Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-18
THE SUPPLY WAS LARGE
Too Many Cattle For a Period
When Packing House En-
ployes are on Strike
PRICES STEADY TO LOWER
Moderate Shipping Demand, Fair Ex-
port Trade and Very Good Demand
From Chicago Butchers Hogs Were
Active and Higher on Active Ship
ping Demand.


many cattle for time when packing
house empiayes are on strike Prices
were steady to 10 lower. with moder
ate shipping demand, a fair export
trade and very good demand from local
| butchers.
The trade on shipping and export ac-
count has not been disturbed but rath
er increased on account of the shutting
down of the packing houses. All the
! little local butchering establishments
have started UP vigorously and have
tendeavored TO make hay while they
could. This demand caused strong
call for the good cows and heifers and
for the steers of light weight. Shippers
and exporters were in the market for
| the good, well-iinished steers, so that
there was an outlet for the small sup
plies that arrived after Monday.
| AS about all the cattle marketed
were reshipped. the weeks shipments
are remarkably strong and are close to
double what they were last week. All
J
we're not under the ban of the strike
were kept pretty busy and exporters
lost no time in buying all the cattle
they could find that We're suitable. for
the shutting off of the dressed beef
trade made the British markets ner-
vous and the price of beef was put UP
several notches in anticipation OF a
prolonged strike.
AT this time the country should note
particularly that the only kind of cat
tie that it is safe to ship at all. and
these only sparngly, are the fully fat
beeves that will 1T the shipper and ex-
port trade, also light weight fat steers
and nice heifers that will suit the city
butcher trade. Unless the strike should
spread to railroads. the stock yards and
outside butchers there VIII be limited
demand right along for the above de-
scriptions OF stock. but for all the med
ium weight common and half fat
grades Of offerings that usually go to
the dressed beef trade. there will be
no reliable demand until this strike is
Terminated.
Hogs.
With active shipping demand prices
were tirmer at further advance of
5Il0 cents, most of the rise being in
good to prime lots.
There was a lively demand Saturday
for strictly good hogs of light and
medium weight from the shipper trade
and supplies of the kinds were quickly
bought at prices around 10 cents high
er than Friday. But 1t was clearly and
absolutely shipper and butcher mar
ket confined to good hogs. spectators
were not turning a wheel and the pack
ers were for the most part sitting on
the fence--their purchases being limit
ed to a few hundred hogs OF fair quality
and light to medium weight that could
be used in the fresh meat trade.
There has been no demand for rough
hogs this week. will not be until after
the strike has been settled and 1t will
be nothing short of folly to send them
to market.
If YOU don't want to throw your old
brood sows away, don't send them 10
market at present.
Sheep.
The demand was extremely poor and
up to noon there was hardly any trad
ing. sales being restricted to few ma
.tiyes at 3.5Osp4.o0. 1t was thought prices
would rule lower.
Mutton trade has been all but demon
allied by the strike. Sheep values
have held about steady, but on the
.buIk of lambs a decline of 81 per cwt.
has been effected. The supply has,
however. been effectively checked and
toward the close there was recovery.
Spectators with nerve enough to OPP
crate on Il strike market have made
handsome profits by reshipping to Buff
falo. and New York. the former selling
lambs up to SIS and New York up TO
ss75 The top here since the strike is
F. cents. Exporters have taken several
big strings of westerns at $3.50. Quite
"a few rangers have been stopped at
outside points and will be ordered in
as the occasion requires. Prices OF
dressed muttons have gone up In SYM
pathy with the strike and reserve
stocks are being rapidly reduced to