Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-25
Fair Saturday Supply Poor In
Quality---M Market Active
This Week
HOGS DECLINE, THEN ADVANCE
Matter Was characterized by Brief
Early Firmness, Then Weakened,
and Later Advanced, Hogs Selling
Largely at s4.7o to s4.s5-Prices
Of Sheep Largely Nominal Today.

Chicago, Nov. 25.-Cattle-Four hun
dred head were estimated to have been
marketed here today. being fair SAT-
urday supply. The cattle We're poor In
quality, and sold at low prices The
market this week has been active for
the better class, with finished beeves
selling about ten higher than week
ago and 25@35 above the low time a
fortnight ago. Other kinds remained
about steady.
Demand for prime beeves for the
English holiday trade continues brisk,
and there promises to be good outlet
for these as well as good fat exports
kinds in the next week, while shippers
and Ideal houses may also be expected
to be competitors for them, so that
conditions governing probable future
trade for finished beeves appears
rather hopeful, though there is MOTH
ing of very encouraging nature In the
outlook for selling of medium and
common classes and traders are adj
vising very conservative marketing OF
these kinds during the next two
weeks BY that time western rangers
will be practically out Of the way and
then, traders say, slaughterers may
perhaps show more appreciation cf
cheap natives.
After brief early firmness this
morning, the hog market weakened and
prices ruled shade lower and then
advanced. Hogs sold largely at 400
1876.
Prices this week fuctuated within
a narrower range than any previous
week in several months. The daily
average price ranged from $4.7S to
$4.S2 since last Saturday. The Spread
in prices yesterday between common
and best hogs was the narrowest in
a long time, there being few hogs OF
any description below $40 and COM
paratively few above $4.85, with buy
ers generally ''pegging" the market
$4.75 for most any kind of q decent
load Of hogs, regardless Of weight
The average price here this week will
be around $3.50, being the lowest week
since the week ending February 4.
Sheep.
There was the usual meagre Satur-
day supply of sheep and prices were
largely nominal. Greatly reduced of
ferings have caused better markets,
and prices have improved. The weeks
receipts of cattle, 67,500-hogs, $780,
900; sheep, 10000. Last week-Cattle,
71,SoO; hogs, 10000; sheep, 1850.
Our total killing this week will
prove Of the smallest volume in a long
WHILE" said leading sheep buye,
here, "and this applies to the other big
packers as well. 1t was we'll for the
1ockmasters that they kept receipts
down this week. for consunrptive de-
mand has materially turned from high
priced mutton to cheaper cuts of pork
and beef, as well as to poultry and
game, and slaughterers can use only
limited supplies OF sheep and lambs
at prevailing prices. The eastern NUT
ton markets are dull and draggy be-
cause of the big supplies of cheaper
pork and beef cuts being thrown on
the markets there"
Chiosao livestock.
Chicago, Nov. Is.
Cattle Estimated receipts for today,
400; steady; beeves, 3.20@6.5o; COWS
and heifers, 1.3O@4.9O; stockers and
feeders. 2.20@4.20.
Hogs Estimated receipts for today
$4,000; steady; mixed and butchers
4.60@4.90; good heavy, 470@490;
rough, 4.45@4.60; light, 455@4s5;
bulk sales, 4.7O@4.S5.
Sheep-Estimated receipts for today
1000; strong; 3.40@5.65; yearlings, s.
25@6.00; lambs, SIS @7.50.