Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-14
HEAVY RECEIPTS ON OPENING
DAY OF WEEK CAUSE
PRICES TO REcEDE.
HOGS SELL 10 TO 20
CENTS UNDER SATURDAY
Cattle Prices Steady to Higher at
Opening But Fail to Hold Gains as
Arrivals Come ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Still on Higher Basis Than Week

Chicago, Aug. 14.-Livestock mar
kets were depressed as to prices to-
! day because of heavy receipts. Hogs
! were 10c to 20c under Saturday.
Receipts of hogs at Chicago for the
week totaled 114,200, a decrease OF
1920 compared with the previous
! week, an increase of 1900 compared
with the the same week last year, and
1900 compared with the correspond
| ing week two years ago.
Average weight of hogs at Chicago
for the week was estimated at 23l
| lbs, the same as the previous week,
Is lbs lighter than the same week last
year and l. lbs lighter than the cor
responding week two years ago.
Top hogs at Chicago for the week
made s10.S0. the highest since the hrst
week of April, 1910, IS cents higher
than the previous week, *2.s0 hlSher
than the same week last year. ana QUO
higher than corresponding week two
years ago. Average price figured slo.oo
or soc higher than the preceding week,
1915 higher than a year ago and Doc
higher than two years ago
Eleven markets received 1920 hogs
Saturday, making $4,000 for the week,
or %, 900 less than the previous week,
95 900 more than same week last year
and 10000 more than corresponding
week two years ago. Total for 1915
TO date, 1S,632000, or 2,09s.00o more
than same period 1915 and 4,292,ooo
more than corresponding time 1914.
Cattle.
Cattle after opening STEADY 10
higher, failed to hold the gains when
arrivals came more numerously than
expected.
Rise of top price to 1885 for l,7.s-
pound beeves in the Friday trace
marked a gain of so cents over hish
point the previous week. and a Dig
quota Of the better quality beeVes went
at 10.00ml0.5O last week. while prime
yearlings sold at IO.50d 1850. These
kinds were such as would not have
made better than 9.S0 a lou at 10"
point in July and at that time prime
heavies were not quotabie ABOVE io.1o.
Handy fat bullocks at e.15q 1879 anu
up to 1880, along with the lew nea'y
lots, which are coming, nave mao
strongest favor all week, but so scarce
are these classes killers have oeen
forced to take the next best grades
as substitutes, with result that the iat-
ter kinds have gone at practically as
much advance.
Only the lower quality grassers ana
short fed steers. valued mainly down
! from 925 showed short end OF the al
vance last week, and in the case OF
poor little grassers, ranging down q.
700 and lower, little gain has been ma"
these kinds coming in competition Win
the range run of Texan and Mexican
steers which latter failed 10 make pet
ter rates than week ago
Shipper demand has broadened some
what, especially for heavy beeves, ou'
the supply last week included small
er proportion of l,400- pound and
heavier kinds than marketed in many
weeks past, and this ispexpected 10 be
the situation from now on. since few
heavy cattle were carried thru the Pc
Rod of price vicissitude which hit the
market in July, and it will be a long
ways off to another crop OF maturei
I heavy beeveS.
Sheep.
Sheep and lambs tended to lower
! levels because Of heavy receipts.
There were many changes in iamt
prices during the week, but closing
| level for natives was higher. While
westerns showed a decline. Feeding
grades were also irregular, but re-
covered after midweek. Closing prices
! for natives were 1912 higher thar
/ a week ago. the packers hnai pur-
chases being fully quarter up al
| though tho civ butchers top was moi
I'D more than a dime. Fat rangers
were mainly 10M15c lower tnan 'hs
high time OF the week and the pre-
vious weeks finish. Best natives Sat
urday made sl1.o0. .,
The natives held UP unusually wen
but such offerings were not very ho'