Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-18
EARLY ADVANCE LOST
Over Stocked Market Causes De-
cIine---Prices About Same
as Last Week
CATTLE TRADE WAS DULL
Hogs Were In Good Demand With
Prices Steady and Unchanged
Receipts for the Week 141,000-Sel-
Iers Secure Recent Advance In Sheep
Owing to the Good Demand.
CATTLE TRADE WAS DULL


ceipts We're $4,000. as against $500
for last week Wednesday cattle sold
25m35 higher but this advance was
lost and today offerings sold about the
same as II week ago. So many were
left unsold last night that the market
was overstockcd. and trade was dull
at weak to 10 lower prices. Cows ana
hefers are having Il slow sale at re-
duced prices, but the stocker and
feeder trade was only fair.
In the first five days this week 59,S72
have arrived. against Gl.S63 a week
ago, and 5S,219 Il year ago. The run
this week has been well distributed,
and made way for satisfactory selling
until the later hours Thursday, when
the difficulty in securing cars for east
ern shipment, both of live cattle and
dressed meats. caused a narrowing OF
demand. Local packers report scar
city of refrigerator cars, saying that
this renders them poor bidders. while
the inability of order buyers to secure
stock cars also kept many OF them out
of the trade yesterday and allowed
packers free swing of the market, tho
their small needs could have been sup
piled from offerings Of considerably
lighter volume
Trains were again delayed In afriv-
ing and early sales were made al the
best range. late trade being very weak.
while the great bulk of offerings then
went 25c under Wednesday. with ex-
treme sales at 300t40c decline. some
medium to pretty good steers selling on
the late market at prices fully 10c
lower than n week ago. Quality was
much more common than early in the
week aud the big proportion of lower
grades met a very disappointing out
let, while some last arrivals were put
in the covered pens for next Mondays
market without being offered. At the
close conservative estimates on the
number of steers left In the pens
ranged at $500 to 1000. and with this
liberal holdover stock in first hands,
traders urged very moderate market
ing at the start next week.
Hogs
The weeks receipts were l4l,OO0. as
against l96.6O0 for last week. There
was good demand today. Prices We're
steady and unchanged and are about
the same as week ago. Generally
lessened buying by the eastern ship
pers during the week checked COM
petition.
With the Friday receipts the larges.
of the week and after prices having
reached during the week the highest
point of the year, it was not surprls-
ing that with milder weather indicat-
ing an early let up in the snow block
AIDE, hog values should have suffered
Il severe reaction. The weeks receipts
so far show decrease of 11.000 frorn
last week. and Il falling off of $1,000
from a year ago. Packers, felt, how
ever. that considerable stock that was
due the past week would likely come
forward and so they insisted in taking
off prices in liberal chunks. Thursdays
late market, in many cases, showed
a 10 cent drop from the extreme high
point good many choice $50 pound
hogs selling at IS. such as sold early
at $50. Yesterday $4.95 was a good
price for good $50 pound weights early
and the same kind sold later around
$3.50. The extreme topFriday was
$5.021a.
0HSSPs
The weeks receipts were 60,500 as
against 71,400 for last week. To-day
there was a good demand which en-
abled sellers to obtain recent advance
without any difficulty.
During the corresponding week OF
1904 the lamb market was on Il down
grade, losses of 25 or 80 cents being
scored while sheep showed a slight net
gain. Plenty of good killing lambs
were available at around IS and Sc was
the extreme top. AT the close of that
week the market was in this shape:
Extra choice lambs, 1913 $500; good
prime lambs, 5.50@5.75; fair to good
lambs. $5.O0m5.40; medium lambs, $4.5C
$500; feeding lambs, $4.75 a 500;
heavy buck lambs S4.50M5.00; cul
lambs. $350m4.50 choice light year
lings $525dD5.50; choice heavy year.
lings. 5.OO05.20; fair yearlings $4.6OM
ass; native wethers, $4.35M4.55; export
western wethers. S4.5O@4.75; good wes-
tern wethers, $4.35 M4.55; native ewes
ms4.OO: fancy light and yearling ewes
$425@44O: fair ewes, $3.50@3.75; cut
ewes s2.50M3.25; bucks, $2.75M3.25.
Chicago Livestock.
Chicago, Feb. 49,
Cattle-Estimated receipts for today
500; market steady: good to prime
steers 56O016.10; poor to medium $500
5.45; stockers and feeders 2.4O@430;
COWS 125m4.50: heifegs 2.00m5.00;
Gamers 1s5 a 2.65; bulls 2.0o@4.Oo;
calves 4350JS.50.
Hogs-Estmated receipts for today
% 900; market steady; mixed and
butchers 4.70m495; good to choice
heavy 495m500; rough heavy 4.65 a
AIS; light 4.65 M4.S5; bulk of sales 4So
Mi490
Sheep-Estimated receipts for today
5000: sheep and lambs steady: good
to choice wethers 5.65m6.10; fair to
choice mixed 4.50005.50; western sheep
4.70M61O: native lambs 5.75MS15;
western lambs 5.75MS.15.
Representative Hog Sales.
A few of the representative hog