Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-23
SPECTATORS BID
ACTIVELY FOR HOGS
SLIGHT UPTURN IN PRICES
BROUGHT ABOUT BY RE-
NEWAL OF DEMAND.
CATTLE SUPPLY UNUSUALLY
SMALL FOR MONDAY
Prices Advance Because of Measer.
ness Of offerinss-Buyers Of Sheep
and Lambs Give No Evidence of
Anxiety = Current Quotations at
Market Centers.

Chicago, Nov. 23-Active demand to-
day from spectators brought about an
upturn in the price of hogs.
Closing. hog prices for the week
averaged around 35 cents lower than
Monday, while the top. which was on.
of line both days. showed 50 cents de-
cline. Pigs We're about steady with
Monday, although any cilanre w7S ~
ward a lower level Indifferent call
for light mixed and plain one:l..., ..-a.
a tendency 10 widen the spread winch
was rather narrow the pas; Few day.,
bat even present spread is narrower
than two weeks ago. Quality WAS oniy
fair, although few strictly prime
leads OF butchers arrived and were
quickly snapped up.
Some -show' offerings. averaging 2S2
and 299 pounds respectively. landed al
s1.s5@1.10, against S.25 for an opening
SPECTATOR top Monday. bat $3.50 was
practically the top and anything above
that price should not influence country
operators when buying for next week.
There were some plain under weights
ard badly MIXED offerings a; sI.25 and
lover. but the bulk of all kinds sold
a, s7.30G7.5o.
Cattle rose on account OF the supply
being unusually small
Under present conditions holding
back good cattle until the eastern out
let is reopened Will be good judgment.
Compared with prices current before
the market closed good veighty cattle
are being penalized s15G 90 per head
and as they are known to be scarce the
ha ~ hnl
ing them.
Cattle weighing elise to 1900 pounds
a the close a SO were ed silly the s10.25
kind early Monday and the sS.25G $50
kinds showed fully as much loss.
The weeks supply has been light
everywhere. Chicago has had only go
500. against $500 year ago, Kansas
City dropped from $4,000 The previous
week TO $4,000 and the six market run
is but 10000, against $4,000 a year
ago. Even this small run has found
bad market. Ii has been a disap-
pointing week and conditions have
been aggravated by the Monday morn
ing squirt. Closing prices compared
with that high spot show losses of
10 cents to sl.25 on the bulk of cat
tie. A few specialties have lost less
and in cases the decline has been
more. Il has been such an uneven
market that hard and fast statements
are to be deprecated. but on most cat
tie the depreciation is fully 81 per
cwt. measured by prices current dur
ing the early part of the week of clo-
sure. on this basis trade finished dull
with no bright prospect for this week
The result of this Decentralization is
that a spread of sT.75d 800 is taking
practically all the 1000 to LOO pound
cattle, the sole exceptions being few
specialties that are so scarce as to be
hardy worth enumeration Good / 400
to 1,500-pound cattle are IN an sS15m
9.25 basis and 80 is pra cticaly the
limit on prime heavy bullocks worth
$1l before the disease outbreak. All
the SEA 10 cattle are 81 lower than at
that time and under new conditions
such cattle are few. Yeariings have
had least Of the decline and $1,000 is
still quotable for prime babies" but
$500 $50 has bought a lot of little
cattle and many of them closed IS
cents lower than the high spot Mon
day. ripec lass Of 1875 to 1900
pound buiocks now selling at 50.
brought sl.25 more on the high spot
Monday.
0HeSS.
Buyers Of sheep and lambs gave no
evidence of anxiety.
Lamb trade is on dangerously high
level for this season Of the year, and
the fact is patent that prices paid this
week could not have been touched at
this time, hut for the quarantine that
has cut OF many of the chief supply
sources. Current prices are expected
tn. 1ra nut. rpef ~, N
nois. Missouri. Minnesota, Nebraska
and the Dakotas for the Monday mar
ket. and while no one would carr o
discourage lamb shipments with prces
as attractive as they have been, ship
pers are hereby warned that they na%
logically expec. material declines in the
event receipts expand to near norma:
volume as they most certainly will DO
when guarantees are lifted on part or
| all of Iowa. Michigan, Wisconsin and
other states. In fact. there * reason
| to expect that the free statss" nav
be able TO prodlce a pretty generous
| supply for few Gays.
| Conservative 'ns-ketings Of sheep are
advised Ho day demand for gad
rUttons is never broad and thee Is
every reason to expect a better sheep
| market latec On, aecadse of the shvrt
supply of aged nuttons feeding, han
will be foun in the i,'"ue.liate future,
eEtugh better to warrant feeder, held
rs their sttf for gooc grain finish.
Chicago Livestock.
| Chicago. Nov. 23.-Cattle-Estimate
receipts for today, 10000; market steady
to 10 cents higher.
Beeves go. ........... 5.e5@1o.sO
Steers :. .............. 500 900
Cows and heifers ...... 300 $50
Calves ;. .............. s.50@11.5 so
1 Hops-E.stirna ted recefnfs for TO-DAY