Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-16
ENTIRE MARKET FIRM As TRAD.
ING OPENS ON FIRST DAY
OF WEEK.
SELLERS FIND Low
OUTLET FOR CATTLE
Prime Steers Rarely Found in Offer
ings at Pressnt-CoId Weather Fails
No Bright Prospects Ahead-sheep
and Lambs Decline All Around.

Chicago, Feb. 16.-Hogs We're firm
today, light grades being in demand.
Receipts of hogs at Chicago stock
yards for the week totaled lis, 700. or
$500 more than the previous week,
year and 22.600 less than the corre-
spending week two years ago.
Estimated average weight of hogs at
Chicago for the week was 221 pounds,
or four pounds lighter than the pre-
ceding week, seven pounds lighter than
the same week last year and four
pounds heavier than the correspond
ing week two years ago.
Top hogs at Chicago for the week
$3.50, against sS.75 the previous week.
sS.47ha a year ago and $685. two years
ago. Average price figured 1855. or 10
cents higher than the preceding week,
43 cents higher than a year ago and
s2.49 higher than two years ago.
Eleven markets received 10000 hogs
Saturday, making $4,000 for the week.
or $4,000 more than the previous week,
1900 less than the same week last
year and 10000 less than the CORE
spending week two years ago. Total
for 1914 to date $4,000. or $4,000 less
than same period 1913 and $4,000 less
than corresponding time 1912.
Cattle.
1t was a slow market for cattle.
The better grades We're in the special
ty class. They are rarely found in the
runs now. and to command SO and pet
ter steers must posses exceptionally
smooth finish and high dressing quail
tiles Prime heavies, load Of Loss
pound Angus, making 1885, a new rec
ord high spot for February and cents
above January high point, as we'll as
prime 1,l30 to 1,1S0-pound Hereford
yearlings at 1886, and other heavy
steers at s9.30d9.4O well evidenced the
keen popularity of these classes now,
and the trade looks forward to a good
market for the top lots Indefinitely,
since the high class beef users will
have access to only small supplies OF
that kind all season.
For everything below choice. how
ever, it was a different situation, and
the increasing number Of trades in
to pretty decent killers off
short feed, landing down to $3.50 40.
Well evidences a trend Of affairs not TO
the liking of producers. Just what in
fuences are at work TO effect this
DedI 1871 SITUATION are OlIlCulI W oetel
mine. Cold weather has failed to give
the beef demand impetus usually de-
veloping after protracted mild spell
of temperatures. and Argentine i'm
ports OF chilled and frozen quarters are
being credited with some influence in
checking the demand. altho total i'm
ports from there since Jan. l have only
been equal to the product of $4,000 cat
"a Nnuav,nof Of aoc ra1 Ia hog
slowed up some recently, altho Can
adam imports are small. Thus the COM
paratively light marketings of beef
steers the past few weeks, during mild
weather period, furnished slaughterers
with all the supplies they needed. and
down trend Of values for other than
choice to prime steers the past week,
in face of the strengthening influence
of cold weather on beef trade. should
serve as an admonition to owners Of
short-fed and warmed up steers to
keep them coming in very moderate
rather than heavy volume.
These sixty to ninety day fed cattle
are now appraised downward from IS,
and lot Of good weight makers which
had been fed four to nine months
cashed the past week within spread
Of 1925 "a $50. prices that looked 30450
cents lower than high point of month
ago. when lot Of five month fed steers
We're landing around 49, Killers had
comparatively easy going below So be-
cause of the lack of feeders competi-
ton. cold weather shutting off lot Of
demand from the country which other
wise would have absorbed a generous
quota of stuff which killers got of late
at S7.50@7.75.
No particularly bright prospects are
seen ahead by traders, tho continued
cold weather should have effect in boil
STEERING demand for beef to some extent
On the other hand, severely low tenn
peratures, If accompanied by heavy
SHOWS. may jar loose lot Of short fed
steers. which doubtless would be fed
out If feed yards remain in fair condi-
ton.
That price spread will widen further
and still larger proportion Of short