Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-25
Offerings We're Very Scarce, This
Being an Unusual Saturday
Condition
TOO MANY HOGS ON MARKET
All Grades Broke Ton, and in Some
Gases the Decline Frome the Pre-.
vious Session Was as Much as
Firtsen-sheep and Lambs High
During the Week.

Chicago, May 25.-Cattle-A few
loads were on the market this morning,
this being rather unusual for Saturday.
Prices were steady. One lot of bulls
| We're still offered at 4.50@4.60. Aside
from this, there is nothing to quote,
prices being nominally steady.
The weeks receipts showed UP pref
ty strong after all, and total close TO
10000. which is the same as last week,
but 5000 less than a year ago. Con-
ditions We're decidedly more satisfac-
tory in the cattle market all week,
for the demand was generous from the
outside. More small country butch
ers were here this week than any pre-
vious week this year. which engendered
considerable competition in the trade
for the medium and light weight cat
tie which they bought freely. The reg
ular trade picked up the good steers
at strong prices most of the time, and
the general tendency of the market
was upward an week.
Taking all things into consideration,
business was on good, solid basis all
week, and the bulk Of the medium and
good steers are 1OQ15c higher than a
week ago. In sonic respects the de-
mand has been more general this week.
Some effort was made to discriminate
against the big heavy steers, but 1t was
not so pronounced as it has been. and
good cattle OF all weights sold well.
Naturally. the handy weight steers
around 1900 to 1850 lbs were the best
sellers and are likely to be during the
summer months There was better
distribution ana that helped some in
bringing about better scale of prices.
Hogs.
Breaks of full ten were shown in all
grades Of hogs, and there were cases
where prices We're as much as 10 uncer
the high levels OF the previous session.
There were too many hogs on the mar
ket. The best price Of the day was
6.32h, which was paid for light hogs.
The run carries no. lack of evidence
that liquidation is in progress and that
the advance in corn is partly respon-
sible is evident. A year ago supply
was light, the market advancing and
country sentiment bullish. Yesterday
conditions were exactly reversed.
No zone in the trade expected such
an outpouring of hogs this week. Al
the six points there were 10000 more
than year ago, while the run at these
points is about 10000 in excess of the
corresponding period Of 1906.
Sheep.
Sheep and lambs prices have been
boosted thru active demand and fair
run of stuff, While buyers have cen-
tered their demand on better sorts OF
clipped lambs, there has also been
strong inquiry for wool lambs. and the
better class of sheep have shown
marked gains for the week.
i Trade shows a little Improvement
recently, a few lots of light, handy
weight lambs selling at the high point
of the season. Lambs are generally
10@15 cents per cwt higher than at the
close of last week. Handy-Weight
sheep have also advanced little, and
it looks as tho, with light supply in
feeders hands and the eraser run
several weeks distant, still higher mar
skets may be registered during the next
two weeks.