Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-20
WEAK CATTLE MARKET
The Supply Was Unusually
Large For Tuesday and
Prices Declined
HOGS WERE IN GOOD DEMAND
Receipts Were Not Large and Prices
Advanced to ne Cents The Earlier
Part of the Session, the Close Being
Somewhat Lower Sheep Fairly
Steady.

Chicago, Sept. 2O.-Cattle-The sup
ply was remarkably large for Tuesday.
Trade was slow and prices weak, large
ly 10 lower, except for good lots, aver
aging 15@25 lower than the close last
week.
Choice steers were in small supply
yesterday and more of this class could
have found sale, but the medium
kinds proved too numerous for the de-
mand, tho fair clearance was affected
at the decline. Common and half fat
greasy cattle were extremely slow sale
toward the close, such coming in di-
rect competition with range cattle,
which grades buyers preferred.
Eastern buyers We're active bidders
for strictly choice cattle thruout the
day Monday and complained of the
scarcity of top kinds. The best on sale
were some choice Herefords averaging
1865 lbs which went for New York
trade at S6.15, while another lot Of
Shorthorns averaging 1857 lbs sold to
the same concern at $780, with brandt
ed Nebraska steers averaging 1904 lbs
at S605, and several lots at $5.9OQ6.0O
averaging 1Z0S tC 1893 IDS.
Hogs.
There were only $4,000 on sale today
including left overs and fresh arrivals.
and with good demand so prices were
5@7h higher. After the cream of Of
ferings had been taken the early i'm
provement was largely lost. Extreme
range was 5.50@6.321a, the bulk selling
5.95@6.10
The week opened Monday with hog
receipts surprisingly small and prices
as a result generally 10 to 15c higher.
Values were naturally very uneven,
but with such small supply and such
strong demand buyers were unable to
be very particular in their selections
and had to take a good many hogs to
fill orders that were not quite as good
as they wanted. The result Of this
condition of affairs was that prices on
under grades showed about as much
advance as on the top kind. In fact
there were cases where plain packing
hogs showed more advance than prime
butchers.
Heavy packing hogs were neglected.
One Independent packer declared that
at the present prices they We're losing
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from 800 to $50 lbs. There were sew
eral loads of good to choice extra
heavy hogs for which there was abso-
lutely no competition and some cases
where no bids were received. Very
inferior extra heavy sows were prac-
tically unstable, buyers not being
willing to bid anything like prices that
could be accepted.
Sheep.
Supplies are increasing rapidly and
with run of $4,000 today, the market
was fairly active at steady prices.
Feeding lambs were wanted as bad
as ever yesterday, the Michigan and
Ohio delegations of buyers being on
the ground in full force. About SO per
cent of the western run was sorted off
for feed lots, but was speedily gobbled
at range of $4.50@4.60, the bulk around
s4.6004.65. Feeding yearlings were
not to be had.
Feeding sheep were as badly want
ed as breeding stuff. A band Of 104-lb
feeding wethers made 1910. The
range between feeding and killing
sheep is very narrow, some sales not
looking more than nickel apart. For
good breeding ewes there was urgent
call, a band of ATT head of 87-lb Mon
tana yearlings she-stuff making 81.