for
that class.
Condition of beef trade is more or
less deplorable, to hear slaughtererS
describe it, and surely the holy week
influence has been stronger this year
than in several past. Cheapening cost
of eggs has been bar to good demand
for beef both III the east and locally.
| and as weather warns up from now on
eggs are going to cut off a lot of de-
| mand for beef, all of which should have
| it's effect on the market for cattle.
| Obviously it is going to be IL season
| ahead when the country will he caught
| with the wrong kind of goods TO meet
| best buying favor. A year ago shortage
of the weighty grades put big prelni-
UNI on them. but months back it was
seen that the supply of heavy steers
this spring would be likely to be in ex-
cess of the demands, since cheap corn
and favorable feeding weather has
made beef fast this year. and the result
| is a crop likely to prove too heavy IN
| weight Warm weather will mean cor
| tinued mean trade in big beeves, since
beef sellers will call chiefly for the light
| carcasses, which cut with less waste.
This weeks run was not heavy, but
| simply too big for the narrow trade
| needs. Five days crop stands 4o,7Oo
against 4S132 week ago, 54,569 a year
ago and 1854 two years ago. Six mar
kets have had 111,000 cattle in five
days, against $4,000 week ago and
| liz, 900 a year ago.
Sheep.
Sheep and lambs closed steady.
The 9-cent lamb has been counted
out this week, and $3.50 was obtained
with difficulty, much of the time
spread of ss.50@s.s5 taking good to
| choice fed westerns, while $40 bought
shorn lambs of desirable weight and