Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-12
LEFT OVER SUPPLY
FLOODS HOG MARKET
BUYERS INCLINED TO BE INDIE
PENDENT OWING TO BULK
OF OFFERINGS.
CATTLE ALSO PROVE
IN PLENTIFUL SUPPLY
Receipts For the Day Heavier Than
at Corresponding Time a'Week Ago.
Liberal Receipts Of Western Range
Stock Effects Quotations For Sheep
and Lambs.-current Quotations.

! Stock Effects Quotations For Sheep
and Lambs.-current Quotations.
Chicago, July 12.-Hog buyers were
independent today owing to large
left over supply from Saturday night.
Receipts of hogs at Chicago for the
week ending Saturday totaled 1os,ooo'
the highest since the middle OF May,
ba rring one week.. decrease OF 32,9oo
comnared with the previous week. an
increase of 1460O compared with same
week last wear and a decrease OF 81
100 compared with corresponding week
two years ago.
Average of weight Of hogs at Chica-
60 for the week was estimated at zoS
pounds. the heaviest since last Sep
tember, 5 pounds heavier than the pre-
ceding week, pound lighter than the
same week last year and pounds
lighter than corresponding week two
years ago.
Ton hogs at Chicago for the week
reached s7.95, back to the high marx
of the year, 21s cents higher than the
nrevious week, 50 cents lower than
wear ago and .s1.35 lower than two
voars ago. but compared with $500 the
corresponding week in 1911. Average
price figured S7.25, the same as week
ending June 10, but otherwise lowest
since week of April II, 10 cents lower
than the preceding week, SLID lowe
Than year ago and S1.5o lower tnah
two years ago.
Eleven markets received 39,1OO hogs
Saturday, making $4,000 for the week,
the lightest since the second week OIL
Nav. or 117,Onp less than the previous
week 81 1000 more than the same week
last wear, and $4,000 less than the cor
responding week two years ago. Iotal
for 1915 to date 14,sO1 900, or 2,1O3, ooo
more than the same period 1914, and
14e4OOo more than the corresponding
time 1918.
Cattle arrivals proved more pienu-
f,,l than on the corresponding DAY
week ago.
Al the close Of the week the market
for beef cattle lacked the edge that
featured it up to the midweek session.
Tho the demand was slack for most
steers, the prime goods were sought
and had they been obtainable 1t was
expected that they would have com
manded prices as high as any time THIS
sea son.
The common and medium grades.
which predominated during the re"
DAYS at the close, were declined In the
price column and at the nn1sh were
hardly any changed from the close OK
the previous week. The grade selling
under $500 was very hard to clear al
the finish, while the steers that nave
been landing between $4,000 were
rather slow and tho they advanced al
the fore part Of the week, most OF the
price gain was lost before the finish.
The prime goods selling upward to
$1,000 made large advances and close
was bang-up TO the good time. Even al
the close this grade was sought, While
the depreciation of the commoner
grades caused the range Of prices TO
grow very wide. The country ;iquidated
a large quota of grassy steers, the klno
selling under $500, and numerous sales
were, recorded under this mark, with
some down to $3.50, and even down TO
$3.50 for the slippery kinds that ma
body wanted.
Closing values were generally 15@ 25c
lower than the high time of the week
for anything but the primest goods.
Yearlings and common light steers sur
fered the largest part of the price cut
as they were plentiful. The grassy
steers received locally were given
poor reception on part OF packers, as
they are being well supplied with this
class/of cattle from the southern stock
being received at other markets.
On the midweek market q bunch OF
4 rryht h
price established a new record for the
year and was within 81 of the record
for steers, outside of show cattle. The
Wilderness of the price range is clearly
seen when the large number selling
above $1,000 is taken into consideration
and then the fair quota Of grassers that
have been cashed under the $500
mark.
Sheep.
In the market for sheep and lambs
prices felt the effect of liberal receipts
of destern range stock.
Chicago has received but moder-
ate supply of ovine stock the past
week for this time of the year, yet re-
ceipts for the week are the largest for
any week since the final week Of Jan
uary last and with a sluggish dressed
ably 80 per cent Of the offering, have
sold tower. The big end of the run at
the leading markets has been at Chi
cago and Omaha, other western points
drawing small supplies ana the east
having little. The local run, however,
has been swelled materially by fair
movement of southern stock thru the
Louisville gateway, coming direct to
packers. The Louisville supply is ex-
pected to soon show signs Of break
Ing cfe, a!thc Kentucky !: ::::;s probably
will run in decent volume for another
| fortnight.
| Idaho has been a good contributor tc
the lamb supply for SO early in the
season and will probably continue to run
| early dropped lambs freely turnout
July, short break in supply from that
Quarter early IN August being thought
possible, this indicating the gap be-
| tween early and late DROPPED lambs.
Idal1os are coming good and, barring
one or two consignments, only a few
culls have been extracted from ship
ments from that source this week. A
few washington. lambs have also been
offered and more will be available from
that source the coming week. Less
than dozen loads Of range yearlins
and on,v three or four loads OF range
maturetl muttons, these mostly ewes
were offered.
| Chicago Livestock.
| Chicago, July IL.