Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-16
Three Hundred Carloads Of Cat.
tie Received at Sioux
Market Monday
QUALITY OF THE STOCK GOOD
Some Farmers Anxious to Sell Because
Of Soft Corn Crop, While Others Are
Buying Cattle to Which to Feed the
Soft stuff-other Causes for the Big
Run.

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was made at the Sioux City stock yards
Monday, when 800 carloads Of cattle
We're on the market. Not only was the
number Of carloads larger than ever
before, but it was freely predicted that
the days price for cattle would be the
highest ever paid on this market.
Nobody imagined on Saturday that
Monday would see record breaking
run of stock. I'VE never can estimate
accurately in advance" said Superin-
tendent j. III. Donnelly. "The railroads
up north will report q big run of stuff,
but we can't learn from them whether
it's coming to Sioux City or to Chica-
go. That's why we're liable to SUR
prises of this kind occasionally"
Everybody in Sioux City ought to
have been able to see the cattle divi-
sion at the stock yards yesterday
morning. 1t was a great sight. The
pens were all full, business was boom-
ing, and the run of stock was splendid
in quality and weight. as well as in
quantity. 1t was not the largest num-
Der of head of cattle ever received in
one day. On October %, 1899, S,SS5
cattle came in. But there We're
thousands of light weights among
them; they averaged from forty to
fifty head to the car, while today the
cattle averaged only twenty-five to
twenty-seven per car. There were
seventy-fite more carloads of cattle
on the market today than ever before.
Five states sent Them" said the man
in charge of statistics at the bulletin
board. Iowa, South Dakota, North
Dakota, Nebraska and Minnesota.
Nothing in from Montana and Wyo-
ming, which are frequently represented
here"
At 10 O'clock the Milwaukee road
was credited with having brought in
1917 carloads, the Illinois Central with
2, the Great Northern with 3, the
proper with 4, and the
Omaha with 80. There were 10 cars
OF hogs and of sheep.
Some big punches came from distant
points. Thus there were 90 cars from
Webster, S. D., from Lehr, N. D., and
s from Napoleon, N. d. Evarts, s. D.,
sent a long string, and South Omaha
and South st. Paul were represented.
The market was strong last week,and
Saturday cleaned out the pens. That
is the common explanation of the big
run today. Then one export cattle
man added this explanation:
"If all the folks thought the same
way all the time" he prefaced, I'VE
couldn't do any business at all. There's
a lot Of people who want to get rid of
their cattle because of the damage to
corn by frost. There's a lot of others
who want to buy cattle because they
figure they will be able to get the frost-
ed corn cheap. and make mighty good
feed OF 1t. That makes lot of stuff
come in, and it makes good prices"
One feature about yesterdays re-
ceipts to which attention was called by
everybody, was the size and quality Of
the cattle. An estimate of 975 pounds
as an average weight was accepted by
o half dozen experts.
See that pen of cattle there?" sug-
gested a stock yards officer. We'll,
they look big and good and fat enough
to go to the butchers or packers. But
they just sold to Cherokee county
man who will put 'em on corn for 80
days. He figures to get 2 cents a
round more for them, besides adding a
lot to their weight. And the chances
are he'll do it"
Whether there will be a new record
made this year on actual number of
hogs or cattle received, is matter of
judgment. I'VE will receive about L.
100000 hogs this year." said John J.
buyer for Cudahy."That COM
pares with $4,000 last year. Consider
ing that they are having smaller re-
ceipts at other packing points, you can
see that this Increase at Sioux City
will be very large. We will get 100000
hogs in December this year; the big
gest month we ever had was December
last year, with 112,000."