Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-07-13
The Market Was Only Moder-
ately Active at 5 to 10
Cents Lower
cows AND AElFERs ACTIVE
The Hog Market Was Active and Firm
and Prices Were Largely Eve to S
Cents Higher, AItho Top Prices
Were No Better Than Wednesday,


market was only moderately active at
steady to SOLO lower prices. Cows
and heifers were fairly active, stock
ers and feeders dull.
Pigs were scarce. selling right In
with light. Pigs off loads of s5.55,
mixed sold at $500. Odds and ends.
the thrownout stuff, sold at $4.75@5.10.
1t was hard to get more than $3.50 for
stays.
It was hard to make comparisons on
cost of droves. as Tuesday the bulk
was in the bum" class, and yesterday
quality was improved and droves We're
better. The Armour drove was put up
at $40, against s5.46 Tuesday. but
was of much better quality The Ham
mond drove at $5.49 was also of better
quality. The Anglo put up drove Of
light at $3.50, against $500 Tuesday.
and the Continental drove Of butchers
at s5.571s.
Hogs.
The market was active and firm
prices largely 21s@5 higher altho the
top price was no better than yesterday
Sales were largely 5.45Ml5.65, the ex-
IRENE range being 5.00@t5.70.
Quality was not good yesterday, the
gilt edged kind being the excaptioa
rather than the rule. Heavy ewes also
suffered. Killers have been buying
these regardless Of weight recently.
owing to scarcity. but they sat down
on excessive avoirdupois yesterday.
The weakness in lambs was accepted
philosophically by the trade as the
market has worked it's way to dam
gerously high level during the past
week and whenever it does that revers-
ais Of forms are sure. Buffalo orders
were less urgent, in fact, none We're in
evidence, a fact that contributed TO
weakness in lambs.
Sheep.
Sheep were active at the recent ad
vance in prices, but spring lambs We're
slower than heretofore, largely 10@15
per hundred lower.
The coarse heavy cattle. and the
plain, mediums lots have suffered the
most decline, the only urgent and really
reliable call being for a choice fat class
of little steers or something OF extra
quality in the heavier grades of steers
Some of the handy little steers sell at
nearly steady prices, but the plain
grades of little steers are weak to IL
cents lower
Prime Iowa fed Angus steers averag-
ing 1854 pounds sold early yesterday
up to 1910, the best price Of the day
and a load of Hereford steers averag-
ing 1873 pounds which the buyer con-
siders the best load of cattle he has
seen here in months, sold up to the
same top price. A three-load bunch
of steers averaging close to 1900
pounds sold sold up to s6.05, but there
were very few loads of cattle here
good enough to land higher than $685.
the bulk of the choice beef steers going
at a range of $450@5.40, all that sold
at $3.50 or better being Of very
smooth and choice beef class. a
Exporters are figuring in the trade
considerably, though reports from for
eign markets for American beef cattle
are the worst in several weeks. show
ing the top steers selling in London at
1914 cents while the lowest grade was
quoted as low as 81 cents; the best
class Of steers showing. IL cents pei
mound lower than prices paid here at
this time last year.