Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-21
lDRlcE9 ADVANCE 8 CENTS WHEN
(. ARRIVALS ARE MATERIALLY
cURrAILEp.
r LARGE PART OF DEMAND
FOR CHIPPING STOCK
hGsttls Trade Dull, Receipts Being
y Hardly Sufficient to Make . Market
-Livs Muttens Show Better Tone
Than Early In Wssk-Review Of Mar.
kst Conditions.

Chicago. March 21.-There was nc
session Of the grain board today, be-
cause Of Good Friday.
Chicago, March 21.-Iight receipts
owing largely to the snow storm
coupled with lively demand, sent hoss
up cents today. Only $4,000 hoss
were received at eleven markets TO-DAY
as against 10000 year ago. A grea'
part of the demand today was for snip
ping stock.
BUYERS are suspicious Of southern
hogs" and do not take hold very Freely
of the light weight kinds, suspectllis
them to be from that territory. Con
seouently, anything that comes IN
competition with this class OF stun
was slow to change hands. Southern
hogs are selling at a discount OF ABOUT
s1.5O@2.0O per cwt under corn-feo noss
OF the corresponding weight.
Eleven markets received 1S,ooO hogs
Thursday, or $500 more than last
Thursday. 33, 700 more than year ago
and 1000 less than two years ago.
Total four days this week 3o4,ooo, OF
81 900 less than the same period last
week 5000 less than the like time last
,year and $4,000 less than the CORE
snonding four days two years ago.
Total for 1913 to date 5,ss2.ooo' or l.
,1o5 900 less than the same period lsl-
and 3Os 900 more than the correspond
ing time 1911
Cattle.
Arrivals OF cattle today were hardly
!. enough to make a market ana l'aoe
was dun.
uandv-weight stuff has only lost
what 1t gained in the Monday trace anu
tins while biggest share Of the se-4ou
rs steers are down 15c from last "eeA'
9Th cancellations Of Is 425c cut IN IN
s,ances the light cheap and medium
IN rood steers are showing s!laii
change. Higher priced grades getting
the decline has meant a narrower pfioe
~nread and with the beef trade sour
nm wstghty steers. It is indeed poor
time. sellers say, for the county TO I'M
load generously. This weeks market
has had a liberal quota OF the *eigntS
GRADES and while there was no very
heavy crop Of choice longfeds- the mar
row demand for weighty beeVes potn
good and plain in class IS suggestive Oh
+ha -nlicv which owners should pursue
IN marketing the next week or ten Gays.
Once the Lenten influence is removed
cheap egg cost will be chief bar 10 the
beef demand, but It should not nave as
.trone effect as the holy week meat ao-
stinence has proved this week. bess
1900, ,rh1,rsday went at sS.S5, tho $500
was bid for sort out OF t"o-loao
drove. which later sold straight at se''o D.
Two droves made 1855, and fair quota
q, strictly good to choice handy AND
strong weights went to killers at so'4V
0s.65, these being kinds which on Mon
dav would have made $3.50 q e.so, ana
possibly a little more.
Plain weighty steers are back 10
nrice basis now little better than 10"
point. several weeks ago, and 1t Is go
ing to require a lot Of careful nursing
Of the market to bring them out OF the
rr,t. The country Is making beer 1as''
Cheap corn this winter has peen
strong inducement to feed 1t Hoerai4E.
and since lot Of steers went INTO 1eed
wards carrying plenty OF weight last
fall and early this winter. they are
coming out big in pounds now only to
meet a demand which is strongly par
tial to the fat, handy and light steers
and supply volume Of heavies will have
all to do with the price regulating from
now on, according to local traders
views.
Until the southwest begins running
lot of light stuff into the markets there
is little danger of oversupplies of all
grades, but the corn belt is evidently IN
a position to overhll the demand FOR
,gyeighty steers, since consumer call Is
running persistently shy nowadays and
high cost Of beef at retail is not con-
ducive to broadening consumption.
Estimates on the run next Monday
were put yesterday at $4,000 TO 10000,
many believing that the mean trade
yesterday and Wednesday will have the
effect Of stopping a lot Of stuff, and 1t
is hoped this will be the case. Storms
last week. however, prevented lot of
loading for the market next Monday.
ant, cars being available now. some of
the storm bound cattle may be sent on
but surely there is nothing in the price
and demand situation which offers
owners the least encoura cement to ex-
rece reaction IN values next week an
less there is decided cut in demand and
some unlocked for strength develops in
the beef cali. Last Mondays run fell
TO 1906 and crop of like size here
next Monday would, from present out
look. prove ample. a year ago next
Monday the crop was 20,24S.
Sheep.
Live muttons showed a better tone
than early in the week, and prices were
strong on light supply.