Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-11-18

Snitdso, NOV. 4 c.---E1oS piiScS VIZ
upheld today by the fact that arrivals
did not total as many as on the same
dag last week.
Receipts of hogs for the first hNe
days of the week total about 251.5o0
head being 2,4DO more than same days
last week, 53,7G0 more than year ago
and 12S,S0O more than corresponding
period two years ago.
While the receipts this week stand
the largest in long time, shipments
are also running up to a high figure.
There were 11,799 sent out from here
on Thursday. which was the largest
since March 6, when 1902 went out.
The decline in prices on the market
here made the hogs attractive to east
ern buyers and liberal orders resulted.
Eleven markets received 132, 100 hogs
Friday. or 21,900 more than last Friday.
10000 more than a year ago and H.
500 more than two years ago, when
two of the eastern markets were under
federal quarantine. Total thus far
this week $4,000, or 215.000 more than
same period last week, 226,000 more
than like time last year and $4,000
years age Total for 1915 to date 25.-
62s.oOO, or 3,5S4,0c more than same
period 1916 and 5,S4a.O00 more than
corresponding time 1914.
Cattle.
More than the usual Saturday supply
of cattle reached the yards.
The country has cut cattle loose
without regard to trade conditions,
feeling that with the heavy export de-
mands for beef and a broad domestic
trade, prices could not~b worked Sc
verely lower, and that belief has been
materialized.
When every really good bullock out
of such big supply can find healthy
demand at. strong to higher prices. and
command rates up to the best of the
year it is significant Of situation in
the trade over which producers need
have little cause to worry.
The cheaper priced stuff simply went
downward to it's real value this week
as measured against well finished
steers. They were out of the line last
week when many of them sold 75c@
S100 higher than the low time In Oc-
tober. BY force Of the big runs prices
have been worked lower in logical
sense and there is In store a further
cut if the week ahead registers contin-
uance of the free running Of warmed
up and half fat steers due to feeders
frenzy to dodge the high cost of corn.
Dollar corn is an actuality in many
sections and in no small number of
them feeders claim they can not buy
corn because OF the bullsh demands of
its holders.
Thus the big run'this week was in a
great sense occasioned by the fact that
feeders had run outsof corn and simply
had to cash in because they could not
buy more. Profits were an added in
ducement to ship, but the break on me-
dunn and splain grades in recent days
has wiped out profit in many instances.
Half fat yearifngs. which had rela-
lively good action early in the week,
have suffered along with the bigger
cattle since then, but anything strictly
good to choice in the yearling trade
is still quotablef at the years high
point.
This weeks receipts stand against
$3.50 in five days a week ago and
5s,434 a year ago, while the total at
FIVE markets Is 2s3,000 against 10000
week ago and 204,oO0-,a year ago.
The trade looks for another heavy
run at the outset next week est.ii::::::aa te:s
for Monday being up to 10000 and
more.