Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-01
MORE CHOICE HOGS
THAN PREDICTED
AS RESULT PRICES FOR BETTER
GRADES SHOW INCLINATION
TO SAG.
OTHER CLASSES HOLD
ON STEADY BASIS
Cattle Trade Steady and Offerings
Peddled in Small Lots-sheep and
Lambs Bring Good Priees-Review
of Market Conditions-current Quo
tatiors at Livestock Centers.

Chicago. Nov lon account of
larger totals than looked for hog prices
sagged today for choice grades. Other
classe were steady.
Five days this week there have been
1926 hogs marketed at Chicago. be-
ing 1900 more than week ago lI,!oo
more than a year ago and 200 less than
arrivals for corresponding period two
years ago.
Mixed packing lots from inferior to
good sold at $3.50 @7.95. Mediums and
butchers made good clearance at $500
$500 Poor to good heavy packing
hogs, while very slow to start, were
fairly active late and sold at $1.4o @
$50. Rough heavy packing stuff went
at s7.10d7.4O. Light-weights sold at
S7.60dS.0O. Selected, packing and ship
ping lots ranged at s7.s5@S.30. Top at
$3.50 was 10 cents under high mark Of
preceding day.
Eleven markets received $4,000 hogs
Friday, or 1850 more than last FRI
day, 1920 more than a year ago and
1,S0O less than two years ago. Total
five days this week, 424000, or $4,000
more than same period last week, 5000
less than like time last year and $4,000
less than corresp onding five days two
years ago. Total for 1913 to dtae, 90
07S.OO0, or 144,0O less than same pei
iod 1912 and $4,000 more than cores
ponding time 1911.
Cattle.
Cattle trading held steady values and
went in small lots.
Packers have had opportunity this
week to lay up surplus OF beef from
the big supplies marketed. The trade
has received largest run Of the year.
total Of $500 in five days, and a big
quota of 1t has been decent to good
beef. altho high quality cattle have not
run as plentiful as last week. An In
crease of 1900 is noted over week
ago and there have been $500 more
than year ago, while the six markets
run this week stood 10000, against
$4,000 a week ago and 20s.0 900 year
ago. Unofficial receipts at Chicago for
October stood 242,2oo, comparing with
272,23S year ago, while for the year
to date Chicago run stands 9,o44.s
against 2,194,472 in the ten months OF
1912.
No such excess Of supplies is looked
for in the trade at the start next week
as came last Monday, but the trade is
estimating $4,000 to 25,00O cattle for
that days market Of which probably
1000 will be rangers. 1t is closing
out time in the northwest, and some
last round-ups are being made. Can
ada will also ship close to forty loads
Of rangers this way for next Mondays
market, according to advance reports.
Bad feedyard conditions in the local
territory will likely start lot Of pretty
good cattle marketward In the next two
weeks, but since quality has been run
ming off Of late the impression prevails
that choice goods Of both big and little
and middle weight will not come in ex-
cess of demands.
There is still lot of bul1ish expect
ancy for the trade on choice handy and
yearling steers in the next few weeks
and lot Of traders say they know
where they can put their hands on
some hundreds Of long-fed steers, but
they are in no hurry to urge their own
ers to ship them.
A lot Of this stuff has been held back
in recent weeks on hopes that higher
market would materialize, but packers
played the game we'll all during Octo-
Der. and while they have been forced
to pay higher general rates for year
ling steers than a few weeks ago, the
big fellows are Oh lower basis than
early in October and they are also low
er now than late in September. That
November will register higher prices
on the prime stuff is a guess most any
| trader is willing to venture, but there
is probable a continued wide spread IN
! costs between the common and prime
kinds, with the medium and plain
| warmed-up and short-fed stuff failing
to show any very bullish tendency as
long as the country is disposed to
stint on corn bills and cash them free
! ly to escape bad winter weather feed
| ing.
Sheep.
! Sheep and lambs Drought good
| prices.
A new high point for the week was
put on the lamb market by the sale
Of a deck Of prime class to city
butcher at 1855 with fifteen culls out at
Sc, while packers paid up to $3.50 and
bought good fat natives freely at $40
to $3.50 under short sorting, 1925 kinds
being but fairly desirable and 81 stuff
very ordinary. A well finished class of
! fed westerns was held, however, al
/ Si.oU W1tnCul making the itnie, ana REQ
lambs at 1915 looked good. Feeders
! however. have been very sparing with
their corn thus far. Good fat native
ewes cleared at $40 to $3.50 without
naggling, selling steady.
Range stuff from Montana and the
Dakotas will probably continue to run
| for few more weeks, nut nearly al
lambs from that source now are Of OF
closely approaching feeder class. and
killers will have to depend on natives
and fed-westerns largely from now on
What the immedia te future market hal
in store for the selling side will depend
entirely upon supply and q wide di.
versity Of opinion exists az to wha'
that will be. A good Monday run
however, following the bulge In prices
here since Tuesday IL O logical ex.
pectancy, and If it materiaIizes seller,
will have trouble holding values t.
current levels.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago. H., Nov I.
Cattle-Estimated receipts for today
l1500: market steady,