Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-29
CATTLE PRICES STEADY
Gains of About Ten on Good
Sorts, Have Been Recorded
This Week
UNDER GRADE HOGS LOWER
All the Better Glass Offerings Have
Shown Gain of Five Cents, How
ever-Good Demand for Primo Hogs
Sheep Demand Wcak-Drop in the
Market for Springsrs.

was fairly good for Friday. and prices
were steady. Offerings had little to
recommend to outside buyers and sell
ers were largely dependent ON packers.
The market has been uneven most OF
the week On good sorts there have
been gains of about ten cents. while
common and plain heavy steers show
declines OF about as much. Butcher
cattle are 10m15 cents higher.
Close to 10000 cattle have been re-
ceived this week thus far, which is q
pretty big run, especially after the
heavy supply of last week That so
many cattle could be absorbed at
steady prices proves that the demand
is all right. and unless it is overdone
prospects are encouraging. However,
the weather is sultry again and this ma
turally means a weaker consumption
of beef Good to choice we'll finished
steers sold well yesterday at steady
rates. hut the plain heavy and COM
mon light sold slowly and ut barely
steady prices.
Buyers say the grass fed cows show
too much shrink in the dressing out
test and they declare that they are too
high even at present prices which are
soc lower than two weeks ago. Fancy
heifers of the yearling type are selling
up to S5.25 but most of the fat cows
and heifers are going at $400W450
while the grassy COWS are quotable
largely at s2.75m3.50.
Demand for anything in the Gamer
line Is practically nil. Packers do not
want the thin cows at all and recently
1t has been difficult to get them to take
the common to medium cutters. Not
many cutters are selling above $3.50
and comparatively few Gamers above
$500.
Hogs.
Whilt.sll the better class have shown
Y gain of full five cents, under grades
were slow in some cases, and lower
than on the previous day The demand
for prime hogs was as good as at any
time this year and fancy sorts topped
the market at S6.S2la. the highest price
Of the year.
Features OF the trade this week
have been sharp curtailment of sup
ply and rapid deterioration in quality.
Grass widows and big coarse stays
are showing up profusely and the
market is going in two directions.
Good hogs are growing scarcer every
lay and they are the kind most
wanted. Choice light are seasonabiy
popular and bacon buyers are hot.
footing after them. Trade in the pro-
vision pit has lacked activity, but this
has been partly due to the Washing
on agitation over Packingtown con-
ltions. With that eliminated, some
hing is likely to happen in provision
,ircles. Cash demand Is good: 1t
night be termed abnormal. Ship
nents of meats and lard, daily, have
'ecently been double what they were
/ year ago, and receipts of product
rom western packing points are mea-
gre. Minnesota and Nebraska are
live hogs to the Pacific coast
md a lot of cured product is going
n that direction from western pack
ng points. Statistically, both hogs
md provisions are in strong position
Sheep.
Demand was weak. Some spring |
ambs of excellent quality sold at S.
md very good lambs sold at $3.50. The
market for springers dropped 50@51 |
ince Monday. Clipped lambs were
low, and prices weak.