Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-01
HOGS everywhere
ON MARKET HORIZON
AT YARDS MUCH MORE
PLENTIFUL THAN EXPECTED.
az TRADERS.
PRICES SLUMP MARKEDLY
ON HEAVY OFFERINGS
Down IS Cents and More Compared to
Menday-No' Urgent Demand For
Cattle, Sheep or Lamhs-Resie" OF
Market condi.ions-values at Mar
ket Centers.

Chicago. Dec. Much more plentiful
receipts of hogs than expected acted 40
weight today on prices, WHICH
dropped % cents or more.
Mondays receipts were estimated at
$1,000, being about as expected. Ssu-
mates for the day last Saturoa! were
very far apart, as unsettled conGitiohs
made il hard to get near an estiniate'
The days run was 1880 more thah
week ago. 900 less than a year ago
and - 500 less than same day TWO
years ago.
Eleven markets received 1s6,eo0 hogs
Monday, or 10000 more thar last MOI
day. 1880 more than GEAR ago ana
200 more than two years ago. Prdcu-
callv all the markets were Well sup
piled and some OF them were open ior
the nrst time in weeks. Total Tor 1914
10 date a0.6SS. 600, or 1865 less tnan
same period 1913 and $4,000 less than
corresponding time 1912.
Cattle.
There was 10 urgent demand Tor
cattle.
The bulk of the lower quality steers
in the free area market were niue
changed from last week. since packers
had access to a considerable run Oh
such grades in quarantine division ana
was this fact tha, restrained price
climbing tendency in the free yaros-
All shippers could not buy. The ma :
jority of the smaller buyers were sun
barred out of the market since great
MANY OF their customers In the east
operate their slaughter houses without
federal supervision Under the quar-
an,ine regulations only stock can
move out from Chicago that goes TO
, houses where federal inspectors super
wise the slaughte-ing operations. AS
result OF this restriction on the snip
ming demand from outside buyers was
necessarily held in check
Supplies in the free yards held few
really good cattle. and ii was mainly
a shipper demand for them, since the
hackers had access 60 a fairly liberal
crou of good beeves in ILLINOIS al
vision. where shipper buying was
barred. A small quota Of the run IN
the free area went above ss.'o tho
/ few cattle took $4,000 $50. but it vas
| mainly a s7.751s-S0 trade in TINS oil
vision. this range getting decent 70
pretty good killing kind.
The market showed mainly 2oa 81
cents advance on prices noted Wees
! ago Monday and WAS up 4oGoo GENTS
from low point ten days ago. tho the
general range OF prices were stiii quot
| ed e5635 cents lower than the hisH
/ notch trades in the early session t"o
I weeks ago today, when the marhf'
orened following the ten days closing
( Included in marketings in the ,ree
( area there were seventy loads OF range
/ cattle, thirty six of which came. from
Canada The range market was ouii
+ tho. and prices were not quoted mucr
differen. from the basis in force ias'
! week.
| Sheep.
| Sheer and lambs, did not meet Witf
urgent call.
! Inaugura ton of the Gral market
system requiring the yard:ns OF al
Z stock coming from sections oil AliholS
still under federal quarantine IN the
quarantine division was -ttendeo WIFE
expected delay and marked irreguiari-
ties as 10 prices in the trading fuii3
( half of the sheep and LIMB sup
ply going into the quarantine divi'
sion where il was sold TO dineren
corps of buyers, all representing ioca
siaughterers, to those operating In In
free or open market" DIVISION
Prices were not only uneven as De
tween the two sections Of the yards
but varied greatly in the same sec
itions. In the clean" or open division
one or two buyers on eastern shippinl
account were in the market and pai'
up to $3.50. or 5 cents higher thar
anything sold here Friday. high da!
last week for both natives and west
,erns. deck of each class selling earl.
lat the price which was also paid by
city butcher for deck of South Da