Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-23
MARKETS WE'RE STEADY
Prices For Cattle Held Well
Considering the Enormous
Receipts This Week
HOGS STRONG AGAIN TODAY
HOGS STRONG AGAIN TODAY
With Not Enough Offered to Meet De-
mand Prices Have Been Strong and
Higher Thru the Week = Bulk of
Sheep Offered Have Come from the
Ranees-Demand Good.

Chicago, Sept. 23.-Wnen inc enoT-
nous receipts Of cattle of the present
week are considered it seems surpris-
ing that the market has been no
worse than it has SO far this week
! 81 500 have arrived, against $4,000 the
same time last week. General demand
has been remarkably good. and pur-
chases for shipment show a larger in
crease. Common and half fat steers
have declined 5000, choice having ad-
vanced 5000 with strong demand.
Best steers sold today Is higher than
last week.
The market taken as whole. rules
quite satisfactory to traders, and had
offerings on last Monday been Of mod
crate proportions the range of values
for the common kinds would undoubt-
eddy now rule steady with last week.
The cooler weather OF late has caused
a broader consumptive demand for
meats. and buyers have come into trade
for the good grades of steers rather
freely, taking all offerings Of such
quite readily, In order that coolers may
be well filled with this class of meats
to fill the growing demand. The com
mon class has suffered in sympathy
with butcher stock, and until offerings
Of cows and common steers are OF
smaller proportions traders do not an
ticipate much Of gain in values for
this class.
Hogs.
With not enough offered to meet de-
mand prices this week have ruled
higher than last week. Today good
lots were stronger to 5 higher, but best
figures were no higher than yester-
day.
The most desirable hogs yesterday
sold a little better than the extreme
close, while the rough and grassy
kinds were neglected and hard to sell
even at 25 cents decline from the top
point of Wednesday. when hogs sold
the highest Of the week and the year.
Sheep.
The bulk of offerings this week came
from the ranges and there is a big de-
mand from feeders and slaughterers.
Today the only change noted was
small decline in range lambs. Others
sold freely.
Export demand for heavy sheep yes
terday was as urgent as ever, prices
being strong to shade higher. Any
thing carrying weight sold readily re-
CARELESS of sex, export quality making
$425. Orders could not be filled be-
cause the stuff was not available, and
heavy lambs were taken to meet the
deficiency. Receipts, estimated at TO-
900 early. gave indication of falling
short and it was an active market at
prices generally steady to strong and
in spots 10 cents higher on both sheep
and lambs. Feeder trade was as active
as ever
Choice native lambs sold up to &c.
but had to be Of show quality to do it,
Otherwise the top on native lambs was
$3.50. Western lambs sold up to 1913,
a price that looked 10 cents higher
Few real choice native lambs was on
sale, but a good many of right choice
quality worth s5.00@5.25 arrived. Me-
dunn and common native lambs sold
about steady. Bulk of western lambs
to killers made S5.00@5.25. An export
err took bunch of 120 pound lambs at
$3.50.
Heavy sheep made top prices. West
ern wethers would have brought $4.25
had they been here. Heavy ewes sold
to exporters at that price, but they
were not plentiful. Yearling ewes made
s4.1O. Fat natives outside export quail
ity sold mostly at s375@4.0O, with
handy-weight stuff mostly at 1918.
Culls were worth s2.50@3.oO, a COM
monish kind of native eve fetching
around 1925. Western ewes sold mostly
at $350m3.S5. Breeding ewes are not
quite as high al recently, the bulk SELL
ing around $3.50, with fancy black fac
es up to $500.