Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-10
Except In Choice Grades, the
Week Has Shown a Slight
Downward Tendency
GOOD STRONG HOG MARKET
Quality of Offerings Was Not Good,
But This Did Not Seem to Deter
Buyers and General Market Was
Five Higher Than Levels of Previous
session-Sheep Down.

Chicago. Nov. 10.-Cattle-The mar
ket today was nominally steady. Re-
ceipts were about 500, and all were
held for the Monday market. except
such as went to the packers direct
The market has ruled omewhat irreg-
ular during the greater part OF the
week closing today. This was largely
the result of heavier supplies, the run
this week exceeding that of the prev
ious week. by about 1000. All choice
to prime native steers have been In
demand, and do not show any change
from the quotable levels of the last
week, but on other grades there has
been a slight downward tendency,
which forced the Level down 1odI15.
Broad outlet thru the packers aud
shippers for the s6.00m7.00 and higher
classes has effected free selling most of
the week and during the past few days
the general outlet for lower priced ma
tives has been improved. tho prices
have not shown much difference. Pack
ers have taken the $4,50@5.00 natives
a little more readily and in meeting
competition for the s4.0om4.50 kinds
from the feeder buyers they We're forced
to get buster with their bids than dur
ing the first days of the week, when
outside interest in these classes Jagged.
A level Of prices 80 near that of a
week ago, in view of the liberal supplies
of 1920 in five days this week, as
against receipts of 1885 a week ago.
appears quite satisfactory to selling tn
terests and there are few who take any
but a rather cheerful view of the out
look for the immediate future Of the
trade. The high prices for western
rangers are holding the lower priced
warmed-up natives to a quite good lev
ell. while the relative scarcity of good
thick fat natives is forcing the slaugh-
terers to pay well for those they are
able to get.
Short fed $5.25@5.75 kinds. too.
should be affording the producers fair
profit. The good quality of western
rangers of late has helped the slaught-
erers out of what might otherwise have
proved a rather bad predicament to
them. In the absence of western rang
ers of such good flesh as have been
here in the past two weeks 1t is reas-
enable to presume that the packers
would have been forced to take the
medium natives more freely and at
better prices In or5er to fill their trade
needs, and the relative shortage of fat
natives in feed lots at this time gives
the traders encouragement to hope for
strong prices when the rangers quit
coming.
Hogs.
A good, strong, active market was
the result of a comparatively little
run and better buying movement on
the part of big packers than the lat
ter are wont to display on Saturday.
The quality of offerings was not very
good but this did not seem to deter
buyers. for it was apparent that they
needed hogs. The general market was
five higher than the levels of the pre-
vious session.
Sheep.
The market dropped into rut Half
of the fat stock which had been on
feed only a short time had been SUBJ
jected to severe drubbing, and stands
We're considerably lower, especially
lambs, which are 25@5O below last
weeks level. Common sheep and the
bulk of yearlings are down 10@15.
Late advices from the western range
are that the owners are busy taking
flocks back to the winter range now,
owing to the shortage Of cars being as
pronounced as any time recently. The
shipments from there the balance of
the season will probably be quite limit
ed, and it looks as tho supplies next
week will be still further reduced, as
the severe drubbing the habitat stock
from the nearby states has re-
ceived will most likely cause many
such kinds to be held off the nlarke.
for awhile at least.
The market for medium to fairly
good lambs has suffered "a big break
this week and it is to be hoped thai
there will be less marketing of the
habitat western lambs from the, feel
lots in near by states now, as this pol
icy works harm to the general mar
ket.