Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-06

Chicago, Nov. 6.-Demand today
from small packers and from specu-
lators tended to uphold the price of
hogs.
The price range at present is the
narrowest in many weeks, the top
Friday at 1855 being 20 cents lower
than Monday, While the average is off
only 10 cents. Fridays top stands 10
cents lower than a week ago, with the
average big cents higher than pre-
vious Friday
Eleven markets received S1,100 hogs
Friday. or 20,S00 more than last Fri
day, $500 more than a year ago and
1920 more than two years ago. Total
thus far this week 10000, or 10000
more than the same period last week,
$4,000 more than like time last year
and 1900 more than the correspond
ing five days two years ago. Total for
1915 TO date 21.056.000, or 100000
more than same period 1914 and 49,
600 more than corresponding time
1913.
Cattle.
Most of the cattle We're consigned to
killers direct
Conditions are not of bullish nature
except as regards prime handy and
heavy steers That class has been so
rare this week as to make them no
criterion and while the trade expects
still higher prices for prime steers
later this month and in the Christmas
beef trade early in December. ii is ap-
parent that With the country trade
facing a soft corn condition a big lot
of mediocre and common native steers
is going to he cashed during the next
few weeks ahead of winter storms. and
no one looks for an especially good
market on them The east is selling
lot of stuff Of competitive kind right
now and will continue to run it to
market for another two weeks at least,
while the ranges, too will move stuff
up to the time Of heavy storms.
The market outlook favors some big
runs late in November not only here
but at the river points and altho there
is no complaint of bad beef trade. the
fact that poultry season is approach
ing will have a lot to do with slowing
up beef outlet around Thanksgiving
time and while before
Trade forecast for early next week
was another fairly liberal run, esti-
mates for Monday being $4,000 to 90
600. but the lesser number will likely
do to fill requirements. Altho New
York. New Jersey. Maryland and West
Virginia are open TO Chicago ship
nlents for immediate slaughter. the
outlet is chiefly to New York and calls
for the better class goods.
Until Pennsylvania lets down the
bars and the smaller packing houses
in that state are able to get stock from
here. competition for the cheap and
medium steers is bound to he held in
restraint The Illinois state boards
laxity in carrying out the law by
slaughtering the Durand herd appears
now to be the sole reason for the con-
tinuance of the Pennsylvania embargo
against stock being unloaded in that
state
Sheep arrivals went direct to killers.
Improvement in the lamb market
left values on good to choice handy
weights Is and 25 cents higher than a
week ago. Counterfeit and scenery
fed stuff has been very irregular all
week, much of it selling considerably
higher early in the week, but prices
receding irregularly since early We'd
nesday. Too much of this stuff is be-
ing run for the good of the market
and the trade is of one mind in that
il should be held back wherever pos
sihle for a good grain finish. lot of
light feshed western lambs out of
frosted corn fields of Iowa and Illinois
have been here that could not make
their cost as feeders. some such SELL
ing at 500 and SIS under sorts. with
the worst ends down to 700, and 100.