Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-17
Prices Were a Shade Lower,
Compared With the Close
a Week Ago
PRICES OF HOGS ADVANCE
This Was Brought About Easily by
the Light Offerings, Which Were
tho Smallest For a Single Day, of
the Year-sheep Arrivals Small, and
Prices Were Steady.

Chicago, March 17.-Cattle-The
market closed steady. A few good loads
were bought, one lot of newly arrived
steers being sold at $500 This was
practically the only trading done. AS
compared with the close a week ago,
prices are a shade lower, breaks the
latter part OF the week having been
sufficient TO take off all early advances.
Receipts have been light, tho consid-
erably larger than week ago.
Receipts for the week foot up about
$4,000, against $4,000 last week and
$4,000 year ago. Offerings could
not be called heavy for the week, and
are hardly up to the average for this
time of the year. Since Wednesday,
however, the market has been dull
and slow and the tendency DOWN
ward. Buyers say they are filled up
recent slump in the market. Com
pared with the excited trade of week
ago, the general market for fat cattle
is a little lower. All the strictly choice
steers have sold pretty well, but lately
the demand has not been so active
for the heavy cattle because the ship
ping orders were contracted. The
bulk of the shipping steers sold late
this week at $5.40@5.S0. Exporters
have been buying largely at $5@5.5O
and took the best up to $3.50. e
Hogs.
Light supplies of hogs made it easy
for hog sellers to advance prices.
There were only 10000 arrivals and A.
900 leftover supply, making the small
est single day offerings of the year. A
top of $6.471s was reached. The bulk
sold at $3.50 @6.4O.
Action of packers indicates that they
have abandoned the stand they took
early in the week. They practically
admit that they need hogs worse than
growers need to sell them. Cold
weather has improved fresh meat de-
mand for loins and revival of ship
ping where they must have hogs to
take care of their trade.
The sharp contraction in supply this
week indicates the temper OF the
country. There are few If any hogs
to be sold on breaks.
Sheep.
Sheep arrivals were small and prices
steady. This has been another week
of liberal receipts. AS compared with
last week. prices for lambs look 100 loo
lower. Sheep are about steady.
Apart from export sheep, which are
scarce, no feature of the trade has
shown much life this week. Prices
do not show much change. Trade
opened strong on Monday with $500
ton on Colorado lambs. The trade av-
eraged close to steady, and where
changes have been registered is has
been within a range of 10@15 cents.
At this time last year prime weth-
ers were quotable at $5.S0@6.15, and
medium to good at $5.60@5.75. Good
ito choice ewes were on $5.50@5.9O
basis. and medium ewes $500 @5.40. 1t
was then a s7.25@7.60 market for
good to prime lambs, medium to good
selling at $6.25@7O0 Yearlings were
worth s6.25@6.SO. Two years ago
choice lambs cost s5.70@5.75, and
good s5.50@5.70. Yearlings were then
wonth s5.OO@525, and wethers $5.0OW
$50. with ewes largely at $4.O0@4.7o,
although S.. 90 was quotable. Two years
ago native wethers were selling UP to
$3.50. ewes to 1925 and lambs to $3.50.
At that time fed western wethers sold
up to $3.50. ewes 1913, lambs $3.50, and
yearlings $500.