Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-20

Chicago. April 2O.--Overhow ship
ments pulled down prices today in the
hog market.
Prevailins prices are still 30 cents
lower than week ago, notwithstand-
ing the smallneSs of the week re-
ceipts The Indifferent shipping de-
mand, decidedly lower prices for pro-
vision futures and the hearish attitude
of packers all tended to depress the
market.
Only $4,000 hogs arrived at eleven
markets Saturday, being 11,0Oo less
than.s week ago and 5000 less than
year ago. Chicago and Kansas City
had as near record breaking receipts,
in point of smallness. as ever known
Kansas City getting only 100.
For the week eleven markets re-
ceived 376, 1000, being 10000 less than
previous week and $4,000 less than
year ago. standing 10000 below the
seven-vear average of the correspond
ing week since 1907 Eleven markets
for 1914 to date are credited with
PCS, 900 the smallest total since 1910.
standing 10000 smaller than year
ago, 1915 900 smaller than TWO years
ago and $500 smaller than the aver
age for the corresponding period DUR
ing the past seven years
: wear go last week the average
price Of hogs dropped cents 10 ss'lo,
two years ago the average advanced 8
cents to S7S7 and three years ago de-
cltned 10 cents to $50 IN the nEst
two DAYS OF the corresponding week o.
1910 the average dropped Sc cents from
sass 10 $3.50. but the remaining four
rGoHfinN
LOT i. cents with the net decline ~ cents,
the average closing day that week De-
ling s9..3.
The estimated average weight o.
! hogs last week. Notwithstanding the
! fact that some of the packing droves
! we're lightest in months was reported
same as previous week or 232 pounds,
against 245 pounds a year ago and 20
pounds TWO years ago:
There was only weak demand for
cattle.
+! Easter, rnarketings thusfar are run
ming normal for this season, but the
| eastern killers have buyers in the neio
| in Ohio. Pennsylvania and West VIZ
! einia and they are getting far quota
! ~ 1vi,-er fed steers which are gong
! Ground the markets and this reduces
shining demand in the local trace. a
Ffy ouota of cattle were fed IN those
s+ares the past winter, and, unIlke ior
,,a- wears holders are keeping them
ilonser period Late April ana all o.
! sday however. will witness generous
movement OF this stuff from feed yaros
70 abattoirs and ii promises 10 De
considerable factor in regulating prices
IN the middle western trade. one DIE
New York house which has been ilshl
buyer locally for some weeks Is re-
Dorted to be getting lot OF eastern
cattle by direct shipment.
Total run of Argentina beef into Ne"
York was light the past week put
There was considerable surplus caFT!eu
fror,, the week before. when new record
volume of more than 5000 quarters
ARRIVED The Argentina product Is on
sale all over the east and some OF II l.
being sent even as far west as onl-
caeo INT its sale in the middle west
ern territory is light. for reason tha
hlyers are seldom calling 90 secoii"
dose after giving ii test buehos
Aires shipped only 1000 quarters ioi
New York trade the past week ant
there promises to be only smaH sup
ply 10 come from there in the next I'VE
months. Thus Argentina competition
or at least the wrost Of II, is over ioi
this season and the fact that Ilnishe}
steers are showing up ii snaii quo'e
makes strong price prospects for them
seem probable.
An irregular advance in genera
trade since last Monday favored th'
rine quality kinds most and TINS !:
Iil.elv 10 be a situation shown tor week:
: ahead Every little surplus Of the me
, dunn and palmer grades is bound U
meet packer price opposition Filis ar
becoming big factor as Weathe
warns up and the water earned o5
big share of marketings last Wee
made their dead cost figure consicer
ahlv higher than the week oeiore. ~
Monday crop, especially. was heasH.
filled and altho it was lower mar
then buyers claimed that mis- take
into consideration, a big quota OF thel
purchases cost steady prices on tn
hooks.
Sheep.
.. Most of the sheep and lambs foun
a ready outlet.
D. trade scout here at week end fror
Rufa1o saws ohio and other territor
contiguous TO the Buffalo market ma
e more sheep and lambs on 1eed Una
e they are generally credited with an
Re asserts that a Monday run at Buffai
~ of ninety carloads at most any tii1'
: would not surprise him. IT sucn
> crop reaches that market next Mon
day the price list there and elseWnei
ID wculd be seriously affected.
l. The market is showing deciusui
IN irregular basis of prices as compare
n with a week ago. Light and hano
weight wooded lambs show an irrest
e lar 1G6 25c higher basis than late Ia
e week and are at the highest levels
re the year, but the prices being paid u
is the Colorado Mexican wooded lam'
is coming are not fair index to II
ar general lamb market. They are EMO!
. ing stiff premium over everytnir
OF else in the wooded lamb line, very re
northern-bre5 Colorado lambs, Il
e many of them are showing as high
higher finish than many of the higi
dressing tidy weight Mexicans, bell
nj eligible to $40 because of their welg
and a finished class of 90-pound &C
= orados being quotable down to 50, e
treme big weights as low as $3.50. re
Il. fed western lambs coming are go
ra enough to reach 1926 and hardly a,
of the handful of natives here this we
have passed s7.75. practically the on
fat native lambs arriving bel
weighty.