Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-25
LIGHT SUPPLY At WEEKEND
BRINGS ACTIVITY IN coMPETl-
TIVE BIDDING.
CATTLE VALUES STILL
TEND TO LOWER LEVELS
Prices Work Gradually to Lower Basis
All Week-Sheep and Lambs Arrive
Freely For Saturday Trade-current
Quotations at Livestock Centers -
Review Of Market Conditions.
mi, a5,-Hors .oday were


in light supply and good demand.
Five days market this week total
about $4,000 head. being 5000 less than
same days a week ago. 21,90D less than
a year ago and 49,400 under market
! ings for corresponding period two
years ago. While receipts so far this
! week stand smaller than Il week ago.
shipments for like period have shown
an increase. Shipping demand helped
very much in holding the market dur
I ing the week.
Eleven markets received $4,000 hogs
Friday or 1l,7O0 less than last Fri
day, 1920 less than year ago and
10. 400 less than two years ago. Total
FIVE days this week $4,000. or $4,000
less than same period last week 3o,ooV
less than like time last year ana 81
900 less than corresponding five GAYS
two years go. Total for 1914 to cate
$685. or 2l1.00O less than same
period 1913 and 1.442.0o0 less than cor
responding time 1872
Cattle.
The cattle market Was almost nom
inal.
Break in the market this week. az
fecting all kinds. should have some m
NuencS III CNeChliiS SuPpi' N' 49,
next week, and at least the trade can
hardly expect as big Il run of Dakota
! cattle as came last Monday, but beef
trade conditions warrant lighter sup
Div all around. and it will be needed II
! the price basis is to be traced from
| present weakened state.
The brunt of this seasons Argentine
competition is now well over. since Tor
several weeks past shipments reported
from Buenos Aires have been compare
lively light The past week there were
! loaded II 900 quarters of beef at Buenos
Aires which will land in New York two
weeks hence, and the trade is looking
for a small movement from there the
| balance of this season. while summer
movement is bound to be light. Army
and navy beef requirements In Mexico
promise to be flied chiefly from the
Argentine and this should relieve the
situation in the east to some extent.
About the only effect Of the Mexican
! war in the near future will likely be
| frmer call for timed meats, but this
branch of the trade thus far is feeling
no stimulus Bacon WILL of course. be
wanted in fair supply for the troops,
but fighting in a tropical climate is not
conducive to heavy provisioning of the
army and navy.
The future of the steer trade depends
mainly upon domestic conditions Whlch
will arise. If the war develops busl'
ness activities and industries are once
more on a basis of fair activity, natur-
ally some better demand for beef VIII
be had and supply is not likely to run
much larger than now. at least until
lot of grass cattle are moved from the
Tr<x- m
is bound to have it's effect in holding
in check any bullish tendency OF the
market for the medium and lower grade
natives Too, the eastern movement OF
corn-fed steers should exert a like in
fluence on the good grades marketed
here and westward, since Pennsylvania.
Ohio and West Virginia will furnish a
, lot Of beef for the eastern killers from
now on to June.
Sheep.
Sheen and lambs arrived freely
Heavy sheep have come in for the
most humping and wooded stuff has
suffered more than high qualified shorn
stock, be tn heavy and wooled ewes and
wooded wcthers with weight closing
25M4O cents lower than week ago
while most everything in the shorn
sheep line is 15m2o cents down. The
decline in matured muttons is trace
able to heavy receipts of Texas grass
muttons at Fort worth and Kansas City
V Southwestern grass stuff is. coming
good. and living up to it's market
. breaking reputation. 1t is expected tc
= run freely for several weeks ahead.
Packers have waged relentless anc
unceasing war all week on the cost OF
Mexican lambs in the fleece, starting
0 the bombardment on Monday and sue
ceediRg in reducing the extreme lml
= by Thursday to sS.35, or 25 cents lower
than the close last week Woolet
lambs are losing their sap and onl!
an occasional load is proving its meri
s on the dressing sheets. Wooled Colo
RADIO MeXicans have made up gen
: erous quota Of this weeks liberal loca
supply. and the kinds that have beef
: topping the market are really off NOR
than the heavier and in between kill
e ers, some S4-pound northern Colorado
here today al $50 being considered NJ
more than 15625 cents under wee:
ago Lambs of good shearing and feed
er class are even higher than last week
'r sales of feshy Montanas having bee
made on country account this week u