Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-21
usiness was

SLOW IN the Aos G!NlS-on wnen the mar
hst opened today Mhile receipts Were
not burdensone the increase in ar
rivals the pas. week has gwen the
I.aeAers an opportunity 70 demand
price concessions.
Receipts OF hogs at Chicago for the
Week totaled sl,40e, an increase OF H.
500 compared nith the previous Week,
2S,2oo, compared with same Week last,
year and decrease OF 1900 compared
with CORES onai2s week two years
ago
Estimated average weight OF hogs at
Chicago for the week Nas 247 pounds.
or SIX pounds heavier than las; week
ana nearly as heavy as any time in
several years. thirty pounds heavier
than !. year ago and twelve pounds
heavier than Two years ago. a year
ago this week the average weight fell
previous.
Top hogs al Chicago Tor the week
made sS.55, against $3.50 me previous
week. 1915 year ago and $3.50 two
Years go Average price figured IS 50
the lowest since first week OF August,
or 20 cents lower than last week, 81
cents higher than a year ago and Al
cents higher than two years ago
Eleven markets received 27.9o0 hogs
Saturday. making 307. 600 for the week,
or g. 600 more than the previous week
10000 less than same week last year
and 1900 less than corresponding
week TWO years ago. Total for 1914 10
date. 1915 900 or 100000 less than
same pe-ior 1913 and l..os,oo0 less
corresponding time 1912.
Cattle.
Cattle trade was slow today. arrivals
Of $1,000 giving buyers an opportunity
10 pound the marget and the s1l top
disappeared.
Declines of $3.50 cents were In force
at week end for the medium to pretty
good killers off grass and short feed,
which went at $3.50 $500. while the
/ lower end of the list looked al least IS
cents down. Yearlings below prime
caught the general decline but the
prime baby beeves, In keeping with
prime heavy. had good action and top
yearlings for the week. making s1o.s5.
stood at a new high point for the year.
Weeks marketings were $4,000. larg-
i II,
and included 1880 rangers, a range run
the biggest of the season 10 date. The
previous weeks marketings were 40
Al and year ago 41.7s4 arrived. Ship
pers took 10000. leaving $4,000 for local
distribution. against 24.981 last week.
At six western markets total run stood
20l.s00 for the week. against lab, 700 last
week and 1880 year ago.
rad OF of rot lot OF
week. which doubtless would have been
here week ago but for the Monday
holiday then. but chief force in bring
ing out the increased supplies was the
record nigh prices of last week. coupled
with the advancing cost of old corn.
Feeders in many sections simply re-
solved TO cash in and get the good
prices but that situation was soon
broken up by reason of the cversupply
and because of II the values were
pounded hard.
This week may witness a repetition
OF price han1TIleriTiE, and i vii; come
on the medium 10 good killers in event
that generous supplies continue. since
( beef coolers are now holding surplus
stocks. and that means killer dominance
/ of the trade.
1 However. the crop this week is ex-
pected to run little smaller than this
I by reason of country shippers inability
I to buy freely on breaks. Cattle gener-
/ ally are in strong hands. and it has
been the history of the trade for weeks
! past that bad weeks market has been
! followed by good one. since breaks
have cut off generous narketings.
/ Feeders are unwilling 70 carry cattle
/ on nigh corn where they are in at ali
| good beef condition, but they doubtless
, will be more ready 20 keep them in a
period of breaking prices than in an
uptrending period, since the supply
! situation as affecting the rnaket for the
next few months IS known TO be short
I and no permanent breaKs can pc pro-
phesied with any degree OF assurance.
/ Sheep.
There was food of sheep here to-
day ard prices weakened.
i Severe s has been the stump reg
istered since the morning market o!
Thursday and late Wednesday, when
trades on all classes were on the high
est September basis aver recorded
there is nothing in the immediate fu-
!, tura prospects that ma he said to
favor the hope of sellers III regaining
in part the decline. In fact there are
indications that sellers VIII have q
!, hard JOB on their hands TO prevent
; some further decline before they are
able to check the slump starting with
such a sudden shock ia-e last week
Prices. it must be remembered. are
!; still high for this time of the year
as high right now, in fact, as they
have ever been in any September prio
to the present month, dressed markets
!, are slipping and last weeks slaughter
in the west at about $1,000 head. while
less than a year ago. has been heavy
Eastern live markets nave declined
, fully as much as has Chicago, will
Cleveland quoting best lambs at Ss.35
3 shipping demand on eastern account
| has been reduced to the minimum ant
, receipts here and in the west THU
lweek are pretty sure to be heavie
, than they have been the past ~eek
l The situation, In view Of broad feede
demand, is not one that gives reason
to expect what might ne called low
] prices. but one that calls for conserva
/, tive action on the part OF shippers 10
the immediate future.
Representative Hog Saies.