Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-12
ADDITIONAL DECLINE in PRICES
PUT VALUES ON LOWEST
LEVELS OF WEEK.
ARRIVALS CONTINUE IN
EXCESS OF REQUIREMENT.
Cattle Trade Only Nominal = More
Fancy Stuff Expected to Reach Mar
ket Early Next Week - Holders OF
Sheep and Lambs Compelled to Hunt
For Buyers.

today, the offerings seeming 10 be more
than called for. Prices are at the low
est Levels OF the week
Eleven markets received 1ls,Soo hoss'
the largest combined run .hus tar TINS
week. or 1900 more than last frldas'
100 less than year ago ana oo,4Vo
more than two years ago Chicago anu
St. Louis We're the only western mar
kets literally supplied, While all the
eastern markets had big receipts Totai
five days this week iSi,o90, or los'ooo
less than same period last week, 151 ,ooo
less than like time last year and 10
600 less than corresponding FIVE days
two years ago. Total for 1914 to date
y 6ss 600, or 1,72Go0o less rnan same
period 1919 and l.6.7,oe0 less than cor
responding time 1872.
Cattle.
Cattle trade was only nominal
Decline Friday wiped away some OF
the bloom which the market has worn
previously this week. but oy rea son OF
the sharp price gains scored Monday
ard again in nidweek. values for rank
and file of steers We're still far and
away better than a week ago. A gen.
eral basis 25a40 cents higher than the
close last week was quotable. but there
have been instances of 5oA60 cents and
even more gain this week. and matched
against the low point in early days last
week no small number OF trades above
$3.50 have beer sol75 cents higher.
Christmas demands Were, of course. a
strong factor N elevating prices 70. the
better quality steers. and the crop
fitted for the international! did rot
- 4
lot Of the 5000 Gl1.25 steers cashed
this week were fed or!y for the open
market and one drove OF prime heavy
beeves that took s1i.Il. the owner de-
clared, were not fitted with the inten-
ton Of putting them in the show
The show stock selling all the way
from SLIPS to $500 made prices which
the trade has called Satisfactory. in
view OF the abandonment IF the inter-
national this year as resu!. OF the dis
ease outbreak, and the fancy quality OF
many iots OF these animals was de-
clared superior to tina. shown in recent
years.
Another crop OF show. fed cattle will
be here next week. bulk being due to
come on Monday. but thereafter the
Christmas trade sales will have faded
into history. It promises to be chiefly
a local demand for the show fed stuff
next week. since eastern killers filled
their wants this week Quarantine d.
visions Will get most OF the sow-feds
to come next week.
That the market in the week ahead
can be maintained on as high levels as
recently made does not seem at al! GER
tain. A big lot of Iowa and Indiana
stuff that has beer left In guaranteed
sections is due 10 hit the trade next
week. 1t having been held up since the
federal regulations were modified thru
inspectors inability 10 look over all
of this stuff. Quarantine division is
due to get generous quota of the In
diana and Iowa crop mex. week from
counties in those states which can ship
only upon federal inspection al loading
points and at point of destination, these
animals having to go only for local
slaughter.
Sheep.
Holders of sheep and lambs had to
hunt for buyers.
Many country shippers are sending
in stuff in double-decks and also in
single deck cars which they do not
care to have thrown together when UNI
loaded. In such cases the shipper
should instruct the agent at his home
town to keep them separate to insure
against mix at the MARKET. Often a
letter will be forwarded 10 the COM
mission man, but will not get here UNI
til after the stock has been unloaded
and probably sold. 1t is then too late
to keep stock separate.
Compared with Monday. most lamb
offerings looked so cents higher. some
being up less and others more. Offer
inss were largely steady with the close
last Friday, altho few prime lots
looked 10Il5 cents higher than that
period. 1t was very unsettled rar-
ket thruout the day and less than one
! half of the crop was disposed of by
o'clock. altho practically everything
changed hands before the closing hour.
The supply in quarantine was larger
| than on Thursday, but lambs were not
as numerous as the more aged lots.