Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-29
SHEEP PRICES BOOMING.
Idaho Focks Come in for Fancy Prices
= Demand Extraordinary.
[Chicago Livestock Worldl.

TChicago Livestock Worldl.
A large proportion of range lambs OF
choice quality We're available Wednes-
day. Old time buyers declared that
never before had they seen as much
choice stuff in a single market season.
Bulk of it came from Idaho and string
after string went over the scales at Il
range of $5.40@5.60, a much better av-
erage of prices than range lambs have
been fetching recently. This stuff
averaged around 70 pounds, and Its
super excellent quality demonstrated
effectively the manner in which Idaho
flockmasters have been improving their
focks from a mutton standpoint. "A
feature of the session was the arrival
of eight doubles of choice lambs from
the Idaho range of the Wood Livestock
Company. They averaged 70 pounds
and made s5.65, the best price stuff
from that range has made this season
and cents above last years top on
the same band.
Export demand was as good as ever,
and there was a ready outlet for all
killing grades at fully steady prices.
It was the same old story on feeders;
strong prices and not enough to supply
the demand A good many feeding
lambs sold at $4.7O@4.s0 and the stuff
recently making around $3.50 looks
considerably higher. A competition of
considerable warmth has developed be-
tween rangemen and feeders The for
mer contend that present prices are not
high enough and intimate that when
feeders are ready to pay 50 for thin
lambs supply will be forthcoming.
Feeders object even to the present level
of prices, which is above the average
and not few are holding back in ex-
pectancy of big run from Montana
little later. The bull element in the
situation is the direct movement from
ranges to feed lots west of the Missouri
river Range men are accused of
disposition to magnify the Importance
of this, while growers intimate that 1t
is larger than ever before and that in
tending eastern buyers are underestl-
mating it's influence on prices. Chicago
is undoubtedly the best feeder market
in the country at present and II orders
on file could be filled the shipping
movement would be trebled. Feeding
sheep, especially, are very scarce.
While a large number have already
gone east, demand is unappeased.
A goodly proportion of range lambs
sold yesterday at $.@5.40. Feeding
lambs at s47O@4.75 caused no COM
ment. Native lamb quality was very
poor, s5.S5 stuff being scarce, although
choice was quotable up to Sc. Bulk OF
native lambs of good quality went at
s4.5O@5OO with common at 1915 a
4.25.
Native sheep quality was also punk.
Prices showed no change from Tues
day. Ewes worth over 81 were scarce
and native wethers We're not numerous
enough to make quotations..
Western sheep were fully steady.
Bulk of wethers sold at $3.75@4.OO, al
though export grades were quotable at
25 cents higher. Bulk of ewes sold at
s3.5O@3.75, but range ewes went 20
killers at 1925. Yearlings were not
plentiful, $4.20 being paid for one drove.
Feeding wethers were quotable at $3.50
m3.7O. and yearlings at $3.75@3.90, few
being available. Feeding ewes sold vt
s2.5O@325, but few are coming.
Breeding stock was unchanged, we'll
bred stuff being still in good demand.
bucks to killers mostly around $3.50,
with black-faced breeders at So.
Medium native lambs sold off 15 to
o. cents late in the day, although early
Gales were fully steady. The decline
caught grades worth $4.25@5.00.