Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-09
Feeders Hurrying Their Stock
to Market In Quantities Ex-
ceeding the Demand
MARKET is TEN CENTS DOWN
Prices for Best Light Weisht Cattle
Were About steady-The Hog Mar
ket Largely Waiting one-supplies
Are Growing, But Are Below Recent
Years-Proes Lowr.r Today.

| Chicago, Dec 9-Cattie-The supply
turnout the country seems to be unllm-
tied. Feeders are hurrying their stock
| 70 market faster than cattle are wanted
by the trade. The general market was
| 10 cents lower today, with big heavy
and common light in some cases 151 "
cents lower. Prices for best ligh,
weights are about steady. Coarse
heavy were In excessive supply anG
met with very weak demand Cows
| heifers and bulls were slow. but STEADY
The stocker and feeder trade was SLOW
and calves We're weak.
THE winter range outlook in South
Dakota is fairly good said Carson
Williams, of Pierre. and cattlemen are
worrying more about prices during
a presidential year than weather con-
ditions. I'VE shipped only about so per
cent of the stuff intended for marke,
this year. The large companies have
| sitPRSp why What tueS Ilda " III Or
der to get rid of stuff they could no.
carry over without chances of serious
losses. The small outfits shipped only
enough to pay their years debts, or
settle their interest account at IN
banks. Everything else that could
possibly be kept thru the winter mas
been thrown back and will be wlntereI
thru, owners preferring to take the,..
chances with the winter to shipping 20
a thoroughly demoralized market"
Hogs.
Receipts were not fully up to expec-
tations. The market was largely a
waiting one. Supplies are snowing
large gains over recent weeks, but arc
far behind former years. There was u.
poor active demand today, prices av-
eraging 10 cents lower than yesterday
The market for hogs yesterday was
practically on a $40 basis for the big
share of the offerings. Only the light
weights and the strictly fancy medium
and heavy are selling below or above
Prices on most of the hogs were abou,
5 cents lower than Mondays average
A few strictly fancy medium weight
butchers sold at about steady price.
The decline was mainly on light ansi
common mixed packing grades.
Sheep.
There was an active demand onca
more prices ruling strong to 15 cents
higher. Lambs were wanted at 3.0o0r
400 for poorest up to 5.50@5.60 for best
flocks, with not many prime lambs
here.
Receipts the first half of the week
Cattle. $4,000; hogs, $4,000; sheep.
$500.
Last week-Cattle. 57,4oO: hogs. 1o2.-
200; sheep. 76,300.
A big business was done Tuesday In
western feeding lambs at 4.40@4.55,
a band of col very desirable sixty
four pound Idaho feeding lambs sell
ing at s4.55. and other big bands OF,
good lambs at s4.4oG4.5o.
stockers and Feeders.
The market for stockers and feed
ers yesterday was only moderated.
supplied, and prices for them were
without auotable change. Current va
ues are about the same as the wees
before the stock show. last weeks adj
vance. Of 20G30 cents having been
wiped out. The quality OF the stock
,rs and feeders coming IS poor. There
isn't very much demand at presens
even for prime feeders. altho the IN
curry for that class of stock Is little
better than the supply.