Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-30

prices again Monday but soon found
supplies were not large enough 70 en-
able them to lower prices.
Demand for stockers and feeders very
poor in all quarters. Local buyers espe-
cially bid in differently they having car
ried over 1000 cattle from last week.
Much complaint from holders OF
stocker and feeding cattle owing to dull
demand.
Best lshorn western lambs reached
$3.50, a new high price for such on
this market.
1t does not take many sheep to fill
orders at prevailing prices" suggested
seller.
Mondays big run on top of heavs
marketing in the past two weeks. af-
fords slaughterers a further surplus or
beef, and marketing will necessarily
need be small later this week" said a
trader. "if prices are to be held from
another decline.
Big receipts Monday necessitate a
rather small movement later In the
week, according to most traders. since
the beef demand Is now being filled
comfortably and slaughterers are piling
up surplus.
April hog receipts are $4,000 in excess
of last year, and as the average weight
has been 10 pounds or more above that
of April. 1906 the logical result ought
to be an increase in the size of piles Of
meat in cellars.
The average weight of hogs received
at Chicago last week was 235 lbs, ex-
actly the same as the previous week. A
year ago it was 224 lbs. or the heaviest
of the season to that time. the previous
weeks average having been 219 TBS.
Two years ago the average was but
21S lbs
A year ago Monday the market was
on exactly the same basis as yesterday.
$3.50 being the common price and $3.50
the top. Two years ago $500 q $50
took the bulk
lowans at the Yards.
Harry Gill was on the market yes
terday with five loads of horses, rep
resenting all commercial classes FROM
the ponderous drafters to the diminu-
tive Shetland pony. The horses We're
purchased at Guthrie Center and Ce-
dar Rapids the above towns being
billed and the farmers bringing in
their horses to sell. Since January
Mr. Gill has shipped 1891 horses, all
of which were purchased in Iowa.
L. Rex Bennett of Lucas county. Ia.
was here with two loads of good cattle
of his own feeding. Mr.. Bennett said
they had heavy freeze out there the
latter part of the week, and the season
a., ty-o &c hocEuar6
Carl Lohse, a; prominent feeder at
Schleswig, was here Monday with q
car of steers avera ging 1,097 lbs. good
enough to bring $3.50.
Harter & Huser, large dealers from
Sac City, were on the market yester-
day with cattle. They report markets
able stock pretty well shipped out.
Paul Koch, one Of the. best known
cattle feeders at Schleswig, was here
Monday with car Of steers which sold
at $3.50 He also had in one car of
hogs.
Humboldt county, Iowa.. was repre-
sented on The market by Ira Sampson
and r. Fristhe. who were here with
four loads of cattle of their own feed
ing.
b. j. Snider Oskaloosa, an extensive
shipper, had cattle on the market. He
reports about the usual amount of
stock to come forward from that sec
ton of the country
"Uncle Jake Means, of Sac City mar
keted hogs Monday at $6.o5@6.57 u,
and bunch of steers, including one
heifer. at $3.50.
Al Arnold has returned from trip
to northern Missouri and declares he
never saw crop prospects better at
this time of the year. Oats is looking
good and pastures are unusually far
advanced. Pig crop is large and NOR
tally small. Not many hogs ready for
market at the present time.