Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-10
SHIPPERS Of HOGS
LIBERAL BUYERS
EARLY ADVANCE IN PRICES IS
CAUSED BY DEMAND FOR
EASTERN ACCOUNT.
ADVANCE FAILS TO HOLD
UNTIL END OF SESSION
Competition For Cattle Turns More Ae-
tive-offerinss Of Sheep and Lambs
Comparatively searce-Review OF
Market Conditions-current Quota.
lions at Livestock Centers.

Chicago, May 1O.-Liberal buying on
the part of shippers today gave hog
prices a lift but the advance was not
maintained.
Receipts of hogs at Chicago for the
week totaled 139,400, the largest since
March, or II, 400 more than the previous
week, 46,60O more than the previous
week, 1860 more than correspondents
week two years ago.
Average weight of hogs at Chlcago
for the week was estimated at -fV
pounds, the heaviest since last sep
TENDER, pounds heavier than the pre-
vious week, 6 pounds heavier than ths
same week last year, and l pouhu
heavier than corresponding week wv
years ago.
Top hogs at Chicago for the Weeh
made s7.75, against $3.50 the previous
week sS.67ls year ago, ana $500 W.
years ago Average price hgureu s'''o'
same as last week, 81 lower than salie
week last year and 80 cents lower thah
corresponding week two years ago.
Eleven markets received 5o,soV hos'
Saturday, making 100000 for the Weeh'
same as previous week. '4,ooo more
a. year ago and $4,000 more than TWO
wears ago. Total for 1918 10 GATE ~
49,, 900. or 1,S23.000 more than same pc
Rod 1914 and LASS. 900 more than cor
responding time 1913.
Cattle.
Competition for cattle was more ac
tive.
Heavy steer trade now shows better
condition than any time tais season.
and there is belief that IT Is gong "
get even stronger from now on, since
there is likely to be a falling OH IN sup
plies of big steers as the season au
vances They are coming now chieii'
from the far-away points ana IN case
Of Illinois and Iowa sections Formerly
in restricted area which are no" Tree
the lifting of the federal restrictions
affords outlet for more OF the Dig cat
tie into the shipping demand. A no
eral run of 1850 to 1900 pound steers
came into both sections II the Saros
last week and there were also many
still heavier grades, all OF "nlcn PEI
formed we'll in the market
A spread of ss.0o@s.40 bought Dig
lot of heavy steers in the past "eeh'
and prime stuff of big ones at *s.7ou
$50 we'll evidenced a keen demanu.
Only the palmer trade ois-"eishl
steers are now figuring with SEVEN
and few of them are going mucn unoef
s7.s5. this being change greatly LOT
the better as matched against only
week or ten days ago.
Yearlings have done the stellar per-
Torrance the past week, cashins up 10
1910, and they were long warnings a.
that, and fancy baby beef klno
might have gone even higher in the
midweek session.
Traders predictions that the year
Iings as we'll as the choice nanny anu
heavy steers will go still hlgher Is MOI
bad Judgment right now. Handy prime
steers touched $500 in midweek ana
lot Of stuff sold at $3.50 OSLO, "hlie
killers had access to small quota OF
really good beef below sI-s5. Down TO
s725 m7.65 it was mainly light
warmed-u kind Of stuff, ana these as
well as the poor little killers of stock
cry kind, which went around SOU ana
lower, made strong gains.
Movement of feeder and stocker
steers from markets which have a
feeder outlet is still OF generous VOL
ume and in the west the recent high
rates
BUYERS refusing to keep up the hot
pace that put values TOR thin steers up
to levels even beyond costs of finished
beeVes.
Kansas. Nebraska and Missouri pas
lures are now holding many cattle and
in Iowa and Illinois a lot Of habitat
stuff has recently osen turned onto
grass, which will likely mean COM
! intc ~
medium grades. In Oklahoma reports
saw bigger movement of stuff to pas
ture is going on now than in recent
wear. Close to $4,000 cattle have been
brought into Oklahoma since March 10,
coming from Texas, New Mexico, Ar
kansas, Kansas and Louisiana. These
have gone into the state On condition
that Oklahoma will not be liable for
losses if foot and mouth plague de-
! velops there.
Sheep.
| Sheep and lambs were scarce.
Local receipts for the week totaled
1880, an increase of 500 compared with
the previous week, and proved less than
half as large as the corresponding
week last year, when offerings were OF
normal volume Receipts at other
western markets were even smaller
| comparatively than at Chicago, an6
packers were compelled to support the
market on late days everywhere on the
! circuit. !:.c-c-ed dressed trade had
considerable influence on the situation
and caused packers to abandon bearish
! tactics, which they used successfully
| the first half Of the week.
Chicago Livestock.
Chicago, May 10.-Estimated receipts
1 00n. poarEef cfoad,