Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-18
Liberal Receipts This weel
Have Forced Prices Ten to
Fifteen Lower
HOGS STRONG TO FIVE HIGHER
Demand Was Excellent for Mixed and
Heavy of Good Quality, This Class
of Offerings Being Considerably
Lower However, Than Light Hugs
Sheep Demand Not Active.

Chicago May 1S.-The cattle mar
ket closed nominally steady. Offerings
were meagre. Liberal receipts this
week have forced prices 1905 lower
than week ago. Calves were rs @
so higher
Receipts for the week foot UP about
$4,000 head, against $4,000 last week,
and $4,000 a year ago. Under prevail
ing conditions arrivals We're too heavy
and all the gain made in the market
last week has been neutrali2ed. Mon
days receipts, which We're over $4,000,
gave the weeks business a bad start.
Wednesday showed up with another
liberal supply. and SO the weeks offer
ings were too large to suit the outlet.
A sharp discrimination was made
against the plain heavy cattle. because
buyers said there was not good out
let for the heavy cuts of beef. This
was particularly true in the east, and
shippers bought less cattle than week
ago. altho receipts We're much larger.
The local slaughter was about 5000
more than last week. Another class
of cattle that was extremely hard to
sell consisted of the common light
steers that were not fat enough to
suit. Most of these We're considered
1925 cents lower than at the close OF
last week and were even lower in
price than week before last. Good
handy-weight steers around 1900 to
1850 lbs with quality enough to make
them attractive did not change great
deal during the week, tho 1t Is safe
to call most of them 10 cents low
er. The whole market was slow and
dull most of the week, and indications
are that it would be unwise to rush
In too many during the coming week
Hot weather would give buyers an ex-
cuse for not taking the heavy cattle
and the demand for the light weights
Is not especially extensive.
Hogs.
Hogs were strong to five higher
There was excellent demand for mixed
and heavy of good q$ality. The mar
ket closes with light grades lower
and heavy down 20 from last weeks
final figures.
sheep.
The sheep market closes at about
the same level of prices as a week ago
Altho demand has not been very active
it was nevertheless sufficient to absorb
all the offerings, which We're 5000 less
than the previous week.
In spite of the big reduction In, sup
plies this week packers have domin-
ated trade for the most part, and
>prices showed weak to 10c lower range
than one week ago, the fat handler
weights showing as much loss as the
heavier kinds Values for sheep showed
mostly Csc loss from the corresponding
week of last year, when the market was
booming one and prices were raised
ITO an exceptionally high level. Prime
heavy Kentucky ewes during that week
reached $6.35 and exporters paid $685.
for wethers.
A small lot of prime 155-lb native
ewes brought $500 today and the choice
Miller western ewes reached $5.65,
against $3.50 for stock of same feeding
the previous day and $5.75 earlier in
the week, Not enough wethers were
on hand to test prices, tho it would
have taken a fancy class of medium
weights to sell higher than $500.
Supply of year1ings was limited and
a string of fat grades with few
wethers included landed at $685.. VAL
ues for yearlings this week We're most
ly Csc higher.