Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-15
Best Grades Advanced Sharply
This Week Under the Heavy
Demand Of Buyers
EXPORTERS LARGE PURCHASERS
All Glasses of Steers Selling Around
SIS or Better We're Steady to Strong
Hogs Inactive-BuIk of Sales $3.50
to $500 Sheep Supply Small
Receipts for the Week.

Chicago, April 15.--Cattle - Today :
meagre receipts sold at steady prices
The demand from all classes of buyers
has been remarkably large during the
week and the best cattle advanced
sharply, while lots selling at $500 aver
aged lo@15 lower. Any cattle that
were choice sold ut $3.50 or more, while
exporters We're excellent buyers of t'lf
very good classes of steers. at $4,000
6.25 Cows and heifers Of the better
class had u great boom, while the
stocker and feeder trade was animated
so far as the best were concerned, but
the common stockers were dull and de-
cidedly lower. The best feeders were
higher than ever.
The run of cattle this week has been
something of n surprise to the trade.
The arrivals for five days stand 65.5S9.
against $685. one week ago and 1928
for the same week in 1904. With such
a supply there is reason to believe that
the steer trade is inherently strong
when the prices can be advanced on
anything of good quality. The general
opinion OF the trade is that the mar
ket is destined to remain on n healthy
basis for some time to come, and there
is only one contingency which the
sellers are fearful OF. as being freight
ed with the possibility of forcing prices
off. That is the old danger of heavy
marketings. There have been really
more cattle here this week than the
buyers could readily absorb, but luck
lily there has been a good export de-
mand The commission men are advis-
ing their customers to hold their offer
ings down to more moderate propor-
tons for the coming week.
Hogs.
The early market was active and
steady, but later became dull and S
lower Bulk of sales was at from $50
to $50.
Shipping orders We're smaller in vol
ume and apparently less urgent and for
the weekend run the supply has been
liberal. There was a conspicuous abb
sence of the urgent demand for light
hogs noticeable on previous market
days, and local slaughterers appeared
to have more need for fancy heavy
than did shippers, the former outbid-
ding the latter and paying the top.
$685. This was construed as indicat-
ing a demand for foreign trade. The
market was active at no spot, but "A
fair clearance was effected at the de-
cline.
Sheep.
With fair demand today's meague
supplies sold at steady prices. The
weeks receipts were as; follows: Cat
tie. $500; hogs, $4,000; sheep, 10000.
Last week-Cattle, $4,000; hogs, 1885,
700; sheep, $4,000.
Spring lamb trade has been disap-
pointing so far 1t is yet a little too
early to look for activity on these and
the condition of many of the SPRING
ers marketed this week suggests the
need Of education in shipping circles
on the spring lamb question. Puny
half fat stuff is not likely to fetch
high prices merely because it hap
pens to strike an early market One
big lot got here yesterday from a
point fifty miles out in Illinois. The
owner wanted 10 cents, but was bid
only Z, and concluded to ship them
back, an expensive experience. An
other shipper sent in go head in a car
and also took them home with him.
Next week probably, at the right mo-
ment the right kind of spring lambs
will sell at is cents, at least that is
the expectancy but the half fat kind
will not do the trick.