Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-30
The Opening Was Strong, and the
Market Touched the Highest Mark
of Year, But Later twas Difficult
to obtain Even Steady Prices-sheep
Slow.

{ tfat Prices mONel upward iuW ID.
Broad summer demand for fat beeves
has effected free selling of such classes
this week, and gain Of 106p l5c is not
ed in comparison with prices current
at the close week ago. The plain and
medium grassy steers. and likewise
plain big weight kinds, however have
closed on weaker basis Indifferent
demand for them in recent days fore
ing the price range off a few points
from the best level of the week. Cen
eral trade has been fairly satisfactory
under moderately large receipts, which
totaled upward of $4,000 against $4,000
week ago.
Good call from the shippers and ex-
porters has been one stimulus to the
trade for fat beeves.
Big weight steers lacking choice
day or two in sympathy with the
grassy classes altho the New York call
for good to choice weighty beeves has
been broad. and these sold freely.
General quality has been good and a
liberal volume of prime steers reached
So including big number of Kansas
and Nebraska beeves, while tops made
S6.10.
Shippers paid largely s5.2565.75 for
good to choice beeves. and most steers
for export trade sold within a range of
s5.25m5.5O, while few exports went be-
low $515. The handy weight shipping
steers at s5.1Om5.25 seemed to- be
wanted rather urgently by some Of the
outsiders and there was rather active
trading for such classes most of the
day.
Medium and the plain classes show
ing a grassy condition sold largely at
S4.60m4.90. and the common and poor
thin classes ranged down to 81.
Common and medium grassy cows
and heifers have continued a burden to
the. trade, together with the Gamers
and cutters. prices again being on
downward trend, altho the strictly good
dry lot COWS and heifers have held at
a steady TO firm level all week. The
latter have been the only offerings in
butcher stock trade to meet with reli-
able demand from packers. the big
houses being entirely out of the Gamer
trade. outside buyers have been the
only ones buying Gamers. taking them
back to the country to Craze
Stockers and feeders are steady to
IOc higher than last weeks closing,
broader demand in the past few days
effecting a good clearance at better
prices Receipts have been smaller and
good pastures in the eastern sections
brought out better demand from that
source. Thin light steers were still
dull sale OF the close, but these were
about the only kinds left in the pens.
A few choice feeders made $3.50, pu,
rot many went above 1920 and bulk at
S3.6On4.1O, with thin feeders down to
s3.15. and some inferior stockers under
$3.50.
Hogs
The opening was strong. on good
sorts, and the market moved upward
until it touched the highest mark of
the year A load of hogs sold at the
remarkable price of s6.s5. 2k cents
above the top of the season. Toward
the close of the market, all classes of
togs turned weak and it was difficult
to obtain steady prices.
The course of the hog market this
week has been decidedly in the direc-
tor Of sellers interests. With re-
&C ipts falling considerably below all
expectations, shippers taking several
IL ousand more than the same period
last week, and packers fairly free buy
ers after the start daily conditions
favored the higher trend of prices.
The result was that recent selling Of
desirable classes of adj weights show
ed 15@2Oc higher range than one week
ago. tho commoner and grassy lots
showed on 5@10c gain. Prime lots
made s6s21a recently, against s6.62h
one week ago and compared with So
S21a for top price this year The bulk
of trading was at $6.65m6.77k, tho
most ordinary and grassy offerings
landed at $685. M655, according to kind
and weight.
A feature Of the trade this week was
the wider spread between the COM
moner and good hogs Buyers have
been free bidders for the latter classes
at the prevailing range, which is not
far under the high day of the year,
while they have reluctantly taken
hold of the former offerings Under
II ore liberal marketing of old sows
common mixed packing and grassy
light hogs traders fear that there is
small chance for any marked improve
rnent in the range for such, and they
warn buyers in the country to operate
in such classes with a big, wide mar
gil. from now on.
Sheep.
Trade was slow and the market has
taken a heavy slump the latter part
Of the week, prices for lambs being all
the way from Is to s1.5O lower than
he high time at the opening of the
week. Sheep shared in the break, but
cot to the same extent.
Supplies of sheep and yearlings dur"
ing the past week proved unusually
small and demand was excellent for
all but ewes carrying big weight and
old thin stock and bucks. Yet prices
in the main declined so cents in sym
pathy with the awful drop Of the lamb
market
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