Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-11
.CAT1[E DEMAND ACLVE
Light Receipts We're a Prime
Factor in | It g Market
Prices Today
HOG MARKET BARELY STEADY
Demand at the Opening Showed More
Activity Than the Previous Day,
However-AIi the Better Class Of
Sheep Wore in Request and Market
Was Strong at Opening.

Chicago, Oct. 11.-Cattle-Early In
dications pointed to strong marke,
for native steers. Demand was ac-
tive, on both local and shipping ac-
count, while few buyers for foreign
trade were in the market. Receipts
were light, and this was prime factor
in lifting prices. Butcher cattle look
ed strong.
Shippers and exporters were strong
buyers Wednesday and seemed to have
orders enough to take all of the good
to choice steers they could. find. They
were after the good heavy cattle prin-
cipally, tho anything choice on the
yearllng order was not overlooked.
The demand was warm all along the
line and about everything in the shape
of beef cattle sold higher. Most OF
the advance was on the medium to
good steers the bulk of which shovel
gained the loss that was sustained on
Monday. Buyers had such long orders
that they did not parley very long and
stood for a pretty strong advance IN
some cases. There were cattle re-
ported CSC higher than Monday and
many sold 10000 above the opening
of the week. Exporters were elsc
strong buyers and took about all the
cattle they could find that were suit
able.
Hogs.
The market was no better than
steady. but at the opening, demand
showed more activity than it did at the
start of the previous day. A top Of
$685. was the best sale the first hour.
Spectators tried to give the thing a
boost at the outset, but shipping de-
mand failed them and packers buyers
Wednesday had injunctions to get the
stuff $1,000 lower. The result was a
market that averaged q nickel lower
than Tuesday and closed in the usual
mean fashion.
This break has put the whole trade
20@25c lowerithan the high spot last
Friday and local killers are resortng
to strenuous measures to hold the
thing down Its too near the new
crop Of hogs to let this market hug
the &c mark" said a man in the pro-
vision trade Yesterday. The run car
ried 1900 drove from Milwaukee for
the An=lo outfit and bese were a
factor in depressing light hogs, which
got most of the break.
Sheep.
Sheep were strong at the opening.
and all me better class of stuff was in
request. Gains of full ten were made
on lambs, over good values which We're
secured the previous day.
Receipts are running little lighter
this week, and as rolling stock is now
well punched at this end, a moderate
supply is expected for two weeks to
come Meanwhile cars will be taken
big wad blown. The last week of the
current month is expected to see the
last big run of the season.
Ever thing justit1es an improved
market. The east came higher, choice
goods being worth $500 at Jersey.
Surveying the run buyers found few
top notchers, and, altho they We're re-
luctant to cross the 71a-cen mark.
Wednesday, 1t became case of ne
cessity.
The Wood Idaho lambs, that were
appraised at $3.50 late last week, were
bought at $7.65, and made-to- order
bunch of natives was quotable up to
$7.75 to an outside killer.
Feeder buyers wanted the goods,
realizing that the run is likely to be
cut off sharply. Considerable sprinting
was done by country buyers to fill or
ders, and $6.40@6.6O took lot of feed
ing lambs.
Quality was poor, and it is evident
that the cream Of the range crop Is
already in. Iowa has blown its wad.
and the Montana and Wyoming run
is usually on the feeder order.