Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-24
CATTLE MARKET NEAK.
choicer Grades Sold Well, But
Supplies Were Mostly OF
Thin and Half Fat
Disseminated AGAINST
Receipts of Cattle Are Increasing Too
Rapidly for Stronger Prices-Hos
Supplies Are Still Liberal, But Prices
Were Strong From the start-The
Market Quotations.

Chicago. Feb. "a. - The market was
very animated, aside from the choicer
kinds, which were in good general de-
mand at steady prices. AS usual the
great bulk of offerings consisted of
Thin and half fat and such conslgn-
ments We're Disseminated against by
the average buyer. Receipts are in
ereasing too rapidly for stronger prices.
Mondays arrivals overran the esti-
mate some, and buyers were per-
uitted to indulge freely. Yesterday
there were very few good cattle offered,
and on the whole the quality was about
the poorest 1t has been this season.
Buyers had few wants, which We're
soon satisfied, and in general way
the tone of the trade was dull and
disappointing. There was the weakest
kind of demand for the common
nalf-fat cattle. and as these constituted
the bulk of the supply. 1t was slow
business from start to finish. Bids We're
hard to get, ana the low price fadlei
to be any inducement to buyers, who
We're exceedingly Indifferent and seem
ed to scent a big run today, for which
they preferred to wait.
Hogs.
Supplies are still liberal, but prices
We're strong from the start. the eX
IRENE range being 4.75 to sos, with
sales largely at 5.25a5.50.
The big run at all markets yesterday
was caused by the sharp advance
since last Wednesday. which forced
Mondays to 35c above the high point
of last Wednesday,. The extreme late
market then was rather wild" but
yesterday with such large offerings at
al markets turnout the west, the feel
ing was naturally weak. with packers
bidding considerably lower than Mon
days high time. Trade dragged slowly
all day. and prices were generally Zoe
over than Mondays closing and So
lOc higher than last Saturday. While
receipts were very large at western
markets. the run in the east was eS-
lremely small. owing to the car block
ade, which prevents shippers from get
ing stock from the west to the east.
Plenty of eastern orders We're here,
which the representatives were unable
to fill. owing to the car shortage.
With such conditions existing packers
took advantage and hammered the
market.
Sheep.
Recent liberal supplies have enabled
buyers to load up with mutton pretty
extensively and general demand to-
day was only fair >at further reduc-
lions in prices for lambs. Western
sheep were In good demand. exporters
buying the best heavy wethers.
Feeders at the nearby stations
who jam their lambs full of feed just
before loading them for the short trip
10 market are working against their
own interests" said one of the big
traders on the selling side OF the mar
set. Statesmen find difficulty in inter-
sting buyers in such here, as the
shrinky character of lambs that have
been so handled is rather better known
10 the export buyers here than any one
else. They will persistently avoid such
lambs TO be had In more favorable con-
iltion for their use. No matter how
fat the lambs are. they will buy lambs
all around them and let the lambs with
4 "sunnsh' fill on them severely alone
as long as anything in more desirable
condition for slaughter remains in
sight"