Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-06

Chicago. March Ga light run OF
hogs today made values better.
Many hogs were held off the market
Thursday, as most holders figure pre-
vailing prices will stand lowest of the
Week, best selling at $3.50 and bulk of
$S.45 a S.55.
THURSDAYS top and average price
was lowest in a month. standing about
% cents lower than a week ago and
the top 20 cents lower than year ago
when best went at $3.50.
A decent class of mixed packing sold
Thurday a $40 and while strictly
choice mixed sold at sS.45 a good
class of butcher mixed went at $3.50
and early II was practically impossible
TO beat $3.50 fer the best that ever
walked Selected light shipping sold
freely around $3.50, with extra fancy
later as high at $3.50 but sales above
$3.50 were very scattering. Pigs We're
plentiful enough TO force dime dip on
the little dolly -dimples.'
Cattle.
Trade in cattle was slow despite
lightness Of offerings.
A run of 1890 for four days this
week well explains the reason for bet
ter action on the good TO choice steers
than noted late last week, but the fact
that the other classes-common and
medium-are showing only a shade
better basis Of prices indicates strong
ly enough that there is need for only
small beef stocks just now. The four
day run here shows $500 decrease from
a week ago and compares with 41,199
year ago. while at the six markets
a total Of 10000 for week to date
n. 10
week and 10000 a year ago.
That the liquidating spell is over
seems assured. AS the season advances
the more generous runs of well-fed
steers than expected, such as came this
week, indicate countryward DISPOSE
ton to feed corn literally, now that
it is fairly cheap in cost. A month ago
it appeared that the we'll finished
steers We're going to run very shy for
considerable time. but of late there has
been noted a little picking up of quail
ity in the general supplies and this
week particularly fair generous crop
of four to five months fed weighty
steers has come forward No more OF
them than wanted were here, however.
and their price strength has shown
packers to need that kind rather badly.
Cattle such as made s9.50@9s5 in mid
week trade could not have had that
money any previous session this sea-
son, with the exception of one-Wed-
nesday Of last week-and the reaction
in prices from the close last week gives
the trade hope for continued good
market for finished grades.
That the country will be disposed
to market short-feds and warmed-ups
little more sparingly now since feed
er cattle costs have risen Sharply is
safe to assume. Selling the underfeds
at scant margin above feeder values
and being forced 10 replace them in
feeder yards at practically record costs
for feeders does not appear the best
policy AS beef steer supplies Work
shorter-and that appears the trend OF
affairs now-the warmed ups. pro-
vided they are fed more freely from
now on, should. in the belief OF traders
show some little price hardening.
is a very irregular market for that
kind. but price betterments are SHOWN
over the low point this season. and
killers can blame reason for this onto
the broader competition for the light
steers which has recently developed in
the feeder end Of the market.
Sheep.
The market for sheep and LAMBS
dragged.
Compared with the close Of last
week, prevailing prices for fat lambs
are mainly % cents lower and in some
instances the depreciation amounted TO
35m4O cents from the high time last
Friday. Feeding grades favored
weaker rather than a stronger bass
for the week. Country orders We're nu
merous. but some of them called lot
buying good fifty-five to sixty-tl'a
pound lambs around $3.50, which was
impossible that class usually selling
at s6.75ly7i5 Co!cradoes averaged
better in quality than all other classes
while choice natives were scarcer thah
any others.