Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-04
Weeks Receipts Have Been Com.
paratively Light, With Weak
ness in All Grades
FIVE CENT DECLINE IN HOGS
Todays Light Run Was Ample for the
Needs Of the Trade, Which Was Gen.
orally Dependent Upon Packers =
Sheep Demand Only Just Sufficient
to Clean Up Today's Offerings.

Chicago, May 4.-Cattle We're NOM
inally steady, closing 10@25c lower for
the week. Receipts turnout have been
comparatively light, but proved over
sufficient for the trade. All grades
have shown weakness, COW stuff being
especially hard hit
Despite reduced marketing this week
than noted a week ago, most steers
yesterday being quotable 1o@15c under
last weeks closing level Receipts In
five days have totaled $500, against
72,302 week ago and 6I,342 a year
ago, but it has been the fact that too
many cattle arrived in the previous two
weeks that caused further depression
in values this week. Beef coolers, both
in local and eastern quarters, are now
comfortably filled, and while the con-
sumptive demand is claimed to be
fairly broad and prices for beef salts
factory there has been nothing in the
situation to encourage slaughterers to
buy freely, and being afforded oppor-
tunity to hit prices another wallop this
week, they have done SO with no great
exertion in accomplishing the task.
Hogs.
Hogs We're sc lower, and demand
lacked energy. The light run was ample
for the needs of the trade and shippers
were in the market for few hogs. but
packers. and as the latter did not feel
any strong competition, they were able
to force sellers to accede to their de-
mands.
Sheep.
Sheep were steady, receipts being of
the usual Saturday volume, with de-
mand only just sufficient to clean up
the offerings.
The five-day run is approximately
100000, against $4,000 last week and
295,0G0 a year ago. The movement
continues heavy and will probably do
SO until corn planting gets brisk and
the country has something else to
which to devote its attention.
A year ago packers were fighting
the market hard and had it on $685.
basis.
There has been widening of the
spread between the heavy and handy
weight offerings this week. A finished
SIdQS Ol NSSlGIdi WCliSIS
round 100 lbs is quotable up to 1925,
tho it would take prime class tips
ping the beam upward of lis lbs to
make $500. Fancy yearlings carrying
lamb weights are quotable UP to $780,
but there Is no safe outlet for stock
averaging around 100 lbs higher than
$780, Western ewes to sell upward of
$685. have to be of an extra grade, ana
the plain ones are wanted around $500.
Relatively high prices this week
stimulated owners to greater activity,
and total marketing of $1,000 for the
five days was larger than looked for.
The fact that values We're held on the
prevailing level under this supply at
time when the range is remarkably
high should bring good cheer to the
feeders.
Chicago Livestock.
Chicago, May 4.
Cattle-Estimated receipts fos today
300; steady; beeves. 4.25@6.4O; cows
and heifers, 1.sO@5.30; stockers and
feeders. 29O@5.15; good to prime
steers 5.35@6.40.
Hogs-Es timated receipts for today
$4,000: lower; light. 6.3O@6.55; mixed
63O@655; heavy, 6.15@6.50; rough,
6.15@6.25; good to choice heavy, GAO