Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-19
LIBERAL eastern
ORDERS FOR HOGS
DEMAND FROM EAST CAUSES
PRICES 70 TAKE AN UP.
WARD SWINE.
MARkET ACTIVE AT
ADVANCE OF 10 CENTS
Cattle Trade Displays Little Life and
Prices Weaken - Supply Of Sheep
and Lambs Searee-Review OF Market
n.-cGrrsnt Quotations at
Stock Centers.

Chicago Liberal eastern buying
| orders made the hog market today take
an upward swing.
The car situation is bad, winch
causes many outsiders to cancer orders
Some shippers have been able 10 gel
only half the cars needed to snip hoss
which they hold orders for. If the cars
were available shippers would DC
greater factors in the market.
While the marketward movement o.
hogs has Undoubtedly been handicap
ped by car scarcity, the fact is evldent
that the residue Of the crop is in strong
hands, and should breaks occur hoss
will be held. The price list is theoret-
ically topheavy. but eastern markers
are bare and shippers have safe mar
gin in which to operate at Chicago.
Eleven markets were credited win
15330O hogs, or 1880 less than last
Thursday 44.400 less than year ago
and 36,500 more than two years aSo'
Total thus far this week $4,000, OF
| III, 900 less than same period last week,
81, 900 less than like time last year ana
$4,000 more than corresponding tour
days two years ago. Total for 1917 TO
date 2,2S1 900, or 31s,00O less than same
period 1916 and 259.0O0 more than cor
responding time 1915.
Cattle.
Cattle trade had but little life.
Another emphatic demonstration OF
market stability has been made tins
week BY this time growers ought to
be convinced that the stuff is worth
the money and that further enhance
ment of values is probable. While no
sensational upturns have been re-
corded, values have been incmnS up
since the turn of the year. The gain Is
barely perceptible, but has been well
held and absence Of violent fiiuctua-
tons is always favorable to the SELL
ing side, Variations have been put
|10@15 cents per hundred weight week.
~ and the market has given a Crafty
ing exhibition of stability, in striking
contrast to 25@50-cent swings within
a, few hours at. the corresponding time
last year.
The large proportion or warmed-up
stuff shows that the trade is on a
| n rand to- mouth basis. That orders
have gone over from day to day I'M
filed is no secret and the eastern car
situation has not been conducive to an
active market, but eastern buyers
have at all times shown disposition
to take a chance on getting their pur-
chases out that with less urgent de-
| mand would have been impossible.
In market circles optimism Is i'll
concealed. Beef is being consumed as
fast as it is dressed and killers needs
are indicated by the, manner In whicf
they go to everything from which q
hide can be peeled. They are gettine
few fat steers elsewhere and the cas-
is constantly calling for beef. High
| priced corn makes beef. shortage logi-
| cal and the real pinch has not beer
felt. The advance in feeders has re-
strained country buying and the visible
| supply is being more closely marketed
each week There has been a decided
deficiency of weighty steers this week
while a lot of 9.GO@9.50 stuff barely IL
GOOD feeder condition has shown up
Eliminating the 9.25 610.50 delegation
there would have been few cattle t
pick from, and from now on long fec
bullocks will be few.
| An Unprecedented condition exists
| High corn usually means cheap feed
ers, but the rule has been reversed.
means that cattle are scarce. other
wise packers would not be competint
for lower priced stuff. But for thi!
] demand steers now selling below EN-