Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-12
partial RECOVERY
N HOG Quotations
PRICES ADVANCE SLIGHTLY
WHEN THE RECEIPTS
FALL OFF.
PROVISIONS STOCKS LOW,
ONLY FAVORABLE HOG SIGN
Rain Makes Cattle Market Slow-es-
pectancy Of Recovery Of Part Of Last
and Lambs Hold Their Advance
Review Of Market Conditions.

value today on account of small re-
Ceipts.
Inroads are already being made on
provision stocks and that is the only
favorable sign in connection with hog
trade. Stocks at Chicago, Milwaukee,
Kansas City, Omaha and St. Joseph
We're only 22a.226,0 oe pounds on May
LIST, against 24a.O94oO the previous
month and are now but 1900. 600
pounds more than q year ago. AS a
provision trader remarked recently,
what IS needed is downward revision
OF retail prices. To che consumer pro-
duet is as high 5 ever. Liquidation has
carried product TO new low levels and
put prime steam lard at an unprece-
dented discount under other products.
Export trade is of small volume and
lard is going across the Atlantic large
" on CONSIGNMENT. There will come A
time when substantial buying based
on summer and fall requirements will
develop. but the packer is carrying the
load meanwhile and it is an onerous
one.
Cattle.
Rain made the cattle market slow.
part of the decline forced after We'd
nssday Of last week had 20 ne aban-
doned br sellers once the Monday mar
ket got under way, and that was hours
after buyery first came into the yards.
Light run figured down % 1000 ana
likely 10 fall even shorter. failed to
meet a good general demand. Prices LOT
bull; Of supplies were only steady with
nav
sales on some of the sS.00I SIS kinds
which killers got. due 10 DISK 1eeuer
connection. but not enough Of the
sales showed strength u influence the
general trade in that direction. SeilerS
asked higher prices all along the me
and il was their demands Tor more
money. which chiefly accounted Tor the
slow deal killers refusing 70 bid better
than steady on bulk of the crop, ana
for a long time. in fact. bids were even
lower than late last Week
Shippe- competition was only falr
and favored the very choice ones ana
( plain light killers, the latter IN 1act'
getting more demand from small east
! ern shippers than medium TO sooo
| handy and strong weight steers. PACK
! ers had the trade IN $500 q 500 ca1t!e
; pretty much to themselves. and TINS
spread took a big share CT the crop
! that went for beef. since there was
| lot Of buying by feeders at $500 q SO
! Still the killers got decent quota OF
plain and common quality steers down
from $500. these being shy of breed
ing which feeder buyers wanted.
! Sheep.
Sheep and lambs held their recent
advance.
Local receipts we're even lighter
! Monday tina nthc talent had expected
The second estimate called for $1,000
and as there were quite a few singh
decks in the run the actual supply wa
expected 10 count out less. Buffalo nat
| 4 modest Monday run of 12,oVo an'
scored an 1926 top on shorn lambs
a condition which combined Win IN
small Monday run here TO permit sell
ers 10 keep up the display OF pErotech
MICS started last week, offsetting reIa
-iyaly heavy receipts In the asgregat
Al Missouri river markets. Kansas VI
with = run Of 1900. half Texas gras
nuttons. made advances mere it''
dubious az the start, but the snailhes
of local receipts permitted sellers l
carry their point on lambs. as notel
,ho the K. G. and Fort Worth run
aged sheep helped 70 hold mature
,,7,,,,ons from scoring a like aoFahc
! 70 lambs. few aged sheep seh'hs
better than a strong to hlgher MAJ Nc