Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-28
MARKET FALLING OFF IN AR
RIVALS AS COMPARED WITH
RECEIPTS WEEK AGO.
CATTLE PRICES STEADY
ON MEAGRE OFFERINGS
Supply Is Relatively seant and Prices
or Yesterdays Market Are Main
tained-Deereased Offerings of Sheep
and Lambs Sustain Market-current
Quotations of Market centers.

Chicago. Oct. 2S-Hogs took an up
ward turn today owing 10 the faliin:
of in arrivals compared With weel
ago.
Tuesdays top at $50 was ) cents
lower than a week ago. while the aver
age price stands Is cents higher than a
week ago. Receipts today at 2l,oo0 Were
about rs expected. Counting 5,2S4 over
from Monday the total supply was a
little more than $4,000. 1t was estimat-
ed $500 remained in the pens last night
few OF them in first hands.
Tuesdays combined hog run at the
eleven markets was l5.Geo smaller than
4 week ago and 1000 smaller than a
year ago St. Louis had 5000 less than
: week ago and Kansas City decreased
c.0G0. Chicago had 200 less than
a week ago. and zoo more than q year
ago. Combined receipts at eleven points
first two days of this week 10000, or
u .1G0 less than a week ago. and l.oou
more than 4 year ago Chicago alone
had 1000 less than week ago and
$500 less than year ago
Cattle.
Cattle held steady because they were
relatively scarce.
For the two days this wsek total
of 25.S0o cattle have arrived here.
against 1855 a week ago and 41.s-S a
year ago. This decrease locally coupled
with sharp cutoff Of big runs
west and east thus far in this week, IS,
of course chief factor in re-establish-
ing a firmer market. AT six points
Tuesday there We're $4,000 cattle.
against & 400 a week ago and 1880
year ago. while the two days run at
the SIX markets totaling $1,000, shows
- geo decrease from last week and
2S 900 less than year ago.
Relief from the congestion which
was last week claimed TO hamper beef
market operations has been speedy
and we'll appreciated, tho the trade -
not looking forward TO any probable
further sharp upturn in cattle prices.
Having wreaked vengeance on the
price list in recent weeks. killers put
beef down al a cost most tempting to
the consumer than was the case
month ago, and ability 70 hold It there
will. of course. effect bettsr outlet for
:. than We're the wholesale and retail
prices to be again marked UP corre-
spondingly with sharp gain in hoof
costs.
ne east mas tairly 'ibera crop OF
Argentine beef now and Will continue
10 get some generous shipments in the
next few weeks, tho the fact that
better beef demand is right row exist
ing makes Argentina competition a
compare lively small factor in the trade
al this time. No small share of the
imported product is coming this way.
in fact 10 be re-exported TO Europe.
Sheep.
Decreased offerings sustained sheep
and lambs.
Scarcity of choice fat wethers and
yearlings was pronounced. Some Mon
tana wethers sold at $500 but lacked
the class of the $3.50 sheep here Mon
day and looked l0I15 cents up, and Sc
was conservatively quotable for choice
a short deck of corn fed Dakota year
ling ewes Of tidy weight and high qual-
ity was put over at $3.50. A string of
choice Wyoming ewes sold at s525 for
slaughter and a good killing kind of
Montanas at $3.50. Choice to prime fat
native ewes We're landed UP TO s5I5.15,
most OF the good heavy and strong
mixed weights at s4.S5Qi.9 under
lighter sortings.