Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-06
Other Grades of Cattle Were
Slow Sale Today and Showed
Little Advance In Price
A FAIRLY GOOD HOG MARKET
Demand Came for the Best Light
Weight Butchers Sort and Prices For
This Kind Advanced to 10 Cents
There Was Big Run of Western
Range Sheep.

Chicago. Sept. 6-Cattle = Choice
fat steers of handy weight sold readily,
but plain grade dragged, showing little
advance on values of last week. The
trade was overstocked with medium
grades.
Export buying was quite active yes
terday tho shipping orders We're COM
small, the partial tie-up of
New York plants keeping away some
orders from that source. There was a
broad demand from local packers, how
ever and these liberal orders caused
the run 10 be cleared in good season,
tho the later. market ru;ed less active
than in the early hours.
Yeste, days upward squirt in values
should rot enthuse country buyers to
any sreat extent, and instead, caution
should be exercised in dealing in the
near future. There are signs of a set
tlement of a strike, but there have been
the same signs previous to this time, all
OF which have come to naught.
The light and plain steers, half fat
kinds particularly, We're slow sales most
of the DAY, and while the proportion OF
such offerings was small there were
still enough here to supply buyers
wants The general quality of offerings
was good, shippers having come to
know that only such are salable at sat
Isfactory prices.
Everything favors a big demand for
stock cattle before long, says the ST.
Joseph Journal There occasional rains,
followed by hot days, is bringing out
the corn in surprisingly good manner;
the trend of prices for good, fat cattle
is higher; stockers and feeders are
selling on an attractively low basis
There are not few old time traders
who are of the opinion that values OF
stock cattle are now at rock bottom.
Hogs.
Packers and shippers kept the mar
ket from dragging, and in the early
trading there was active bidding. The
demand came for the best light weight
butchers sort and for these there was
an advance of SOLO.
If hogs were not too heavy yesterday
that is somewhere around 275 pounds
with the dead line" under 800 pounds
and We're good enough-that meant
fit, sole and smooth enough for ship
pers-they sold in small way at
stronger prices.
In a general way, however, the mar
ket was not much good and packing
grades as we'll as hogs good enough
for any trade, but little heavy, met
with very small demand.
The light and medium weight stock
that was off in quality me, with very
little competition and packing grades
were decidedly neglected and sold at
no better than steady prices at any
time. Big heavy hogs that had been
here week or ten days without bids
found no relief.
Average weight of hogs at Chicago
last week 245 pounds. the heaviest since
last October. Average the previous
week 242 pounds, month ago 235
two months ago. pa pounds,
and 1879 pounds the first week of last
which was the lightest average
Of the year. Average a year ago last
week 252 pounds. and two years ago 243
pounds.
Sheep.
There was {. run, mostly or
western range stuff, the bulk being
from Idaho and made slow market
on everything except fat lambs. Prices
showed no better than for yesterday.