Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-31
PACKERS SHOW NO INTEREST IN
OFFERINGS At CHICAGO
YARDS.
MARKET WEAkENS AND
PROCEEDS TEND LOWER
No Urgent Inquiry For Cattle and
Prices Fail to Snow Advances
Sheep and Lambs Not in Urgent De-
Mand-Revew Of Market Conditions
Current Quotations.

Chicago. March 31.--Slowness of de-
mand from packers today tended to
make the hog market weak
Tuesdays top at s6S7ts was 27R
cents above low day last Thursday and
within ~ cents Of the summit March
5, high day of the r2onth. General
range of prices yesterday was quite
narrow, comparatively few carload lots
selling below 1915, with rough to good
heavy packing. mostly in small lots. at
s6.45G6.70. Pigs sold generally steady
to 10 cents higher. with strength most
ly on good weighty kinds. Stays sold
largely at s6.00@6.25.
:, Eleven markets received ST. 500 hogs
Tuesday, or 7,400 less than last Tues
day. 15.40O more than year ago and
1000 more than two years ago. Total
thus far this week $4,000, or 1000
less than same period last week, $4,000
more than like time last year and 5000
less than corresponding two days two
years ago. Total for 1915 to date.
100000, or 1522.0OO more than same
period 1914 and 1,453,0 900 more than
corresponding time 1913.
Cattle.
There was no urgent inquiry for
cattle.
Midweek run here will need neces
sarily be light. since the Jewish holt
days. which fall again next week. will
effect slim kosher demand, and there
is small inquiry for heavy beeves in the
eastern territory other than for the
kosher market the forequarters find
ing good call. but the binds and ribs
are still proving a drug to the market
and are selling lower than the fore
quarters. Eastern killers assert this
has been the poorest selling season in
many as far as big cattle are concerned
and lay the cause of it TO slack
general business in the east and short
wage earning capacity Of workers IN
many lines of industry.
Muddy feed yards are driving in
many cattle and conditions in many
sections are reported in shape which
force cashing of cattle in order to
check waste of high costing feed. That
it is a case of forced selling on part of
many feeders is no secret. Disposition
seems to be to cash the big stuff and
replace it with lighter thin cattle that
have been carried thru the winter on
rough feed. belief existing that high
costing corn will pay better return
on than in putting more weight on the
stuff that is nearly matured. since
these would necessarily have TO make
steady price advances in the next thir-
~ to forty days to pay their board bill.
Sheep.
Sheep and lambs were not in urgent
demand
Prime Wisconsin fed western year.
1ings and wethers from Waterloo
landed at $3.50. against $40 last week.
but Tuesdays consignment was much
lighter avera ging lis pounds. Some
medium western ewes cleared at $500,
but little else in heece arrived except
natives. A few prime havy native
ewes topped at $500 and some other
good ones cleared at $3.50 @1.75, but
offerings at any price We're usually
limited to small punches. Culls sold
below 6oO. with a good kind around
$3.50 Bucks easily made $3.50, with
few others at s6.00M625. Finished light
yearlings were nominally quotable to
$500.
Shorn western ewes at $3.50 were
higher than any others here thus far
this week. while fairly good ones
landed at $685. and medium f1eshed
ninety-seven pound arrivals cleared at
1918 Some mixed yearlings and sheep
in the same consignment cleared at
S6.75 Shorn native ewes went down
ward from $3.50. with culls at $500 and
lower. as some were very plain. No
choice shorn yearlings such as arrived
Monday We're to be had. Skorn bucks
landed at s5.0Om550.