Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-02
OFFERINGS Of HOGS
LESS THAN DEMAND
BIDDERS COMPETE AND PRICES
CONTINUE UPWARD TEND
ENcIES.
RECEIPTS OF CATTLE
COMPARATIVELY SCARCE
Conservative Marketings Having
Tendency to Keep Prices on Basis
With Recent Levels - Arrivals of
Sheep and Lambs Not Excessive
Current Quotations.

chicago, April 2.-ActlVe demand to-
day lifted the hog market
Moderate receipts are looked for the
balance of the week. Three days this
week arrivals at Chicago total about
$4,000 head. being 5000 less than u
week ago, 10000 less than a year ago
and 200 less than marketings for cor
responding period two years ago.
Eleven markets received $4,000 hogs
Wednesday, or $1,000 less than last
Wednesday, 1900 less than year ago
and 300 less than two years ago.
Total thus far this week, 226,OOO, or
10000 less than the same period last
week. $4,000 less than the like time last
year and 1900 more than the cor
responding three days two years ago
Total for 1914 to date, 646O0O0, or
100000 less than the same period 1913
and 100000 less than the correspond
ing time 1912.
AT present the price range is very
narrow, there being spread of less
than dime between the top and
average.
While Wednesdays top stands about
81 below opening day of April 1913
the general average is only 68 cents be-
low year ago.
Taking the corresponding Wednesday
for the past four years. the average top
was $3.50 and the general four year
average $685.
Opening day of April, 1913, top hogs
sold at $50, high point last year. but
at the close of that month best sold at
$50
The average price opening day last
April was 1929, but with slight reac-
tons it dropped to sS.3S before the
close of the month.
Quality Of the days offerings was as
good as any time recently. there being
only fair supply Of pigs, which sold
steady to little higher largely at
$S.25 $3.50.
Cattle.
Cattle proved comparatively scarce.
Putting the market on short rations
was the logical result of Mondays coll
lapse. A week ago Monday developed
a very respectable trade and lot Of
eastern Iowa and Illinois cattle were
started for the midweek session in ex
pectation Of the market holding. This
week Monday saw bad break and
car orders were not accepted.
The light run furnished the market
with a needed, if not imperative appli-
cation Of the rest cure. Had supply
conditions been otherwise further de-
moralization would have been certain.
This is always bad week for the sell
ing side in steer trade trade owing TO
the approa ching end of Lent and with
that handicap eliminated next week
some improvement in beef distribution
may be looked for altho the real trade
ability is industrial stagnation.
A drove Of forty prime 14G4 pound
Herefords from Andy Hayes, Kinross,
Iowa, topped at $40. and G.. f. Tay-
Tor, Taintor, Iowa, sold a 1530-pound
load also at the price, these droves
lacking finish possessed by the top
pers on Monday, which made s9.45.
A few others cashed at $500 d9.2O, but
it was short quota Of business over
$500, and lot Of right choice weighty
steers had to land at sS.75@s.9o, in
Guiding yearing steers and heifers at
the latter price. Bulk Of the medium
to strictly good handy and strong
weights made sS.10Ms.60, while a gem
erous proportion of the plain and me-
dunn grade light killers, warmed-up
and short feds, sold at $3.50 q 500,
showing little change from Mondays
trades in roughish Weighty stuff below
$500 with the poor light killers down
to 1926 and lower, this stuff getting
slim call from feeder buyers, who We're
chiefly after well-bred light cattle.
Sheep.
Arrival of sheep and lambs were not
excessive.
A slump at Buffalo on a good
Wednesday run Of 5000 head. carried
top lambs there down to $40. or %
cents below that erratic markets top
on Monday. This with sluggish east
ern dressed markets put a crimp IN
eastern shipping demand and gave
buyers here opportunity to have their
own way excepting in the case OF few
lots that were exactly adapted to the
filing of a handful order for some
thing ripe for the Easter or special
trade. Declines on some strong weight
and medium qualified shorn lambs
here late yesterday amounted to 20
cents from Monday and with today's
loss on such added sales in some in
stances were as much as 35@5oc from
MONDAYS irregularly higher session.