Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-03
ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS BROKEN
WHEN PRIMES SELL UP TO !.
$3.50 PER HUNDRED.
BULK SELLS WITHIN
RANGE Sass TO $1s.75
Brisk Demand and Short Supplies
Cause an Advance Of 20 Cents Com
pared to Friday-suik Of Cattle and
Sheep Reaching Chicago Consigned
Direct to Decentralization

Chicago. March 3,-Hos prices rose
| sharply today above all previous rec
| ords, Demand was brisk and supplies
| short The advance was 20 cents above
Fridays figures, and prime heavies
touched sllSe. Bulk sold within a
| range OF slS.55 and slS.1S.
l, begins 10 look strange regarding
future supplies OF hogs, with nothing
bu, a decided shortage IN sight, mas
much as the quality has been getting
much poorer the last few days with
pigs and common light mixed in larger
supply than any previous time this
season.
The advance since Jan. TO the
highest prices on record has made the
country unusually eullish and this fact
and the car sho-;sse talk has cur
tailed receipts IN a way, bu, the short
age fact viii no, down,
Receipts for the week thus far total
about Is& 100 head. being 2a,so8 less
than same days lasS week. l+,seo less
than a year ago and 400 less than
correspondents period THO years ago.
Eleven markets received $500 hogs
Friday, or e.saA less than last Friday.
400 less than 3 year ago and $500
more than TWO years ago. Total thus
far this week 5.&1NG, or 5000 less
than same period lasi week, 1900 less
han like time last year and IS, 900 less
than correspondents FIVE days two years
ago. Total for iSi. TO date s,S40, 000. or
S9s.0o0 less than same period 1916 and
a5a. ooo more than corresponding time
1915
Cattle.
Most % the cattle that arrived went
direct 10 killers.
Federal reports in recent days have
been strongly bearish, and il is the be-
lief in the trade tha; If the country
shipper and feeder will give as much
attention to these reports as he does
20 reports on the live cattle market
he will profit thereby from the in
Auence they will have upon his ship
ping operations. One thing is certain
when beef goes UP the federal in
formation is going TO be quite as ac--
curate as when il goes down.
This weeks FIVE days receipts total
1900, against s0.sss a week ago and
44,414 a year ago. while at seven mar
kets the run totals $4,000 in the week
to date, against Isl, 600 a year ago and
13s. 900 two years ago. This shorter
supply all around the market circle In
view of the betterment of the stock car
situation and ability Of shippers in
most districts to get cars when ordered.
has led to the general belief that the
country has no very generous runs to
cash in the next few weeks Cattle
were not replaced when they came
Out Of feed yards early this year after
sixty to seventy days feed. The
visible supply is thus materially re-
duced from normal times. since It
was case of premature marketing in
most sections OF the feeding belt high
corn and the widest margins over feed
ing cost had IN recent years being the
ma gnet which drew out supplies and
thereby made certain ,paucity Of good
beef for spring markets. .4a 49,
During the period Of v.ciss!tude in
beef trade-and it does not seem likely
to be long one-the country Is going
to have need to use caution in moving
cattle. Once consumer favor turns to
beef again and bad markets for that
pro0uct are gone, DulllSn Iorce is
bound to be felt in the trade.
GuesSes on the run for early next
week were at 1900 to 10000 today, but
in view OF the current unsatisfactory
situation on the selling side the lighter
crop win be welcomed by the trade.
Sheep.
Bulk Of sheep and lambs were con-
signed to packers.
At week end fat lambs show log
B cents declines from a week ago, the
least loss applying to good to choice
handy weights and the most to heavy
and low dressing stun. The run has
been freighted with strong and heavy
weight lambs, most of them from Colo
RADIO and Nebraska feed lots and they
have been mean sellers thruout, while
good TO choice handy kinds are a i::::,e
stronger than at mid-week
Scarcity has held good matured NUT
tons up to last weeks and the eason's
top levels, but medium and common