Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-01
PROSPECTS OF RENEWAL OF
SHIPMENTS iMPART STRENGTH
TO STOCK MARKETS.
DEMAND STRONGER AND
PRICES TURN UPWARD
Cattle a. Well as Hogs Benefits From
Removal Of Embareo-Hoss in De-
mand and Prices Move Upward-No
Active Call For Sheep and Lambs
Current Values.

neWal OF shipments TO the east Helpeu
today to lift the hog market here.
Receipts of hogs at Chicago for the
week totaled 94,100, decrease Of
80, 700 compared with the previous
week. 43,20O compared with the same
week last year and $4,000 compared
with the corresponding week two years
ago.
Average weight of hogs at Chicago
for the week was estimated at lso
pounds, the highest on record by four
pounds, eight pounds lighter than the
previous week, thirty pounds lighter
than same week last year and twelve
pounds lighter than the corresponding
week two years ago.
Top for hogs at Chicago for the
week was 500, against S.95 the previous
week, $50 year ago and $40 two
years ago. Average price figured 1.l5,
the lowest since week ending Sept. II.
SIS cents lower than the preceding
week % cents lower than year ago
and 90 cents lower than two years ago.
Eleven markets received 34,100 hogs
Saturday, making $4,000 for the week,
or $1,000 less than the previous week,
$4,000 less than same week last year
and $4,000 less than corresponding
week two years ago. Total for 1915 to
date 20,5S5 900. or 1,s+3,o00 more than
same period 1914 and $4,000 more than
corresponding time 1918.
Cattle.
Steadiness to the price of cattle was
impaired by prospects of renewed ship
ments to the east.
Strenuous efforts have been made to
reopen the eastern outlet, and the
Pennsylvania action this week in per-
hitting stock to pass thru that state
has been looked upon as the opening
wedge to normal shipping situation
from Chicago within a short time.
Meanwhile, it is going to behoove the
country to market stuff of medium and
immature condition cautiously to avert
hard breaks. 4.
The western ranges are running
cattle freely into the markets, and Will
for two or three weeks more unless
storms hit the northwest. Rangers are
making relatively better carcasses
than many of the natives OF higher
cost on the hoof and packers favor for
the rangers is a repressive feature OF
the trade for medium natives. In the
case OF the common natives, these
showed no material price damage all
the week and a moderate quota OF
them came into the trade, chiefly from
pastures in Wisconsin, Minnesota and
Dakota. The poorer grade stun has
gone only into Gamer trade and at
Gamer prices.
A small share of the range crop has
comprised canning material this sea-
son. and for this reason the killers have
found a place for the native cheap
grades since with the stocker outlet
closed they could. be had at cheap cost.
prices for such kinds finding packer
purchase being at least 1.00G1.50 be-
low their value to the country buyers
We're the latter enabled to take them
away from the market.
Sheep.
There was no active call for sheep
and lambs.
Considering ideal feeding weather
prevailing, there has been a remark
ably large number of warmed up west
ern lambs here this week. Upwards of
twenty decks of fed lambs We're here
Friday and altho the best of them
were strictly good to choice, the bulk
consisted of half fat stuff that could
not in that condition begin to realize
it's cost as feeders. One shipment Of
such stock, consisting Of seven decks
came from an Illinois feeder who gave
as his reason for shipping the stock in
half fat condition the fact that his
corn was soft and the lambs could not
retain the grain in their stomachs,
doing no good on the feed. Some
scenery fed" westerns sold down to
TS5 and below under sorts others in