Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-04
HOGS HELD BACK
AND PRICES RISE
STRENGTH WHEN OFFER.
INGS ARE CURTAiLED.
PRICES SHOW ADVANCE
COMPARED TO WEDNESDAY
Bulk Of Cattle Sell at Steady Prices-
Demand for Sheep and Lambs Tenn
pered by Heavy Reeeipts-Review OF
Market Conditions-current Quota
tons at Livestock Centers.

| I.
| today because Of light run. Prices ad :
vanced.
Z; Price range is still wide, altho many
{! thought it looked slightly narrowed
on Wednesday than Tuesday, as there
i was a class Of in-betWeen packers
! which showed the most strength. Tues
! day there were many traders who anti
I! cipated stronger Wednesday trade,
! but few thought the run would be SO
| light and the gain SO pronounced.
! Prime light reached $3.50, but bulk OF
hogs on sale sold at $7.10@s.5O
| Eleven markets received 1850 hogs
/ Wednesday, or 10000 less than last
Wednesday, 1900 more than a year ago
and 1850 less than two years ago.
| Total the first half of this week 252,
600, or 900 more than the same period
last week, $4,000 more than the like
time last year and $1,000 more than
the corresponding three days two years
ago. Total for 1913 to date 16,543,OOO,
or $4,000 less than the same period
1912 and $1,000 more than the corre-
spending time 1911.
Cattle.
The bulk of cattle went at steady
prices.
Chicago run at 10000 Wednesday
stood 1860 larger than week ago.
and this in itself, following generous
Monday and Tuesday supplies, was
main cause for the weaker trend OF
prices For the half week Chicago
run stands 45,900, against 43.2s5 week
ago and $3.50 a year ago, while ship
pers have taken approximately 2,ooo
less cattle than a week ago. Six mar
kets had $4,000 for Wednesday, against
Sd, 500 a week ago and 10000 year
ago. while the three days arrivals at
six points stood $4,000, comparing
with $4,000 a week ago and $4,000 a
year ago.
Late in the day it was still
peddling general deal on basis OF de-
clines forced for bulk Of the stuff In
middle rounds Of the session, but there
was unevenness in trading in divisions
of the yards, sellers, in one particular
quarter, having cashed a lot of stuff IN
early and middle rounds at steady
rates, and taking barely a 10-cent Gu:
for the balance, while the late arrivals
there were also sold on this basis.
A big showing Of high quality heavy
i
city of toppy yearlings. Heavy steers
bounded up in the 1926 notch made by
yearlings a week ago, twoload drove
Of the Ben Rust Bloomington, Ill)
| Angus and Shorthorns averaging 1904
pounds, going to Armour at this price
L. T, Arterburn, Kansas, ILL.,, sold
sos pound load to Armour at 1913,
and a three-load drove Of the Joe Balfe
steers averaging 1,4S9 pounds, from
Lafayette, Ind, sold at $50. A lot OF
$500 business was done in choice heavy
steers, and some yearlings also made
the price. Bulk Of the choice handy
and heavy steers, as well as a few lots
of yearlings, went at sS.6O@S.9O, and
the biggest share of 1900 to 1850
pound medium to good killers brought
sS.25@S.50. A plainish weighty sort
landed around ss00@s.2o, tho at this
range it was mostly a half short-fed
light kind and down to s7.75 and lower
cattle had small class as beef makers.
However, failing light grassers sold
down at S7.35.
Sheep.
Demand for sheep and lambs was
| tempered by liberal receipts.
! The weeks heavy run certainly has
enabled the buying element to SLASH
prices materially. Tuesdays actual
run was liberal, totaling 42,533. We'd
nesdays estimated 10000 run COM
pares with 1921 last Wednesday. 49,
i 239 the same day year ago and 81
| 937 the corresponding Wednesday two
years ago. Three days this week Chi
! cago received 1902, against 1QO.s96
the first three days last week, 9S.So7
the same time a year ago and lO9,667
| tho corresponding three days two years
ago. Six markets reported combined
Wednesday run OF $500, an increase
| of $4,000 over last Wednesday. Week
| to date six markets got $4,000. com :
! nared with $4,000 the first three days
! last week and 204 900 the correspond
ing period 1912. :
| obviously a period Of liquidation is
I taking place, not only in chicago, bu1
| at markets which have suffered In the
resulting decline also.