Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-12
CATTLE ADVANCE SMALL
There Has Been Little Net
Change in the Prices
This Week
DEMAND FOR HOGS ACTIVE
DEMAND FOR HOGS ACTIVE
Prices Climbed Another Notch today,
and in Number of Instances, Prices
Were Five Above Yesterdays Close
Bulk of Sheep Sold at Prices
Steady With Those of Yesterday.

Chicago, May 12.-Cattle - There
was no market today, small arrivals pc
inG. up to the usual Saturday standard.
on an average, there has been little
net change in prices this week. The
market was higher on the opening day,
then sagged on Wednesday under
heavy supplies, and rose slightly dur
ing the balance of the week The bet
terment which was made on the clos
ing days. was confined almost entirely
to lower priced steers, which sold from
did not advance any, except in strictly
prime sorts.
Considering the high prices con-
sumptive demand is remarkably good
and shipments of products TO foreign
countries show an increase over this
time last year. With the resumption of
work in eastern coal mines and settle
ment of the big strikes In Chicago,
as we'll as that on the lakes. there is
hope among traders here that no big
cut will be made in the range during
the near by future. tho packers are
bearish and counting on more liberal
runs from now on thru the month of
July.
Hogs.
Demand was active, and prices
climbed another notch. The general
average of values was az above levels
of the previous day, tho there were
a number of cases in which the plane
2 =, 10, ,1.,c
Lower prices for good to choice steers
in late days this week more than Off
set the gain noted in earler days and
late sales of many lots upward of $500
have been on Il basis weak To 1Oc lower
than late last week. Demand for the
medium and plain lower priced grades
has held We'll, however, and prices for
these now show little change compared
with the range in force last week.
The slump in good heavy kinds was
due mainly TO the liberal receipts and
relatively poor support to trade from
the shippers and exporters, whose pur-
chases fell below the previous week.
Packers, however, have supported the
trade we'll and were particularly salts
factory bidders for cattle ranging un-
der $500. Receipts for the week Will
total about $4,000, against $1,000 last
week.
Sheep.
Receipts We're light and the bulk of
stuff was sold to arrive at prices steady
with those of yesterday. The demand
this week has been active and prices
have gained
There has been an inclination on the
part of owners to cash their short fed
lambs at prevailing prices and this is
proving a bad feature for the market.
Where these lambs do not meet with
favor from feeder buyers holders have
hard work in securing prices at all sat
isfactory, and plain scretnings-fed,
western and coarse heavy native stock
meet poor call. Where lambs are do
ing we'll on feed there is no reason
for marketing such as lack good fin
sh, say traders. Western lambs reach
ed $3.50, recently and best native stock
also brought that price, while the bulk
of fairly good to choice lambs, landed
at $6.15@6.40, with palmer and fair
lots going at s5.50@6.O0. Supply of
wooded lambs greatly reduced and
most strings for slaughter sold at
$7.25@755, or 5010c under one week
ago, while shearers paid $7.O0@7.10.
Hardly enough spring lambs were
landed here to test prices and demand
was lax from all buyers.