Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-02
Cattle PRICES LOWER
offerings Liberal, Tryde Slow,
and Most Grades Weak to
Five Lower
HOGS WEAK T9 TEN LOWER
HOGS WEAK T9( TEN LowE'
The Days Receipts Were Not Heavy,
But Shipping Demand Lacked
Strength s''d Packers We're Slow
to Take 1fo'd : Lambs Weak But
Sheep stgady, Tho Trade Was Slow.

Chicago, Sept. Cattle demand was
tame. Offerings were liberal and trade
was SLOW, with most grades weak to
sc loXver
Attic above the western competition
have been selling better lately and
MANY of the good steers are soc high
err than week before last. AS the sea-
sSn advances the supply is getting
Fighter of the long-fed steers and most
}stocllmen report u decided scarcity in
their localities, and many say there are
positively no more choice steers to
come. 1t is "a big country, however.
and it is always possible to scrape up
a few.
Buyers were looking for a few fat
cattle and admitted that they would
have paid strong prices for the right
kind. They bought the rangers freely
and were not able to find anything
good in that department..
togs.
Hogs were weak to 10c lower. Re-
ceipts We're not heavy, but shipping
demand lacked strength, and packers
were slow to take hold.
Packers are facing the certainty
that they will have to use lot of
common hogs for several months to
come and might as well accept 1T as
an inevitable condition. They may
break the market, as they did recent
ly, and stop hogs from coming, but
that does not improve quality or in
crease total supply. Weather is not
suited TO profitable shipping opera
lions, country buyers have been over
the bumps" and bulge under such
conditions is not such a strong incen-
tive to order cars as usual.
Provisions have moved upward with
hogs and the fact has been evident
that packers are showing a more
friendly feeling to the provision mar
ket Liquidation of September and
October product has been thorough.
There seems, however, to be an in
creased interest shown toward Janu-
airy product. and foreign demand for
lard has been excellent.
The average weight of hogs received
at Chicago last month was but 224 lbs,
against $50 lbs a year ago. This means
an aggregate weight of only 105,022.400
lbs, against 127,712.75O lbs of live hogs
a year ago. Approximately so per
cent of these weights represent prod
uct. The average was the lightest for
August on record.
Sheep.
Receipts were again liberal, lambs
predominating. They We're weak.
Sheep were steady, but the trade was
slow.
August receipts of sheep were heavy,
official figures showing gain of 49,
$50 over the same month last year. AS
the proportion of feeding stuff was
light and shipping demand on killing,
account lacking, owing to a heavy run
of southern stuff thru Ohio river
points, killers had to take an unusual
number and prices suffered. Shipments
were 1875 less than year ago, but
the figures would have been reversed
had feeders been able to secure all they
needed. In eight months receipts are
only 52,363 less than last year despite
the big deficiency in supply during the
feeding season, while the shipping out
let has absorbed 137027 more than
during that time last year.
The market has been put over some
hard bumps during the month just
closed. AT the opening, the &c lamb
was quotable and straight loads of ma
tives were put over at $6.75. During
the month periods of decentralization
occurred, when &c was barely quotable
for the best lambs that walked and
medium natives were unsuitable. The
strengthy feature of the trade all
month was in feeders of all kinds, de-
.mand being insistent and supply Woe
fully deficient Breaks in killing stuff
were never reflected in prices of feed
ers, which held steady to strong all
thru.