Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-29
SCARCITY IN PRIMES BUT COM.
MON SORTS ARE suFFIcI-
ENTITY NUMEROUS.
IMPROVED CALL FOR
BOVINE OFFERINGS
Cooler Weather Makes Demand For
Cattle Better-ursent Call Apparent
Fer Sheep and Lambs-Review Of
Market Conditons-current Quota
tions at Live Stock Centers.

4 Chicago. June % Choice hogs
proved TO be relatively scarce today
I but other grades sufficiently plenu-
ful.
Receipts OF hogs at Chicago stock
! yards Ter this week totaled l21.to0. a
decrease of l1,l0o compared vita the
previous week, $4,000 compared with
same week last year and $500 COM
pared with corresponding week two
! years ago.
: Estimated average weight of hogs at
! Chicago for the week Was e3S pounds,
or one pound heavier than previous
I week, four pounds lighter tnan same
week last year and same as CORES
ponding week two years ago. Increase
! in the average weight was due to the
larger proportion OF heavy brood SONS
in the run and the reweighins OF many
240 to $50 pound offerings.
Top hogs at Chicago for the week
{ $3.50, against sS45 for the previous
week, $3.50 a year ago and S.SO Two
| years ago Average price figured ss.3o
or cents higher than preceding weeh'
40 cents lower than year ago and -
cents higher than two years ago
ELEVEN markets received fo,vVo iiooS
SATURDAY, making 46S. 900 for the week.
or $1,000 less than previous week, TO-
90 less than same week last year and
. 80 900 less than corresponding week
two years ago Total for 1914 to date
! 1883, 900, or $1,000 less than same
period 1913 and 1.724 900 less than cor
responding time 1912.
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haI m
the demand for cattle.
River markets have been receiving
quite a number of southern cattle re-
Gently During the week St. Louis had
run of 262O0 head. including about
$500 southerns. mostly Texas cattle
The quarantine run at that point for
the week was the largest Of the year
and dry weather is expected to cause
further liquidation to markets The
increase at six markets was mostly
made up at ST Louis, as Kansas City
had only 20,5O0 cattle, while Omaha
total was about 1900. For the year
to date six western markets there have
been 2,744.o cattle received. being
decrease of $50 900 from corresponding
| period year ago.
! Quote a large run of distillery cattle
We're offered during the week. and de-
mand was good for them, and they. like
| the good natives. show an advance over
| last week Some of the best cattle of
the year were offered among them, and
| a new top was registered when 1910
| was paid Friday for the best offerings.
The top at 1910 was 10 cents higher
| than the previous high mark OF the
| year that was made during April.
| During the week shippers took about
14,700 cattle. against 1859 last week.
1928 a year ago and 1882 for same
! week two years ago. Of the total re-
ceipts there were about 24.400 left for
| local consumption, against 2241S the
previous week 21,237 a year ago and
39,6O2 for corresponding week two
years ago.
There was no urgent call for sheep
or lambs.
The trade is very skeptical as to the
! ability of the market to hold current
prices, now that the Fourth of July
demand IS pretty we'll met and dressed
market conditions none too robust but
no sharp price breaks are expected. A
wider spread in lamb prices however,
seems logical expectancy. Laxity in
sorting and packers disposition here
Saturday and most all las. week to
lappraise everything at one price, had
made the trade in springs last week
appear somewhat ridiculous and from
now on. as the range season has been
inaugurated quality is expected to
command merited respect. This will
probably be accomplished thru more
bearish action on the rank and file of
the native stuff and in closer sorting.
The lamb trade is admittedly ripe for
declines, but this has been the case all
month and killers have thus far been
unable to get in effective bearish ac-
ton because of far below normal re-
ceipts. July is looked to by the buy
ing side as productive Of increased
! runs. thu the supply prospect does moi
. appear to warrant fear of anything
! dimly approaching a glut. Missouri
has been cashing native stuff fast be-
= cause of high prices and dry weather
o Virginia has thus far been a very ligh
contributor to Atlantic seaboard mar
+ kets and is known to be short, Will.
h Tennessee lambs are about thru run
Il ming and the bulk of the good Ken
lucky lambs is believed to be in, thu
d there will be a fair movement thru
# that market for a few more weeks.