Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-07
Many Steers of DesirableWeight
and Finish Sold at 10
Higher Prices
cows WERE ALSO HIGHER
Most of the commoner Grades, How
ever, Sold at Only About Steady
Figures = Hogs Wero Strong and
Higher Early But Soon sassed off
Sheep Weak.

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undercurrent was noted in the mar
ket and many steers of desirable
weight and finish found better outlet
at values; which looked 10 higher. Coco
COW stuff also shared in the advance
though on the commoner sorts seller:
were quoting prices no better thar
steady.
| Receipts last week were $500, ar
/ increase of 1900 over arrivals the
week before and $500 larger than the
| run here Il year ago. Coming at this
| time wnen beef channels are still in a
clogged condition, due to the poor con-
sumptiee demand for beef. liberal mar
keting such as has been experienced
this week has been entirely unwarrant-
ed and lower prices have not come I'M
expectedly. The scarcity of well-fin-
| ished steers has been the mainstay IN
holding prices for these to an even
range in comparison with week ago
and had not the packers been free buy
1 ers, a decline in these kinds could
| hardly have been avoided.
| Shippers and exporters operated but
| little more literally than the previous
week, the shipments of cattle standing
hardly 1000 above the previous week
and this relatively narrow outside de-
mand has checked activity in the trade
Export buying was 4,1s4, decrease OF
close to 200 from operations of last
week, and this continued small demand
from the foreign shippers indicates
| the weak market for beef across the
| water and gives poor encouragement
for expectations of enlargement of OPP
erations for some weeks at least.
Hogs.
The early strength in hogs, which
was attributed to a sudden furry of
speculative buying, was not long sus-
tanned While few light weights
were sent over the scales at unchanged
values, the bulk of stuff was slightly
lower and mixed and heavy packing
stuff showed most marked weakness.
Only small percentage Of hog re-
ceipts are now bringing top prices. It
is mainly light stuff weighing 140 to
$50 lbs. Next on the list as to de-
STABILITY are the 200 to 240-lb kinds.
of prime hogs are selling close around
the top.
Por,ine health is still uniformly good
! thruout the country, consequently very
| few Digs are being marketed. Occa-
| stonslly a bunch of little pigs sells at
| $k.T505.25, but good 120 to 150lb
stuff sell right in with light, or up
to Sc
1t IS a difficult task to handle the
rough to fair kind Of packing sows,
especially when thin and weighing 200
pounds and upward. This condition
will exist until big packing hogs are
practically out Of the way.
Good hogs are expected to take care
of themselves during the next sixty
days, but the talent is dubious about
packing grades.
A peculiar phase Of the present Sit
uation is that shippers who until re-
Gently had little competition on the
good end of the crop have found that
! sphere invaded by packers who are
| figuring on yields, and find good hogs
! the cheapest prices on paper now
| cutting less figure than a few weeks
ago. This has forced shippers to take
an under grade of hogs, sending them
up 40 cents between last Saturday and
Wednesday, altho practically all Of it
was lost on the midweek decline.
| The trade is evidently in for sea-
son of erratic markets and caution on
the part Of country shippers is neces-
sary on that account. Heavy packing
sows must be bought at wide margin
| In order to be on the safe side.
Sheep.
The run of live muttons this morning
was estimated at $4,000, and of this
humber the largest percentage was OF
western range lambs. The supply OF
these sorts being heavy, it was natural
that prices should display some weak
ness While there were few good sorts
and most of them sold off 1905. Sheep
were steady to shade better.
Breeding ewes are as scarce as feed
ing stock and the whole country is
! clamorous for them. The right kind
of we'll bred. light weight eve il
| worth 1928, fetching a good premium
over killers of the best grade. Scarcity
indicates that the country is not in
clined to sell stock ewes, or even eve
lambs at this juncture. Two years
ago such stock ewes as now sell at
$4@435 were drug around 81. A
wear ago this demand was better 1915
being paid for straight bands of west
erns. Quite, a few stock ewes have
been secured during the past week at
s4.75@5, breeding demand being so in
sistent that it has given killers COM
petition on fat stuff. Spectators who
had sufficient foresight to contract
range ewes early in the spring are now
;n cbane t0 LET them go at handsome
profit