Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-10

with export cattle in demand at $4.75@
$50. Cows and heifers We're easier.
Western rangers fairly active. Stock
ers and feeders were in fair demand.
The general market of the week was
quite satisfactory to all sellers and
the higher prices paid for desirable
classes indicate a return of the former
strong demand for meats, which sud-
denly slumped off owing to the warmer
weather.
Receipts for the week totalled 71,477
against $3.50 last week, T9,467 year
ago and 1892 two years ago. The
run of native cattle decreased close to
$4,000 compared with a year ago, while
western range receipts showed an in
crease of 3,4OO, and the smaller offer
ings of native steers, gave trade good
life, though the increased run of rang
ers, quality of which was poorer, caus-
ed drop in values for these classes.
The proportion of strictly good to
choice beeves arriving last week has
fallen short close to 25 per cent from
arrivals of the week before, which
decrease lends belief to traders that
supplies of the top kinds are fast grow
ing smaller, and some sellers antici-
pate a still lighter run of such kinds
this week, and in fact look for quite
slim offerings of we'll fattened beeves
until the latter part Of November, and
the higher top price last week has slim
ulated some traders in the belief that
a still higher notch will be reached
in the next few weeks.
Hogs.
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at steady prices, bulk Of sales $3.50 q
800.
Hog receipts were very light last week
and quality generally as 1t has been
for some time past-very poor. There
were no fancy hogs and very few that
could be called good.
There was an absence OF shipping
demand Saturday because prices east
are too low to leave shippers any mar
gin, and because there were few hogs
suit able for filling any such orders
if they had been here.
Heavy hogs are 40 cents above
prices of year ago. while light hogs
are only 90 ents higher than year
ago, when they were a premium over
heavy. Some Of the little pigs COM
ing are beginning to cough-otherWise
they wouldn't be apt to come.
The fact that so few hogs of any
kind are coming when prices are SO
good shows that mature hogs are
very scarce. Farmers are naturally
holding the pigs and things hogs to
fatten on new corn.
Shoats are putting on weight at the
rate of two pounds per head day on
new corn under the present favoraple
weather conditions. This means rap
id gain to the available crop, but 1t
must not be forgotten that the provls-
ion warehouses are in good deal the
same condition as the corn cribs OF
the country-empty.
Sheep.
There was fairly active demand once
more from all classes of buyers; prices
ruling steady at recent quotations.
Considering the volume of supply,
the weeks trade has been very salts
factory. Proportion of good lambs has
been smaller than heretofore, and
good many feeder orders have been
got out of the way. Shipments were
very heavy, the nearest approaches
eretofore being 1894 the week end
ing Sept. "a, and 6S,132 the week end
ing Aug. 9th. While export and east
ern shipping demand has been good,
feeder buyers are responsible for the
bulk of shipments. Not nearly enough
feeding yearlings and wethers have ar
rived to supply the demand. The firm
close was very satisfactory, promising
a good market week.
Good buying of exporters has been
one of the principal features of the
market all week Seven buyers are In
the field taking all the heavy sheep,
both ewes and wethers, that are avail
able. This demand for export grades
at this season is abnormal and many
moons have passed since heavy native
ewes found a ready outlet at these
prices. Exporters, in fact, have been
unable to fill their orders, despite con-
siderable skirmishing. The demand is
attributable to a mutton shortage
across the water, coupled with the
high price Of pelts.
A break of 15@25c in feeding lambs
this week is expected to attract a new
force of eastern buyers here next week,
an impression prevailing that many
feed lots in Michigan and Ohio are
still empty, feeders having cherished
the idea that October, always the low
spot in feeder trade, would enable
them to fill up to better advantage
than recently. Should the break attract
more buyers a reaction is not fmproba-
BILE, as the big supply last week was
quickly absorbed.