Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-24
LITTLE LIFE N
UVE HOG MARKET
TRADING SLOW AS RECEIPTS PILE
UP AT OPENING OF
WEEK.
FAILS TO RECOVER FROM
SLUMP OF LAST WEEK
Cattle Open Week and Slightly Lower
run in Chicago Last Week Largest
Since February-sheep Market Slow
Review Of Conditions in Livestock
Trade.
Trade.

Chicago Aug. 24.-With liberal re
! cepts today. the hog market failed to
show any recovery from the low Levels
al the close last week.
Receipts Of hogs Al Chicago for the
week fell down 10 $4,000, a decrease OF
II goo compared With the previous
week. $500 compared with same week
last year and $500 compared with GRO
responding week two years ago.
Estimated average weigh; of hogs al
Chicago for the week was boosted IL
~, pounds. of -four pounds heavier
than the preceding week. seventeen
pounds heavier than same week last
Year. and six pounds heavier than me
CORES ponding week two years ago
Lack of urgent demand from ou side
buyers for light weights caused The
curtailment in the arrival and rewesh
ing of such lots. which caused the in
crea Sc in average weight Of hogs
weighed Top hogs at Chicago for the
week reached $3.50 or 81 cents lower
than he previous week 80 cents higher
than a year ago and % cents higher
than two wears ago, Average price
figured 1905 against s9io the pre-
ceeding week. $50 wear ago and
IS 30 the corresponding week two years
ago Eleven markets received 4i.aoo
hogs SATURDAY. making 3ts3 GOO for the
week, or $1,000 less thar he previous
week. ~. 600 more than the same week
last year and 81 ooo more than cor
responding week TWO wears ago Tcta'
l,,o r,r n00
less than same period 1913, and 1.743.-
o0G less than corresponding time lslA
Cattle.
Cattle were weak today the rush
ma TX etward Of unfinished beeves con-
tinung.
A run of 5000 is tins hesvies. for
one week since February ana undesira-
Bile cattle have made UP a large slice
of the crop. Yearlings have been jolted
hard. especially aimee Wednesday. Sup
ply has shown marked expansion all
around the circle. the six points re-
porting $4,000. against $4,000 the pre-
vious week and 10000 a year ago.
Briefly stated the dousle-extra cat
tie were no lower for the week. while
under Sio.25. declines from the high
point are 100l5 cents. From $500
90 a depreciation Of Is q Is cents has
been affected. while ss.759s.5n cattle
are 2513o cents lower and s8.009S.75
grades have los, 404 SO cents, the rule
being that the farther away from the
top cattle got the more severe has
been the depreciation. The close was
at the bottom with nearly everything
on peddling basis.
Yeariings have been hit harder than
anything showing 40660 cents de-
clines, and even more in spots. Thurs
days trade in yearlings was on bar
gain counter basis 1920 taking the
1915 kind recently. A lot of $3.50 a
9.25 vearlings have showed UP since
Ia st Monday and il has been necessary
to sacrifice them.
The run has carried lot of dried
out cattle from the drouth section
which embraces parts Of Illinois. In
diana, Missouri and Iowa and many OF
these have had 70 sell below the Scent
line. Early in the week outside butch
ers were good contenders for $500
s.25 cattle, but demand from that
source slackened and on these dried
out streets II was catch-as- ca tch-can
market
A large number of ss15ds.75 cattle
have showed up. Their appearance was
the logical result OF the miniature
| boom the previous week. which slim
The market got bad start Monday and
on Wednesday received a blow in the
solar plexus.
The upper crust of the crop has been
the smallest of the yea r. and it is evil
7 n ~,
scarce, but in strong hands Only a
little Of this beef can De handled, how :
ever. and the prices demonstrate
scarcity.
Sheep.
! Trading in the sheep and lamb di-
I vision was SLOW. the run for the day
! being estimated at $4,000 and buyers
holding off for price concessions.
! The trade is looking forward to the
appearance of normal crop for a late
August market here this week which
! implies heavier receipts from the ives,
than have been coming. There is some
reason TO fear a radical reduction in
values of killing classes especially. this
{ week from the high August levels re-
Gently current.
Dressed markets down east and the
country over have been thrown into
"A demoraliZed state by meat boycott.
and radical newspapers agitation o,
nigh prices. Best dressed lamb car
cases are reported to- have sold in the
Boston wholesale ma rkets at IL cents
per pound on Friday and New Yorb
and Philadelphia markets are reported
as bad From thoroughly reliable
!source of information it was learned
here that the big eastern dressed mar.
kets nave declined about cents De,
pound on lambs and cents on muttor
last week
On that basis the supply in packers
coolers east has not been cleared and
some OF the stuff has doubtless beer
!. put in the freezers If the public I,
getting the benefit of these reduction,
to the retail trade. lamb and mutto,
are relatively very cheap meats at 1hf,
time.
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! Chicago, Livestock.
Chicago, Aug. 24.-Cattle-Estinoat
receipts for today. 1900; market weak
seeves .. .........-....... 6.5o@10.5'
steers ..........-....... $3.50 90,
S'ockers ana feeders $3.50 so
cows and heifers ........ 3.70@ 81
caves ......... ........ 7.50@1o.7
Hogs-Estimated receipts for TO-DAY
$4,000: market opened slow.
: Light ................-- sso9s.3
Mixeo 6.65093