Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-19
Shippers TAKE BULK
Of HOG OFFERING
SMALLER RUN THAN EXPECTED
AIDS IN HOLDING PRICES
STEADY.
CATTLE PRICES WEAKENED
BY TOO HEAVY RECEIPTS
Lights ard Trashy Kinds Form Large
Part Of SuppIy-Dead Market for
Sheep and lambs-SmaIi Inquiry
From Local Traders-current Quota.
tons at Livestock Centers.

Chicago. May 19.-Hogs We're well
taken BY shippers today. Another in
fuence that made prices steady was i
smaller run than WAS expected.
hog receipts last week totaIed 1871
600, or l2.100 more than the previous
Week, 1900 less nan the same week
last year and 800 less than the cor
responding week TWO years ago.
Estimated receipts weight of hogs
Was 239 pounds. same as the previous
week. pounds heavier than the same
week last Year and l pound lighter
than the corresponding week TWO years
agS
Top hogs last week, $3.50 or 10 cents
higher than a week ago. 50 cents higher
than year ago and so.l5 higher than
two years ago. AVerage price figured
$3.50, against $50 the previous week.
S7.Ta the same week last year and SS.15
the responding week two years ago.
Eleven markets received $4,000 hogs
SATURDAY.. making $4,000 last week. or
y 900 more than the previous week.
5000 less than the same week last
year and 10000 less than the corre
spending week two years ago. Total for
1918 TO date 93,9a00 or l.2Si.000 less
than the same period 1912 and $4,000
less than the corresponding time 1911.
Cattle.
Heavy receipts weakened cattla.
Light and trashy kinds formed a large
part Of the supply.
Light receipts OF cattle failed to
strengthen the price situation. /; was
market showing ample ability to
get along on small supplies without
forcing price reaction and closing trade
las Week, back TO price levels as low as
any time in recent weeks, gave little
encouragement to sellers for hope of
better things this week, unless some
strong cuts in supplies are made by
country shippers.
II has taken strictly good handy and
heavy weight steers to land at ss.10G
handy and heavy beeves have sold at
toppy kinds went above the latter
price. High spot last week was $500,
against 1910 the previous week and
$3.50 year ago, which was highest
price Tor 1912 up to that time. Year
linss Of prime kind sold up TO 1915,
but 1t was a short showing of year
ling steers above $40. and good ones
had 10 take ss.25, while a spread OF
s7.15a $40 bought most of the plain
10 pretty good yearling cattle.
Corn belt supplies appear TO be run
ming shy of well finished beeves If fall
ing quality can be taken as bsro-
meter, altho with the distillery crop
in Illinois and Indiana slop sheds still
to be marketed, there is little prospect
OF scarcity Of high class beef for many
weeks off. Kentucky movement OF
srillers is under way now, these going
into the eastern killing plants. and
their purchase by shippers ar the still!
houses has detracted and put a consid-
erabie dent in local demand from east
ern quarters. A little later, when the
winter fed cattle come out of the east
ern sections in some fairly generous
volume, another weak spot in eastern
demand in the local trade will be an
expectancy.
The whole trade is wearing soft
appearance as regards prices. Widen
ing Of the spread between choice and
common cattle is looked for and the
top classes are minus the price
boosting stimulus which featured
trade in those classes at this time
wear ago.
It was a dead market for sheep AMI
lambs. What inquiry there was came
from local traders.
Very few spr ing lambs have been on
tap thus far, bur their number will in
MI Nv G.
Vile received several thousand head last
week and within another week or two
Tennessee springs will be running free
~ and natives from other sections
showing up in profusion. Some choice
springs sold here the forepart of las:
week al $9.2509.50. but 50 is now TAX
ing the best and $3.50 pretty good
kind. with s6.50d7 buying decent sec
onds. Direct consignInsnts to packers
from Louisville may be expected daily
hereafter, and the vanguard from that
source has been good.
With the advent of hot weather.
should prepare for breakers in the
market for bucks coarse bucky year
ling lambs. native ewes and grassy and
weighty stuff. in fact of all descrip-
tions. Al this season of the year the
market for all the lower grade stuff is
usually nit solar picks blow and
there is no reason TO expect this year
to prove an exception a continuance
of the run of Texas grass muttons at
Missouri river and southwestern mar
kets would merely a ggravate matters
run is subsiding.