Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-27
RECEIPTS TOO LARGE
Most Grades of Cattle Are Is
to 25 Cents Lower Than a
Week Ago
GOOD EAT CATTLE ARE WANTED
GOOD FAT CATTLE ARE WANTED
Demand For Desirable Lots Of Hogs
Has Been Good Most Of the Week,
Shippers Being Good Buyers-Prices
Were Wei! Maintained, AItho Too
Many Hogs are Arriving.

Chicago. Aug. 27.-Cattle-Receipts
have been far too large and While
i good, fat cattle recovered their Mon
| day and Tuesday decline. other kinds
are 15ei 20 lower than week ago. To-
days market was steady, only 500 on
sale,
There has been an exceptional de-
mand for good shipping and export
cattle all this week. and that outlet
has helped the market greatly. While
packers are doing a gradually increas-
ing business. they are putting their
best efforts on the cattle OF good quail
ity. and are not in shape TO handle as
many of the common as usual. AS
the proportion of common grades is
large this makes that end OF the mar
ket bad, and it will be likely to ger
worse unless the flood of grassy and
habitat stuff is checked
Hogs.
Demand for desirable lots has been
good most of the week, shippers being
very fair buyers and taking the cream
of offerings. Prices We're well mains
tanned on the whole, altho receipts
We're extremely large for such time.
Today prices ruled steady. common
excepted. and We're on an average
little higher than Il week ago.
All week buyers have been poor tax
ers of big heavy hogs, the proportion OF
such offered being far heavier than re-
quirements of the trade at this time OF
year, and. while the range OF prices tor
poor to best now rules wide. there are
some traders who believe that still
broader scale will be noted in the near,
future, unless arrivals Of this class are
of smaller volume.
Quite a number of heavy packing
sows go over unsold All Of the pack
ers are avoiding the big hogs because
of the difficulty experienced in driving
them to the packing houses and hav.
ing no carts, they cannot haui
them when one of them breaks down.
Two of the union" houses are bidding
on the prime heavy barrow hogs, but
they are also avoiding the big sows.
There seems to be fairly liberal
proportion of big heavy hogs in the
hands of feeders. and those hogs cans
not very we'll be held to advantage. On
the contrary the supply OF pigs and
light weights Is not over large. ana
as they can be carried cheaply in fals
stubble fields farmers and feeders are
inclined 10 hold on to that class OF
stock Then again the heat of the
summer calls for increased numbers of
light and medium cuts of meats and q
decreased consumptiye demand for
heavy and extra fat kinds.
Sheep.
1t has been a great week in the
sheep market. both receipts and Ship
ments being on large scale. Feeder
sheep and lambs from the ranges have
been remarkably large. Saturdays de-
mand was at least equal To the sup.
ply, prices being unchanged
Western sheep have been running
pretty freely this week, but natives !,
have been scarce. Many shippers have !
not sent in native since the strike
began. Western lambs are running in
pretty good quality. but sheep have
Choice native lambs are
very scarce and meet good demand.
Sheep and lamb receipts SO far this |
week are nearly 10000 in excess Of the |
same period last week. but there has |
been a good shipping outlet, about |
half the run having gone out on the I
hoof. Jersey City is again killing to |
its full capacity and spectators who
have sent live muttons east have made I
profits. Shipments are
nearly 1900 in excess of last week
Export sheep are scarce and fetching I
good prices. 4.0o@4.10 having been paid I
for hay fed rangers. Weth I
ars wintered on the open range cannot
be put in export flesh