Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-04
DEMAND CONTINUES TO END OF
WEEKS TRADING AND
PRICES HOLD.
NOW NEAR HIGH POINT
OF PRESENT SEASON
Cattle Prices Hold Up, Due to Mod :
crate Offerines-Supples Of Sheep
and Lambs Scanty-Review Of Mar
ket Conditions-Current Quotations
at Livestock Centers.
Chicago. April 4.-Demand for hogs

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! Top hogs Friday sold at $3.50. Quite
a few lots landed at the latter price
Shippers paid the price for several
loads Of light and lightweight butcher
hogs. The top at $3.50 was 10 cents
better than extreme price paid Thurs
day. A very narrow range of prices
bought the offerings.
Receipts five days this week have
I been very light and many thousands
less than looked for All points have
been light on hogs this weak and mar
ket has shown good Improvement in
that time.
Marketings for the Eve days total
about $500 head, being 80 800 head
less than a week ago, 1920 less than
a year ago and 1900 less than mar
ketings for corresponding period two
years ago. Shippers haze been good
buyers all thru the week and have
been main support of market.
Eleven markets received 1880 hogs
Friday, or 22.600 less than last Friday
l4.l0o less than year ago and 49,
500 less than two years ago. Total thus
far this week $4,000. Or $4,000 less
than the same period last week. l07. 900
less than like time last year and $4,000
less than corresponding Ave days two
years ago. Total for 1914 TO date
6,54S.0oo. or $4,000 less than the same
period 1913 and 1.249.o00 less than the
corresponding time 1912.
Cattle.
Cattle prices held up.
mat the current week s trade is an
other disappointment need not be re-
iterated. Supply has been moderate.
| both at Chicago and else where around
the market circle. The six western
points have received about $4,000 cat
tie during the week. or about 5000
less than last week and 10000 less than
year ago. This moderate supply
ought to have been absorbed with more
facility, but the trade began the week
under the handicap OF an excessive
supply and as usual the big end of
the crop was acquired at the low point.
On Wednesdays short run recovery
was effected in the case of good cattle.
but medium and common grades were
bad actors all thru. What has hap
pened since Wednesday affords no cri-
terion of trade conditions as both
Thursday and Friday produced only a
| handful of steers and killers appear to
have had place to put them.
| If precedent is worth anything beef
distribution ought TO begin to pick up
next week al 50 far as Lent isconcerned
the trade is now immune. After Easter
meat consumption invariably improves
and next week retailers viii be buying
more beef in anticipation of revival of
consumption demand. 1t Is true that
considerable Argentine beef is reach
, ing New York or is due TO arrive. but
! loading at Buenos Ayres is diminish
| ing and with rising temperatures sell
! ing foreign stuff will become difficult.
| All the cattle market needs, in the
opinion Of most people connected with
the trade. is elimination of industrial
stagnation and improvement in that
! sphere TO be expected as the season
works along.
| Supplies Of sheep and lambs were
scanty.
| The trade Is by no means sanguine
Of their ability to hold current prices
the coming week. The last week OF
Lent is bad one in the dressed meat
trade and while a continuance of good
call for prime light lambs for the
Easter market is expected the frs,
half Of next week to supply city
trade. Easter needs will then have been
supplied. Colorado has loaded heavily
for next weeks market. advices in
dicating the loading of $50 cars, and
while no big runs are expected from
other sources they will need be light
especially in the event Of eastern live
markets getting fair runs and any
swelling of the marketward movement
Of ,irt, hs
seasonable most any time now.
Demand for feeding stock has beer
narrow the past few days and lates
sales of the few odd loads Of lambs
available have been 15G25 cents lower
than Monday. when choice reached
1875 a good seventy one pound elias:
selling late Wednesday at 81 and righ
desirable light feeders down to $3.50