Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-22
PRICES UPHELD BECAUSE OF AR
RIVALS BEING LESS NUMER.
Gus THAN EXPECTED.
SALES MADE At PRICES
AVERAGE WITH SATURDAY
Cattle Supply Over Plentiful For Inn
mediate Needs and Market Turns
Weak-Recent Declines Carry Values
to Low Leveis-Sheep and Lambs
Relatively searee-current Quota.
tions.

Chicago Nov 22-Hog prices were
upheld today by the fact that arrivals
here were much less numerous than
expected.
| Receipts of hogs at Chicago for las,
week aggregated 217,S00, the largest
since February and third largest of the
! year, or an increase of 4S,600 compared
| with the previous week, $1,000 com
| pared with the same week last year
and $500 compared with the corre-
spending week two years ago.
Average weight of hogs for the week
at Chicago was estimated at Isl
| pounds the highest on record and
eleven pounds lighter than two weeks
ago, the previous lghtest record, stand
| ing eighteen pounds lighter than the
| Highest week in previous years. 1t stood
| twelve pounds lighter than the previ-
Gus week, thirty-nine pounds lighter
than year ago ana twenty eight
pounds lighter than two years ago.
Top hogs at Chicago for the week
was 7.05, paid on Monday, the only day
of the week when anything passed
$50, and stood lowest since week OF
April 3, 40 cents lower than the previ-
Gus week. 1.20 lower than year ago
and Los lower than two years ago. Inc
average price was SO figured the low
est since February 1912, against $50
the previous week, 7.45 year ago and
7.75 two years ago.
Eleven markets received $4,000 hogs
Saturday. making $4,000 for the week.
the largest since the second week OF
February. or $4,000 more than the pre-
vious week, $4,000 more than same
week last year and $4,000 less than the
corresponding week two years ago.
Total for 1915 to date 22,304,o00, or
100000 more than the same period
1914 and $4,000 more than the CORE
spending time 1918.
Cattle.
The cattle supply was over-plenti.
full for immediate needs.
Biggest run OF the season the past
week contributed TO the price down
trend, and slowing up OF eastern beef
trade. as well as adverse effect of poul-
try competition, was another factor de-
pressing prices Poultry season is on
in full swing. and. despite high cost
OF turkeys, chickens and ducks. the
consuming public is buying such pro-
ducts more freely than meats. Tenn
porarily beef diet Is severely restricted.
The policy to follow. according to trade
ADVICE, is one VI 1iSutC1 ShiPPiii6 49,"
the market until there Is more stability
in the demand.
Not enough of the prime goods is
coming to warrant uneasiness over
prospects for that kind. Christmas de-
mand looms just. ahead and there is
bullish expectancy as regards price
trend for the choice to prime grades OF
all weights. That kind has been very
scarce of late. for the obvious reason
that owners are holding them for
Christmas trade. The few choice big
weights which have come into the mar
ket Of late had preference because OF
their scarcity and the fact that urgent
demand for prime big steers is already
opening up to broad proportions. TO
look for a far more urgent demand a
little later is logical. since the country
is known to hold few of the prime
beeves. and this season the SHOW cat
tie offerings promise to be scarcer
than in years past.
A big run OF immature stuff is as
sured for weeks ahead, since corn is
poor in a great many sections and is
working higher in price for the sound
matured variety. The higher it goes the
less tendency there will be to feed it to
immature cattle.
Lessening of the range supply is not
having effect in checking receipts, since
a big lot of immature natives, off a lit
tie corn and from stalk fields, are TAX
ing the place Of rangers. Until the
surplus is liquidated such grades can
hardly be expected to get favorable
action in the market, and a wide price