Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-24
CATTLE CLOSED STEADY
Price For Steers Declined Ten
to Twenty Cents During
the Week
FIVE CENT DECLINE IN HOGS
Market Was Steady for a Time, But
ScaIpers' Buying Was Of Small VOL
ume, and Big Dealers Were Left in
control-sheep Values About Steady
and Closing Prices Unchanged.

Chicago, March 24.-Cattle Trade
closed nominally steady, as compared
with Friday. The price for steers de-
clined 10000 for the week. Receipts
for the week We're $500.
Receipts have totaled close to 1000
larger than the previous week and 500
above the run year ago. This larger
marketing in face of poorer general de-
mand has put the trade in q rather
poor way and repairs are needed badly
The outlook for immediate improve
ment in prices does not appear very
hopeful, however, and it is plainly APP
parent that restricted country opera
lions will be required before the trade
can take on much more healthy tone.
There has been little fault to find with
the outside demand during the week,
but the packers have been poor buyers.
In late days their Indifference in the
market has been responsible for a poor
condition of affairs, but the slaughter
ers have claimed that they could not
use many cattle. Their coolers We're
reported filed with beef and they are
just at present getting much of it onto
the cars in search of a consumptive
outlet. which gives rather small hope
Of widening until after the Lenten sea-
son is over.
Hogs.
Scalpers began operations early, and
made a steady market for time, but
their buying was of small volume. and
shippers had few orders, and big deal
ers were left in control, and forced a
decline Of cents. Arrivals for the
week were 165,700.
There was sharp decline in hogs on
Monday Of this week, but since then
the trend Of the market has been up
ward, in the face of liberal supplies.
The average price now stands as high
as any time this season, or the best
since May, 1903. Shippers have been
more liberal buyers this week and the
way local concerns bid for supplies
they evidently need the hogs. The
market for hog products has had a
much better tone this week, and this
has been of great help to statesmen in
their efforts to boost prices for hogs.
The quality has been fairly good, with
the average weight about the heaviest
of the season. Recent sales of prime
shipping hogs have been as high as
$3.50, or within sc of the best price this
year, while the bulk of hogs sold at
$6.40@6.45, the margin being about the
narrowest of the season. Il
Sheep. V8
Sheep values about steady. Closing
prices of both sheep and lambs stand
on about the same level as they did
at the close of last week. Receipts for
the week are $4,000.
Sheep and yearlings of a good to
choice kind show an advance of 100
Is cents over one week ago, while the
palmer and medium lots are unchang-
ed. Prime western wethers carrying
big weight sold at $3.50 this week;
while the bulk of wethers went at $685.
@610 Export yearlngs reached $6.40
and other choice handy and prime
weight yearlings brought 1925, while
the bulk went at s5.S5@6.15 for fair
ly good to very good class of weighty
stock. A few odd lots of choice tcs
fancy weighty native ewes landed at
$575@6.0O, but sales higher than $40
were rare, and the bulk of ewes of a
medium to good fat class brought $500
@5.40. The good to choice lambs
gained 10@15 cents over the low day
this week and prices show no change
from one week ago, while the medium
classes are fully steady with this time
one week ago, only very choice to
prime Colorado lambs have sold at
$6.75@6.S5 recently, and the bulk of