Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-23
LIVELY CATTLE TRADE
Prices For Good Cattle Are Adj
vancing With Decrease In Re
ceipts of Good Sorts
RANGE CATTLE PLENTIFUL
Today's Market Was Good One With
Fancy Lots Selling Up to $50, a
New High Record-Hoss Were
Higher on the Unexpected Meaaer
Receipts.

Chicago, Aug. 23.--Prices for good
cattle are advancing with the decreas-
ing offerings of the better class and in
increasing percentage of range cattle
Today's market was a lively one with
prices ruling about ten higher on an
average, fancy lots selling up to $3.50,
fair buyers. Cows and heifers are in
good demand.
The tone of the market for well fin
ished cattle has been so good lately
that there seems to be some encour-
agement In the future. short time
ago those who had good cattle on feed
were doubtful about where they were
going to land, but the prospects are so
much better now than they were that
no doubt a good many feeders who
were on the verge of letting go their
hold Will take fresh grip and another
hitch in their trousers and feed to
better finish AS long as cattle feed
ers can get SO or better for their finish
ed cattle they are receiving good re-
turns for their feed and are doing their
land much good. If the upward flight
of the cattle market continues much
longer the demand for feeder stuff is
likely to improve. 1t has been very
apathetic for some time and 1t is about
due to get better.
The general opinion among traders
in the COW market is that prices VIII
go lower. The price of native stun mas
not been heavy for several months, ana
prices for good cows and hetfers nave
held up remarkably we'll. Now that
range cows are coming abundantly
break in prices is expected, or at any
rate it is believed that values cannot
rise above the present level as long as
the western ranges are pouring IN
large supply Some figure that the
proportion of western range COWS
will be much larger than usual this
wear because last year many We're not
in condition to be shipped. ON the
other hand the outlet for COW meat 10
none too good and even with llsht sup
plies this summer packers nave eAper.
fenced some difficulty in getting rid o.
the Gamer stun.
t4ogs.
Prices were advanced on unexpected
meagre receipts and good demand. Inc
range of prices was SOLO cents higher.
BUYERS of shipping hogs complain OF
the scarcity of good offerings and say
the percentage of barrows IN the re-
CENTS Yesterday, was the smallest OF
+he season, now that buyers are dis-
eliminating against heavy weisnts
lacking style and quality, many com
mon and grassy offerings are likely to
be left over.
With estimated receipts of ls'ooo
sheep and lambs today and brisk gen
eral demand, prices rallied and were
largely 10@15 higher.
There has been about as sensational
a drop in prices for lambs IN the ilrst
two DAYS of this week as there was
rise in the same period of last week.
Trade ruled 10 q 10 cents lower LOT
western range lambs and 15@ze Genus
off for natives from the decline on
Monday. with most natives and west
ern lambs going so cents under hlgh
dav last week, which was on frloay.
tho native cull lambs sold within 70
cents of the range on that day. reed
ing lambs are in strong demand.