Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-18

Totals ..292 900 284, 800 14S, 800
Sheep.
Chicago :: 77,ioo 1000 $500
R R,,,a City 1892 goo 1890 500 1 Ice
st. Louis ;. -. 5000 10000 1860
St. Joseph >. :. $500 1900, $500
Sioux City :. 49,. 500 700 SOC
Totals ;. ;. 132,1oo $4,000 $4,000
Combined receipts at six markets for
aforementioned weeks:
This wk. Last wk. 1904
Cattle >. ..... $4,000 1874, 400 93,S00
Hogs :. >. ....292,ooo 2s4,5oo LAB 300
Sheep >. :. .132,100 137,900 $4,000
Totals :. 5SS,1oO SAG 800 3S4.SoO
Totals for Year to Date.
Combined receipts Gin round num-
bers) at the six leading western mar
kets for 1905, to date, with the CORE
spending period year ago, follow:
Cattle ;. s.ess,ooo $4,000 $4,000
Hogs 49,. .10,143,O0 s,377.O 900 10000
Sheep ;. 4,541000 4,214,O00 $4,000
Totals 1s,5s2,ooo 17,4e2,ooo 100000
Beef Cattle.
cattle toward market for this time Of
year have been in evidence the last
week, and were measured at the close
of the week by a decline Of 10000 in
prices for the very good and palmer
grades of heavy cattle as compared
with one week and a break Of fully soc
in prices for the cattle of big weight
that are in measure plain as COM
pared with the good market here ten
days ago.
Arrivals for the week reach a total
Of about $4,000 head, showing an in
crease Of about 5000 head on the mar
keting here last week and 16,S00 head
above the marketing here one year ago
when the packing house strike was af-
fecting the trade SO seriously. This
movement of cattle has been easily
5000 head in excess Of the reliable out
let last week and the crowding of the
channels of trade with this oversup-
ply has given buyers a decided adj
vantage in filling their orders. AS the
cattle of big weight have not been in
urgent demand from any quarter at
any time, it has been such that have
dragged heavy burden to statesmen
all week and show the widest decline.
Even the big weight steers Of a
smooth class have been bought close
to Csc lower and 30c will hardly cover
the decline for the grades that show a
degree of coarseness and lack Of finish
Exporters have been operating on a
fairly liberal scale in the face of the
can cattle abroad that have been paid
the last five weeks and at a range 1 u
cents lower for the best and ~ cents
lower for the commonest grades of
steers than one year ago now. The
bulk Of export cattle show cost on
this side no more than 40c below prices
paid here one year ago and the rela-
tive condition Of trade, therefore, is
shown to be a very disastrous one foE
the exporters just at this time.
Best cattle sold here last week at
$50, against $e.25 as a top price here
week before last. A very small pro-
portion Of the choice cattle sold here
last week above $5.75, as compared
with the big strings Of western steers
that sold here Wednesday Of the week
before up to s5.so@6.0o. Most Of the
medium weight steers have sold at a
range about 15c lower than the week
before and the handy weight steers
with the exception Of a few fancy
yearlings have gone about 1oc off, the
whole tendency Of values for bee1
steers having been downward.
Prices for the bulk of the steers al
this time show range 30@5oc lower
than one year ago. choice 1924 and
1870 lb. steers selling one year age
Friday up to $6.30@6.40, and it is
doubtful if steers Of that class could
nave been LANDED mere friday aDOVe
$3.50, as the best 1558-lb. steers sold
here at $3.50. and they We're very
smooth class Of big cattle at that.
Revised quotations for native beef
cattle follow:
Common thin grassy steers s3.40@3.9C
Inferior and rough beef
steers ......... $500 4.1C
Common to fair corn-fed
steers $3.50. :. -. -. 415@45i
steers 1880. J.. .... 455@4ss
Good to choice corn-fed
steers -. =. ;. ........ 4.so@5.4t
Choice to fancy finished
beeves 49,. -. -. -. 5.5o@6.oc
pounds -. -. ;. -. 4.7o@ $50
Poor to choice yearling
steers -. =. .......... @5.os
Fancy finished corn-fed year.
lings 49,. -. -. -. :. 51o@5.sc
Corn-fed western steers :. 4.25@555
Northern-fel Texas steers. 4.4o@5.2c
Distillery-fed steers $500. 4.70@5.45
Representative Sales.
Following are some of the represen.
tative sales made in Chicago Saturday
showing lowest, medium and highes,
prices paid: