Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-25
HOGS SHOW STRENGTH
At WEEKS FINISH
PRICES ADVANCE BECAUSE OF
sMALLNEsS OF SATURDAY :
RECEIPTS.
FEW STEERS OFFERED
IN CATTLE DIVISION
Other Bovine Offerings Hold Steady
Effect Of Importation Of Canadians
Not Yet Manifest-Packers Bid in
Most Of Sheep and Lambs-Review
of Market Conditions.

Chicago, Oct 25-Hog prices ad-
vanced today on small receipts.
: There were 7,O5S hogs held over from
! Thursday that were on the market Fri
day. Many of these held over We're
carried in first hands. Fresh receipts
were estimated a $4,000, making fair
number on sale for Friday. Some
marks early in day had the run more
than the latter of $4,000. Receipts gen.
orally were about as expected.
Five days this weeks a total Of 120.-
F.; 600 have been marketed at Chicago,
being $500 less than week ago, 2,4Oo
less than a year ago and 1900 less
than the marketing for like period two
years ago.
Eleven markets received $4,000 hogs
Friday, or 800 less than last Friday,
$500 less than year ago and $500
less than two years ago. Total tive
days this week 100000. or $1,000 less
than same period last week, 1900
more than corresponding time last year
and 10000 less than like five days two
years ago. Total for 1913 to date 49,
SOC, 900. or 10000 less than same Pc
I Rod 1912 and $4,000 more than CORE
spending time 1911.
Cattle.
There were few steers. Other cattle
held steady.
Range run this week at $4,000 shows
| 300 increase over week ago. but the
| rangers have also had goodly price
gain. Six markets week to date supply
| totaled 1S9, 900, an increase of 1000 over
| q week ago and $1,000 less than yea!
ago, while $1,000 smaller than two
years ago. Chicago has been the fat
| cattle center of the market map. The
| west had small runs Of fat bullocks ana
while there continued in the eastern
| markets some fair supplies OF steers,
| they were mostly common kind ana
a lot of them only of feeder grade.
| Canadians have gone freely in the east,
but there were few fat bullocks among
| the Canadian stuff.
Some Argentine beef has come into
New York, butsno very big crop OF 1t.
and there has been less fear among
traders that Argentina Will have any
great effect in the immediate future IN
putting prices for domestic stuff on the
toboggan. Medium and common cattle
alone will be the ones to suffer II the
| Argentine shipments come in volume
| large enough to create any material eff
| feet in cutting demand for the do
| mestic product
! Packers are going after the low
| grade light grass steers now as tho
they needed lot of this stuff and 1t IS
a hopeful sign as viewed by sellers
| That the range runs will soon begin TO
dwindle since a lot Of northwestern
ranchmen are refusing to cash in their
2-year-olds is significant Of some gen.
| Iii 0poHo tive
steers, and feeder buyers are likely to
have a lot Of competition in trade for
the 1000 to LOO pound short fleshed
stuff here in the next few weeks.
Good to prime heavy and handy
steers having come back" In price, 1t
Is indicative of an inconsistency bear
| ish attitude on killers part a week ago,
which subsequent events have gone to
| prove as not a case arising from no de.
mand for the product in the markets.
| Colder weather has been an induce
ment for better packer buying and a
! decently balanced cost basis between
hoof prices and those charged the con-
sumer doubtless will effect some fairly
generous beef demand as the season
advances and weather becomes fac
tor in creating a greater desire for
greater consumption Of beef.
sheep.
Packers took most of the sheep and
lambs :.
Quality Of the sheep-house supply
| this week has degenerated greatly.
Choice fat range lambs have practical
~ become a minus quality and in
their place is coming a raft of pee-wee
and thin light lambs and thin ewes.
the character of the supply bearing
evidence Of liquidation in the west and
also indicating that no such quality
Of feeders are to be held in the west
for winter feeding as early season ad-
vices indicated, due to inability OF
many prospective feeders to finance
their deals. The generous run of this
stuff and acute scarcity Of fat classes
has greatly widened the range in
prices by putting better premium
on quality. where combined with fin
isl and by abrupt declines on trashy
stuff.
Trade on fat lambs is closing the
week on a much better level of prices
than week ago, a condition traceable
entirely to the paucity of good lambs
in the crop. Eastern dressed markets
are reported in but very slightly i'm
proved condition over last week, but
this handicap has been easily Offset by
the scarcity mere ana elsewhere OIL TAT
lambs and such classes close at week S
high point and 25 to so cents higher
than week ago, prime showing the
most gain. Fat matured muttons have
been i'll relatively better supply than
fat lambs and only the best wether
sheep are holding last weeks closing
quotations, medium to good killing
? sort taking 10 to Ii cent declines while
fat western ewes show Is to rs cent?
breaks and native ewes show 10 to Is
cent declines. Yearling trade has with
stood the adversities Of the market for
aged muttons, selling on q strong to
! higher basis in sympathy with the
, bulge in fat lambs.
Chicago Live Stock
Chicago, Ill, Oct. Is.
y Cattle-Estimated receipts for tdoay