Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-15
BEST CATTLE STEADY
Choice Grades Sold at Steady
Prices Today, Others
Were Lower
THE SUPPLY FAIRLY LARGE
Best Hogs Were Steady and Others
Shade Lower The Supply Was
Large for Monday and Demand Was
Fairly Active-shcep Market Steady
to Easier.
HE SUPPLY FAIRLY LARGE

Chicago, Feb. 5.-Csattle-Trad wa.
fairly animated, notwithstanding larg,
supplies and while choice well maturet
fat eab,le were finnor with only mod
ate offerings and good demand, the
rank and file OF consignments Were
| barely steady to little lower Cattle
| for export were secured at the loves,
prices of the season. Cows and heIfers
| We're in fairly active demand. with
stocker and feeder trade moderate at
| unchanged prices.
A very moderate number OF cattle is
needed here at the start this week, late
inquiry having been slim from ali
sources, and tho fairly good clearance
of last weeks offerings has been eff
fected. statesmen say chat the clearing
of pens has only been due to the very
low range OF values prevailing. and not
because OF firlner demand. Local
packers claim to have heavy stocks of
meat on hand, and say that owing to
the Shortage of cars they are unable to
dispose of such to good advantage, and
while eastern shippers have of late
been enabled to obtain few more cars
than last week, the situation Is yet far
from satisfactory. and until business
can in that tine be handled in better
shape by the railroads, country ship
pers would do we'll to keep the supply
down as small as possible.
Hogs.
Today's offerings We're extremely
large, but general demand started off
active as ever mt steady prices.
Four-cent talk being no longer coun-
tenanced In market circles, the six
cent prophet Is becoming loquacious.
He has predicted Sc hogs in 30 days.
largely on the strength of the war;.
which Is expected to create an abror-.
NAL demand for salt pork. He recalls
the fact that the Spanish war bulledl
hogs nearly 81 per cwt., and that was.
merely 4 little scrimmage that at no
stage had any prospect of firing the
world with the war torch. Having got
Russia and Japan actually at logger
heads, bulls in the speculative arena
will. OF course, endeavor to keep fu-
lures moving skyward by entangling
France. England, Germany, and even
the United States in THE muss. The
period OF war ru,nor circulation is by
no means over and further sharp rise
In provisions would undoubtedly lift
hogs another so cents per cwt OF
course, 1t depends on the vfrility OF The
bull movement, the size of the run and
Its quality. Corn. however. will be as
much factor in marketing hogs as OF
cattle, and as feed lots are depleted of
the latter. hogs following them will be
sent in.
No fear ned be entertained by
growers that packers want hogs. They
buy them with sufficient avidity even
at advancing prices to demonstrate
season is rapidly getting down at the
heel, cellars have not been filled and
stocks are by no means large, in fact,
bal'reled pork. which would be wanted
In case OF prolonged war is n scarce ar
tfcle. Eastern shippers have been
keen competitors for the supply, in
spite of difficulty in securing cars, and
but for that handicap would have been
heavier buyers. as the eastern farm
crop is no longer factor In price
Every little run causes some
thing tantarnount to scare in Packing
town circles. and should the volume OF
the last few days diminish next week
concern Will be audible Shippers are
not unlikely 10 set the pace from now
on. as Chicago is the nearest and only
market from which the east can draw
It's supplies.
Sheep.
There was very active general de-
mand but liberal offerings caused
weaker feeling and sales We're partly
lower.