Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-23

hogs than expected nldue piiee9
work lower.
While Fridays prices we're lowest Of
the week. prevailing quotations aIe
: cents higher than a week ago. com
pairing with the average Nest PACK
ing d-oves cost sS.t5 and below
Receipts have been comparat'veis
small this week yet shipping orders
have been smaller than usual t!ts
number sent fr, m here the past w
weeks being s,nalles; in nea.E yea
for Two succeeding weeks.
only AZ hogs were sent from mere
YESTERDAY being practically the sInaH-
est Thursday shipments on record. es-
peciany for this time Of the year
The Indifferent outside demand ana
the fac, ,iiat packers are getting
good many hogs direc- from OUTSIDE
T-arkers has gwen the packe- buyers
an the advaa,aec III lowering the mar
let
THE suapfv Of rigs vas larger tnah
usual tods. and prices were generaiI
"a cents lowe at ssds.e5 for good 10
rhoica kinds. stays sold largely at
sS.7odss.S5.
Cattle.
There was no market for cattle
pon,,)ar cuesses on next Monday
run we're placed al 1000 20 e2-ooc, hnt
the lighter supply doubtless "ou!"
prove enough for actual trade neeus'
raah time in recent weeks, when the
market has been lifted Of weak prits
sno- me opinion has been expressed
h,- many traders that worst OF lne
bearish pressure was past nn' IRE,
nuent recurrence Of decline mas wen
indicated that killers are in mooo 10
constantly fight high prices ana WIZ
KEEN il lIp az long a their demands 10,
bea+ are not running far in excess Oh
the supply movement. IeNas
cattle crop has thus far afforded them
little opportunity 10 make severe III
reads on prices for natives. Tor reason
Of the shorter movement IL 1eHas
than was anticipated. and also because
OF brisk feeder competition IN the 'raue
for 500 TO GOO pound steers 20 go PACK
70 the country. Still, as the season
advances ard few cattle come "ii
iratlve grass, there can De eHpecteo 'no
tinle-wcrrl seasonable breaks IN prizes
for the medium and lower quas'tS ma
! tirt. steers which will come IT eoiipe
tition with the grass crop.
! It's a long ways 70 the grass
crop Yet however, but those 1eeuei
! who are now running short CT corn anu
desire 10 ship rather than luTl eal''e
! ort2 pasture promise to keep Ahe ma
Ike. hopper comfortably supplied anu
thus prevent any runaway udue'
| Having the prime goods well under
control now, killers are holding prices
! s,il relatively lower than for medium
! 70 good beeves. 1t Is quite hario"
premium prevailing for the finished
no az o.
! sr-jct;v good TO choice Steers cashing
,;,;s yreey within a range Of $3.50 $50.
y.nir. very small quota OF cnoice 10
nrine steers have gone above $500
! Tons this week at $3.50 showed l5-cen,
cur from, the week before. but they
were sold on the low spot and on basis
OF recen- advance in the u1ar.et steers
Of the top quality landed hast Mon
6ay doubtless would now De worth al
.cas: 7ga15 cents more.
The bulk Of 1000 pound and heavier
steers OF value down from $3.50. as
well a. % cents above that point, nave
no feeder competition and they are a
kind which killers assert are not worm
the money as matched against the
right good carcass makers that can De
had for a small premium in price over
them. Lack of competition is. OF
course the chief factor in effectlns
mean market on the lower grade
ihandy-w steers, and same is true
of the yearlings minus strictly gooH
finish. Too. big quota Of yearilngs
Of Just medium to pretty good grace IS
. coming now and numbers are an I'M
portant point in creating an irregular
and beaTish acting trade in them
Sheep.
Most Of the sheep and lambs were
billed thru 20 the killers.
i Declines above noted come as nc
surprise 10 the trade and were effected
, under materially increased runs o.
i ! southern lambs thru the Loulsvii!t
{ rateway a moderate but seasonabie in
crease Of corn-belt natives, slump II
: eastern shipping demand foilo"!nS
5 the failure of dressed markets 10 con
. tinue 10 absorb the offerings at recen
sharp advances. and continued goot
d nc vement to southwestern markets
= Texas grass muttons.
T. At week end hardly to exceed w
: carloads of fed westerns and Colorad
d lambs remain al the big leedlns sta
c tons around Chicago and very Ntti
d more Is known tc ba enroute from m
!. west or likely to develop from ina
= source until range gfdss s' "
: western lambs of the new crop star
! running This will leave killers &c
e pendent % a very large extent for tn
IS next few weeks on southern springs
e native stock and southwestern sras
IT sheen and the latter have about ru
u their course. The southern sprlh
e lamb movement will expand MATERIAL!
but there is no luminous prospect con
fronting killers of anything like iioers
Z. suppies in the aggregate until IN
western range movement gets unde
j. Roadway. PROBABLY in July. and hlghi
jremunerative prices to native an
ss southern breeders promise to Preva
9. meanw nile.
j.
E. Chicago Livestock.