Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-26
ARRIVALS Of HOGS
UNDER EXPECTATIONS
RECEIPTS MODERATE FOR MON.
DAY AND PRICES ADVANCE
AS RESULT.
SOME GRADES BRING 10
GENTS ABOVE SATURDAY

Retricted-Choice Beeves Remain al
Premium-offerings Of Sheep ane
Lambs in Excess Of Needs Of Trade
Current Prices.
2, Chicago, oct 26.-Hogs advanced IN
prices today as a result Of arrivals pc
ing less numerous than expected.
! Compared with q Week ago most
mixed offerings. showed i512o cents
decline. while butchers We're 20Q3o
cents off on the bulk, and best grades
! showed 4o@5O cents decline. Heavy
packing stock looked steady to weak
! compared with week ago. Light
grades We're 40Gi45 cents down for the
/ week. Heavy offerings Of prime quail
! ity We're abont "A cents lower than the
i previous week Price range has mar
rowed up considerable in the past few
1 weeks, as light and high priced offer
T! ings worked sharply lower, while heavy
! packing stuff held its cwD. Most
/ traders anticipate wider spread be-
! tween heavy and light grade within
I Il few weeks because of the increased
! supply of latter kinds.
/ Estimated average weight Of hogs at
: Chicago for last week was 229 pounds,
! the highest since the first week of
/ March, or one pound lighter than the
+; previous Week. nineteen pounds heavier
! than same week last year and one
/ pound heavier than corresponding
week two years ago.
| Top hogs at Chicago for the week
made s7.s5, the lowest since the. last
| week of January last year, or 30 cents
! lower than previous week. So cents
| lower than a year ago and sl.35 lower
! than two years ago. Average price fig
! ured $3.50 the lowest since third week
| Of December. 1912, against $3.50 the
/, previous week, $3.50 the same week
! last year and $3.50 the corresponding
week two years ago.
| Eleven markets received 40 400 hogs
! Saturday, making $4,000 for the week
! the largest combined supply since the
/ third week in June. or $4,000 more than
| the previous week. $1,000 more than
(! year ago and 1900 more than two
years ago. Total for 1914 10 date 49,
2na. 600. or ! .2Z7 900 less than same Pc
Rod 1913 and 1,519,0o0 legs than cor
! responding time 1912.
Cattle.
! Receipts of cattle We're liberal and
the demand restricted. Prime beeves
continue to command a premium.
Given a moderate dose Of supplies
| the past week. steer trade probably
! would have shown good action. \ de-
: lnand has opened UP for q lot of the
/ light and medium weight plain TO good
! steers that has shown some breadth,
more SO a. least than in recent weeks.
! but by reason Of the excessive supplies
| killers have continued to hammer the
! prices on that kind. AS a result Of The
! big crop largest Of the year, a decline
of i0G - cents has been forced COM
{ pared with a week ago for bulk of the
run o. value under $500 and even some
i 1925 stuff looked little lower.
/ On the right good to choice grades
by reason Of their proportion in the
: run stronger market has developed.
They went mostly 10 cents higher in
midweek. recovering all the weakness
| shown on Monday and little more,
; Some fnidweek trades at $3.50 1000
and better We're. in fact. 70I15 cents
higher. and these classes We're quot
| able firm on the close compared with
+, last weeks finish.
! A series of badly shattered markets
has been had on the common and mid
die quality stuff. For four weeks past
I; 1t has been an almost steadily declin-
| ing trade for such kinds and extreme
! breaks from high point have measured
! $50. while sl.00Ii.25 cuts have been
| the rule all the way on steers now Of
value at $1,000 900. The right prime
/ goods. tops of which made $685. this
week. were still only 10 cents lower
| than high point of the year to date.
/ however and bulk OF cnoice handy and
! heavy steers Of value at Sl0.o5 a 1915
! show 1896 cents break from last
| months top levels.
! Killers are insisting upon Very
! choice kind of steers to figure at 1915
| and higher. 4 kind that takes 1915
now has to have class such as went at
| s10.25 $4,000 at the top point. There
isn't as broad demand for these classes
as vas the case then and by reason of
| this killers are able TO discriminate
more severely between n really ripe
! drove and one that is minus ripeness.
Sheep.
! In the sheep and lamb trade offer
| ings proved to be in excess of needs.
| The market has responded. tho
/ somewhat feebly. to materially reduced
! supplies of fat lambs the past week. a
performed to the liking Of packers
being a repressive influence. The close.
however. finds hoof prices from 10M20
cents higher than a week ago. natives
showing the most gain. Range offer
! ings have carried a relatively better
quota of matured muttons than arrived
last week, and there has been an ir-
regular market for them, the bulk hav-
| ing sold steady, however There has
been some discrimination against
heavy ewes. and while they are no
lower than week ago, they have to
take discounts Of 15m25 cents from tidy
weights III similar flesh conditions
where sold on their own merits.
Despite the outbreak Of the foot and
mouth diseases in northern Indiana and
southern Michigan. which has cut off
itfemand for feeder stock from the se,
tons affected, and a money market
that fails to Loosen up materially, there
has been fairly good demand for
feeding sheep and lambs, and consid-
ering quality and flesh condition,
which, as in the case of fat western
lambs has been the poorest OF the sea
son, sales have Been mostly steady with
the close last week.
4 Chicago Livestock.
Chicago, Oct. observation-disclosures
receipts for today. 3a.eee:: msrasc:
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