Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-12
BIDDERS SHOW ACTIVITY AND
CLOSE is S CENTS ABOVE
WEDNESDAYS AVERAGE.
ARRIVALS so FAR THIS
WEEK DECREASE 1000
Most Of Cattle Offerings Too Plain to
Be Attractive AItho Prices Rule
Steady-Sheep and Lambs Disposed
Of With Difficulty Because Of Heavy
Offerings-Curren Quotations.

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today was active at higher prices. The
| reason was that arrivals TINS Week mad
| been 900 less than tor the correspond
ing time a week ago. Inc close was
sents higher than Wednesdays av-
eraSe.
! Eleven market received S1,800 hogs
! "Wednesday, or 6,lUO less than last
! Wednesday, 1l,4UO more than a year
ago. Total the first half OF this week
2os,O00, or $4,000 less than same period
/ last week, 4S,OUO less than like time last
year, and $4,000 less than corresponding
three days two years ago. Total Tor
! 1914 to date 5,1SO,OUO. or 10000 less
than same period 1913 and 1,23O,UOO less
+; than corresponding time 1912.
Cattle.
Most of the cattle offered We're too
plain to be attractive, but prices closed
/ strong.
| This weeks experience indicates that
sharp advances will start u run at any
time, while such breaks as occurred on
Monday will have the effect of checking
/ loading operations in the country. I'm
| proved condition show that cattle now
| available have been corn-fed longer
than those coming a month ago, but
feeders are averse 10 running into long
/ Ieeus. Scarcity OF fat cattle 1T Mis-
souri, river points is still conspicuous
and probably will continue to be, as
winter beef making has been mainly in
/ Chicago territory.
F.! The eastern situation shows no i'm
provement and demand from that
source is more likely to weaken than
change for the better as the season
| works along, as each week will increase
Pennsylvania marketing and winter
beef making has been on q liberal scale
! below the Ohio river. A local railroad
official went east last week to investi-
gate the cause of diminished car orders
! here and was enlightened to the extent
| that he discovered Ohio and the Vir-
gnias were sending fat cattle to Balti-
| more, Washington and Philadelphia at
period when none of these states were
factors in beef trade in recent years.
While the Texas grasser movement is
destined to assume larger proportions
during the next Monday, word comes
from San Antonio that Mexican off,
Gals have placed a prohibitive export
tax on cattle, creating probability that
the movement across the Rio Grande
will be checked if not suspended. The
export tax was recently raised to a
level that eliminated young cattle from
the movement. At present the tax is
generally $40 per head in gold, but at
Laredo it has been raised to $40 per
head in Mexican money. which prac-
tlcally stops the movement. The fed
eral authorities have been collecting
$11.3o per head in gold. but the increase
is prohibitive. Unless concessions are
,,,s1D
ported hereafter
Sheep.
1t took work to dispose of sheep and
lambs, especially heavy ones.
In view of the moderate marketings
elsewhere. both east and west, sellers
made hard try for a steady general
trade, but conditions were against
them, dressed mutton markets east
continuing in feeble state and shipping
demand. tho calling for some 5000
head, not being of sufficient breadth
to entirely overcome packers bearish
ness. A relatively short quota Of ma
tured mut:ons in the crop. helped hold
that end of the trade up fairly, but
Tuesdays prices We're hard to get in
any case.
Close to seventy doubles of Colorado
fed lambs, nearly all of them of strictly
good to choice class and many Of them
Of handy weight, and an entire abb
sence of western hay fed lambs made
it 4 run against which killers had no
complaint to register as to quality. Ma
tives were scarce and FED westerns no..
very numerous, but bulk Of the latter
showed good quality and finish. The
sheep supply carried several loads of
| toppy fed western and Colorado Mex
lean ewes and some more of the prime
| Nebraska and Colorado fed wethers
such as sold at S6.40@6.45 recently.
Several loads Of good to choice fed
western Wethers, six doubles Of plain,
habitat Montana wethers and a few
! loads of Montana ewes were also num-
bered in the receipts. Feeding sheep
and lambs were virtually minus
| quality.