Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-19
STEADY CATTLE PRICES
Values Show But Little Change
From Previous Week, Despite
Heavy Receipts
Ho eMARkET 5 CENTS LOWER
Shippers Demanded the Best Goods
Light and Butcher Animals, Which
Were scarce-Tradins Today Was
Lisht-sheep Show Steady Gains
Thruout the Week - Lambs Steady.

Chicago, Oct. Notwithstanding
demand was good. Prices We're steady
Notwithstanding large Saturday run
good portion Of which were western
rangers. In spite of heavy receipts this
week, values show but little change
from the previous week common sorts
being 10c lower and other kinds I'M
changed.
Range cattle receipts this week total
! SO 900, against $1,000 last week and rs
900 year ago, and while this big mar
keting of westerns fails to bear the
! trade for medium natives very mater
tally continued heavy liquidation of the
natives at time when range market
ing is bound to be heavy can only effect
a poor market trade for the natives.
Shippers have bought very we'll all
week. but demand from exporters con-
tinued small. The shipments from
here Thursday, totaling 9,644. We're
among the largest ever sent out in one
day and there was a goodly number Of
tat beeves included in this movement.
while buyers still had a liberal supply
Saturday.
Demand for choice to prime heavy
beeves this week has been best of the
fall season. The proportion of these
kinds included In supplies was larger
than in late weeks, with still call for
them, but in face of increased Offer
ings buyers were keen for all shown
them and paid firm prices. Strong de-
mand for the top classes is good in
dication Of the broad outlet such beef
meets from consumers and few traders
fear for the future market for the fin
ished classes.
A little lower price level for corn
might stop the rush to unload medium
and half fat steers and lower corn
would greatly please the trade as we'll
as feeders. Continued big heavy liqui-
dation of warmed up and half fat
steers in the coming weeks will mean
short supply of finished steers in
spring months and packers are giving
the situation serious thought The
poorest natives are ranging under $500
as a result of increased runs of low
grade natives. and with prime kinds
approaching $3.50 the price spread is
indeed a wide one and narrower
range process would be more agreeable
all around.
Hogs.
Trading was light. at values cents
lower than yesterday. The best good
light and butcher animals We're scarce
and were in demand by shippers.
Sheep.
Shna,, CT nj In, efa I
and close the week about the same as
last Saturday. Sheep have shown
steady gains turnout the week re-
ceipts having dropped off considerably.
There is likely to be still further
reduction in the supplies here next
week because of car shortage in the
west. Reports from Montana, where
The heft of the sheep are to come from |
Turing the remainder of the season. in
1icate that cars are in smaller num- |
oers than at any previous time this
season, and that it will take at least !
another week before this condition can
De relieved to any extent. Some ranch
men have become discouraged owing to
he inability to secure sufficient cars
md are turning the better and younger
stock back on the range.
Total receipts of 124.6OO for the five
lays was the smallest of the month |
hus far, tho being around a normal |
'un for this season of the year. This
supply fell $4,000 under the big mar
learly 1000 more than one year ago.