Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-28
SUPPLY LIGHT IN CHICAGO AND
sEAsoNAeLE At OTHER
POINTS.
BULK OF SALES MADE
At $7.55 AND $3.50
Cattle Trade Nominally Steady-Live
Mutton Trade in Badly Demeralized
Condition. With Prices 50 Cents to 81
Under Las. Weeks High Point
Current Quotations.

! Chicago, Jan. 2s.-Missouri rive,
markets had seasonable hog run to-
! day, attic the local supply was light
A TO 10 cents higher market resulted
cent advance being the rule. l,
was mainly 1855 TO $50 trade, quail
ity being as good as yeste: day.
Late trains Monday carried a goodly
portion Of hogs and receipts will likely
hold up. The 5000 estimated run COM
pares with 1880 last Monday and 6S,
SEQ the corresponding Monday a year
ago. The fact that last weeks market
held on firm 20 10 cents higher basis
is believed to have been responsible
for the healthy hog run.
Monday combined receipts al eleven
markets .otaled l2a,lo0, against l16.s00
week ago, 1.s,4oo year ago and only
$4,000 the same day two years ago. Ar
rivals az Kansas City-ar S,000-were
1000 more than week ago Receipts
at Buffalo were the same as week
ago. 5000 more than a year ago and
arrived at that market. Pittsburg was
credited with 1000, against $500 a
week ago, 5000 a year ago and 1000
two years ago. For the year TO date a
total of 1855. 900 have been marketed
al eleven markets. against 2.l19.o00 a
year ago and $4,000 the same period
two years ago.
Cattle.
Cattle trade nonlinally steady.
Run Monday stood 400 below the
volume hare week ago and 400 less
than a week ago, while the total at six
western points, a. 1880, was 1850
less than last Monday and 500 below
the crop al six markets a year ago.
Thus from q supply standpoint. the
market should have been considerably
better than late last week. but when II
is considered that beef stocks are
heavy in most quarters. altho not OF
such volume as would require any
great length OF time 10 disperse on
good consumer demand, the fact that
consumers are baking a, present
prices stands as a hearish barometer OF
the general deal.
The approach Of the Lenten season,
which opens next week. is already nav
| ing its influence on the market Killers
are claiming that with some heaF!
| beef stocks row in their coolers ano
only about ten days in which TO eS-
pect any material improvement IN tns
| market, there is small incentive fof
them 10 buy heavily now. 1t is per-
iod when the country has great
abundance Of rough feed and fairly
cheap corr and while weather coatin-
ues ideal for beef making. the trade IS
urging owners Of half-dnisheo and
warred-up steers 10 keep them At
home and give the market chance TO
recuperate from recent bad sinking
spells. Last weeks decline put the val
ues down 20 lowest levels in months
past and the fact that there was scam
improvement today suggests that de-
spite the cheapness OF current beei
stocks the killers nor eastern ship
pe-s APPRECIATE the buying advantage
10 an extent which induces them to
take hold freely.
Sheep.
Live mutton trade was IN a pa0lS
demoralized condition al declines OF
80 cents to 81 per hundredweight. com
Jared with the high point last week
| Some statesmen are not discoura gee
bv the por star, of the weeks business
II now looks like slow. sluggish week
but the run viii play an important
factor in determining the markets fu-
,ure and many traders ara citing yes
rerday's light run and predicting that
the run for the week will continue
light. preventing materia! price ham
rnering All tina. is needed is some
eastern demand and a little stronger
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