Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-09-15
Prices Were Nominal, While Con
ditions of Trade Have Not
Been ALI Sellers Hoped
PACKING HOGS ARE LOWER
Sensational Advances for Heavy and
Mixed Packing Grades Have Been
Feature of Wsek-sheep Receipts
Confined to Few Odd Lots-Prices
Steady.

Chicago. Sept. 15.-Cattle-There
| was no market today Prices were
nominal. The conditions of trade this
week, while they have not been all the
sellers hoped for. have not been very
discouraging. There has been a sup
ply of over 76.O 900 which the buyers
absorbed without forcing any reduction
in prices, compared with the close OF
last week.
Receipts or the week have been
exceptionally large, but this was main
ly because of The heavy offerings of
rangers, the total of which reaches
close to 10000 for the week. AT the
start this week the market was In ex-
cellent condition and due to the small
run Of less tina. $4,000 on Monday \the
market advanced 15@25c on all the
medium and good cattle. This was a
good balance for the decline that had
to be endured at the close of last week
and sellers felt that the clouds had
rolled away. They We're short-lived,
however, for when the receipts on
Wednesday piled up beyond the 10000
mark buyers shot the market full of
holes and had no difficulty in taking
off 10@15c on the bulk Of the supply.
The following, day showed no im-
provement, but was SO duh and mean
that many statesmen declared the
market was again 10c lower At any
rate, there isn't much left of the adj
vance made Monday, and if the mar
lset is any better than at the close of
last week it Is on the good to choice.
The medium grades have practically
lost all that was put on early in the
week.
Hogs.
While receipts were not heavy. the
run was large enough for the demands
of trade on the late market. Prices
of packing hogs were SOLO lower.
Light hogs were on about the same
basis as Friday. Sensational advances
for heavy and mixed packing grades
have been the feature OF the week.
There has ben a profuse showing OF
mixed loads OF sows and underweight
pigs, a fact that is suggestive of
disease in the country. Some call
it cholera, others pneumonia, but it
is the result of injudicious feeding of
new corn. The movement has been no.
ticeable for two or three days past.
Some loads carried over 140 head,
showing that underweight, "dumpy'
pigs are being marketed and disease,
or fear of it, is the only attributable
factor.
Sheep.
Receipts were confined to few odd
lots, and prices We're steady.
On the high spot this week few
prime native lambs sold at $3.50
S.25, but IS was the limit on westerns.
Sheep have been in liberal supply and.
altho S5.5O@5.60 was paid yes
terday for some westerns of extra
quality, $5.25 is taking the kind that
brought 1925 on Monday. Nothing
has missed the decline. 1t takes good
ewes to make 1925, and such She
stuff as sold at $3.50 at the opening Of
the week dropped to s5.15, good 12O-
lib Idahos selling at that price.
Considering sorts and everything
else lambs are good quarter lower
Killers have absorbed lot Of stuff
during the week and another run Of
100000 next week will put prices still
lower. The season is on hand for
cleaning up both natives and west
ems and free movement the next
few days is logical.