Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-25
BULK Of Cattle LOVER
Choice Fat Lots Sold at Steady
Prices But Palmer Grades
Dragged
HOGS FIVE TO TEN LOWER
The Market Finish Today Was Weak
and Selling Was Mostly at an Ex-
IRENE DecIine-oualty of Monday
Supply, Poorer Than Usual-Reduced
Sheep Prices Still Prevail.

chicago, sept. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
choice fat lots were sold at steady
prices, while the palmer grades of
lower than was paid for such Cattle
late last week. Good grade of cows
sold steady, but the bulk We're 10 cents
off. Feeders were also weak, and plain
and medium weights 10 cents lower.
though good heavy grades held steady.
Closing prices Saturday showed a
range largely 10000 cents lower than
the previous week, and more cattle
have lately gone under IS than in sew
eral weeks, while a big liberal number
of poor, rough and tail-end lots have
sold below 81. Demand was excep-
tionally broad, particularly on eastern
and local account, but the enormous
receipts of 93,100 have been far above
actual requirements of the trade, and
buyers have been forced to heavily load
their coolers.
Feeder dealers had upward Of 1000
cattle in their pens Saturday, which,
were being held for next weeks mar
ket, late demand for the plain and light
| SlSGIS, pulk VI WHICH COIlSllluIGu lHS
hodover stock, being insufficient to eff
feet a closer clearance. Very few
really good fieshy grades were left,
however, these having been cleared
quite readily each day, and late prices
for the better classes have been little
different from the range in force q
week ago. Medium kinds have lately
sold at Is cents decline, however, and
some plain light steers went % cents
off while the poor and plain light
stockers were also largely Is cents
lower.
A big trade was enjoyed during last
week, but an enormous volume of Of
ferings afforded buyers plenty of OPP
portunity to put prices to a lower lev
ell Quality continued rather plain and
few good heavy steers were taken out,
though buyers had their pockets well
filled with country orders for such
grades. Several of the local traders
carried big orders for fleshy 900 to 1000
pound steers at $4@4.25, but were UNI
able to obtain many of that class. "A
few lots sold at $4.25@4.4O. but the
number landing above $4.10 was COM
paratively small Most of the plain
and medium overweight feeders sold
at $3.250350, while some pretty good
kinds lacking flesh were taken at 1910
@3.90
Hogs.
The general market ruled SOTO cents
lower, with the finish weak and sell
ing mostly at an extreme decline.
Quality was poorer than is usual on
Mondays, with many mixed lots In
cluded / nthe arrivals. Shippers had
light orders and local buyers were only
fair bidders.
a. Fat yearings were rather scarce all
week. with few here at any time good
enough to sell as high as $5.35, but
there has been a considerable showing
of feeding yearlings on the market.
sales Of which have ranged mostly at
s5.0O@5.25, choice feeders going at the
latter figure.
These prices for sheep show range
about SCOTS cents higher than at this
fine last wear for the fat stock and
close to 81 higher for breeding and
feeding stock than was paid here at
this time last year
Sheep.
The sheep trade was sluggish, with
little change from the reduced prices
noted late last week.
Representative Hog Sales.