Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-22
STEER DEMAND GOOD
Shipping Orders We're Plentiful,
and Butcher Stock Was
Active and Strong
WEAK HOG MARKET OPENING
Good Shipping Demand Caused Prices
to Become Steady, However, and
Light. Were Scarce and Strong To-
day-sheep Receipts Too Heavy for
Needs Of Trade, Lambs Slow.
WEAK HOG MARKET OPENING

Chicago, April 22.-Cattle We're
steady on 81 liberal run. There was
good demand for steers shipping or
ders being plentiful. Butcher stock
was active and strong.
Shippers and exporters gave trade
good support all last week and on the
were good buyers, while packers also
took hold rather clleerfully these days.
Scarcity of strictly choice heavy
steers brought them into better favor
with slaughterers, but plain and me-
dunn to good handy weights still sell
best as against plain and medium
heavy classes. AS the weather warns
up public call for beef is mainly for
lighter cuts, and light and handy
weight steers thus come into better
favor with slaughterers.
tloas.
Heavy receipts resulted in weak
opening, but prices became steady on
good shipping demand. Lights were
scarce and strong.
Weight in hogs is a decided handi-
cap in market circles just now. Buyers
prefer something weighing less than
200 lbs because popular demand is for
light loins. At 800 lbs or more they
balk The hog capable of tipping the
scale at 400 lbs or better is absolutely
not wanted and an occasional load of
500-lb fat-backs has to beg bids. A
load of these showed up the other day
that had to sell at $662h after lying
around several days on rising mar
ket. buyers meanwhile clamoring for
stuff weighing 200 lbs or more. The
owner had been holding them for a
year or more with determination not
to cash in at less than cents. but he
never got the price Eastern shippers
are turning down big hogs because OF
loss OH account of rigorous federal in
spection. They say that light stun
rarely shows evidence Of tuberculosis
Infection. while the big fellows. no
matter how we'll they look on foot. are
cut down numerously. One New Eng
land buyer had 30 head cut down in a
single load recently and now refuses
to buy bunch OF big ones. no matter
how we'll they walk and eat.
Sheep.
Sheep were ten lower. receipts being
too heavy for the needs of the trade
Lambs We're steady butNslow.
There vas nothing the matter with
mutton trade last week. All the gam
made early in April has been held, and
little more put on. 1t has been a SEN
sational market. registering the high
est prices on lambs known to the his
tory of the trade. Colorados in the
wool have sold at sS.50@S.SO and are
closing 15@25c higher than last week
Sheep have been scarce and have reg
istereti even more gain. Chicago has
had liberal run, nearly $4,000 arriv-
ing. and that the market has been
able to absorb so much stuff at appre-
cations is surprise to everybody. The
six western markets report about 1So.-
Q00 CIR 5000 more than last week and
1000 less than year ago. The secret
of tne situation is that the east is bare.
Eastern butchers are forced to come to
Chicago to fill their orders and have
been active competitors with local
packers Shippers have taken $4,000.
ag:iir;s. $4,000 a year ago. and very few
of them have gone to feed lots, butch
ers getting the bulk.