Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-11
HOG TRADE SHOWS
LITTLE ACTIVITY
MARKET is DULL AND WEAK AND
PRICES SHOW VERY LITTLE
CHANGE.
CATTLE PRICES DROP
1o@15 CENTS EARLY
Trading is Dull and Prices Early De-
cIine-Shcep Arc Weak at Fridays
ciose-Livestoek Runs Are Small
Current Quotations From Leading
Market centers.

Current Quotations From Leading
Market centers.
Chicago. Jan. 1.-THE market for
hcss was dull and weak today, little ac-
tivity being manifested in trading, cs-
peclally in the early hours. The run
was light, being scarcely $4,000
Chicago has been treated to a liberal
supply of hogs this week. For tie week
thus fay the total stands 1874 as
against l5l.234 the first i've days last
week. 1878 the same time a year ago
and 144,oGS the corresponding pel--
Two years ago. let prices for all bu:
heavy hcss, which are lowCr. We're not
much changed from last weeks close.
Hogs at eleven marke: Friday totaled
$4,000. as against $4,000 week ago. and
100000 a year ago. The run for five
days this week in the eleven markets
has been $4,000. as against 100000 last,
week. and $4,000 the corresponding
period a year ago.
Light weight hogs took preference
Friday. as has been predicted. while
heavy packers We're a drug on the mar
ket. The light hog. apparently. is to
become the ready seller in the near
future
The market broke cents late Friday
in the day.
Cattle.
There was also dull tone in the
y.S. j.. IT, r,rs1 ~,
10 and Il cents below Fridays aver
age.
The market is in q transition stage
Weight is not getting its accustomed
favor because as rule big weights are
a palmer kind than few weeks age
and they are not meeting as brisk con-
sumner demand. The prediction is made
by a lot OF traders that big weights. un-
less choice in quality, will have mean
sailing for some weeks off. and they are
advising country clients to act accord
ingiy.
Handy-weight short-fed steers and
the light stuff which has feeder COM
petition are selling relatively highest
on the list and likely as long as the ur-
gent demand for stuff Of good kind to
take out and feed still prevails. Corn
at comparatively cheap cost and
world Of rough feed to put pounds onto
cattle is proving an attraction to the
feeder buyers which causes gay little
brush between the feeder and beer
steer buyers in their efforts to fill or
ders for the s7.0017.50 stuff. A COM
paratively light steer crop is going now
below $3.50. while killers are getting
only thin -heshed little kind, fed
mostly stalk. at cost below 81.
This week light supply OF weighty
steers of choice kind has been here
Only on Monday and Wednesday, IN
fact was there anything like decent
supply of 50 and better grades. ana
the weeks top at $40 stands 20 cents
higher than a year ago, altho toppers
this week did not have quite the class
possessed by best steers Of week
ago.
Few heifers nave been here the last
half of the week TO sell higher thah
s7.35 tho of course a very fancy class OF
yearlings might still be landed around
IS lut most Of the beef heifers sell AT
s5.sod.00, the fat COWS now mosti! a'
s5.3oM6.4o such as go at $3.50 and pet
fer heing of an extra weighty class ana
the COWS and heifers that sell from
s5a5 down are the lots that have had
very little if any feeding OUTSIDE
s..i,. field. Some buyers are taking
cows that they class as cutters up
around s4s5. but most OF the COWS OF
cutter tvpe are selling at s4.1Oa 40,
,ha Gamers of good class up to "a, nut
,,os+ If the Gamer COWS at $3.50 a 800
ANYTHING that goes goes down arouho
Ut skeleton.
5-s+iua,es for next Monday ranged
at $4,000 to $4,000. and supply apo'e
the latter volume certainly would not
get a good reception. There Is holhihs
in tho situatoin which should call for
free cashing of short-fed steers at this
season. They are putting on sfoH W
All relatively cheap cost, ana with ia.e
winter supply prospect favorlns no pls
Rms beef-making would seem TO De
the good business policy. Last Mon
6ay the run was 1851, and year ago
n.xt Monday a tota! OF l''2o cattie
arrived which run brought a top OF
20 20 and bulk of steers made So.so0
81 against s7.35Ms.So for biggest
snare of beef steers here this week.
Sheep.
sheen we're weak. but prices nelo
about steady at Fridays closing ns-
ures. 8. :.
The immediate future market le
little hard to diagnose, so much az thia
i,,ncture depending on probable supply
6eures and that being very hard TO de-
teroine lust now. Some moderate tenn
norarv reaction is more than probaofe'
however. as such stock as mas peetl
r,,noiny in corn fields and not ALREADY
shot to the chambles is pretty sure to
he brought marketward by the high
nrices current and condition OF the
corn-felds. The large regular feeders
are bul!ish. almost to man. on the
market outlook for the next few weeks
at least, and will market conserVa
lively. What farmer feeders will do Is
a question. but it is likely they Will be
sorely tempted to part now with what
thew have left to part with. however
much that may be. Many traders are
today estimating around 10000 head
her. Monday. which would undoubted-
" he enough and to spare at the prices
unless eastern markets are bare.
Chicago Livestock.
Chicago, Jan. 11.-Cattie-Es Estimated
receipts for today, $4,000: market dull
and weak.
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