Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-05
.CAI1LE ABOUT STEADY
Fairly Strong Tone Shown in
Steer Market Greater Part
Of Week
HOG TRADE MUCH UNSETTLED
There Was Little Actual Trading Done
Early, and Market Closed Slow and
Weak-strone, Active Demand For
Lambs, This Week, But Sheep Prices
Have Been Irregular.

| Chicago, Dec. Seattle were nom
| inaly steady. Receipts were only boV
and no business of any Importance was
transacted. A fairly strong tone has
been shown in the steer market the
greater part of the week, with some
records of good advances. The most
noticeable thing about the market,
however, has been the Improvement IN
the price and position of undergiade
and fairly good sorts of steers.
Sharp and uneven advances have
been scored this week in prices for
these grades, general gain on last
weeks closing being noted at 15m35c,
but there were instances OF consider
ably greater advance in the THURSDAY
market This big up-shoot in prices
has been chiefly for the steers which
have sold at s5.0066.OO and up to $3.50,
but in the past two days some of value
up to $500 have gone 15M25c higher
than late last week, but the choice
heavy steers and also prime kinds have
not shown much change from week
ago.
BUYERS have not executed many urg-
ent orders for Christmas beeves in the
open market. having reserved these for
the auction sale of show cattle, where
they established new average price
of $500 for fifty-three loads, the aver
age excluding one load of heifers, and
the three loads of steers in the short
fed special" class being 1912. Thus the
open market for prime beeves has not
been especially strong, and in fact the
prices were no better than last Week
In the coming week there should be
a very good demand for prime beeNes
None IF the big local concerns bought
extena.vely in the auction ring yester-
DAY. and some of the eastern shippers
also went shy in buying. These buy
ers anticipate liberal orders for prime
beeves next week and the prices should
be very satisfactory. With the plain
and medium to good grades, however,
the situation as regards the immediate
future is not such as warrants expect
ancy of continued strong prices and
very liberal increase on marketing this
week is likely to force the prices down.
ward. since the keenest demand will
in all probability be noted for the
choice to prime grades in contrast to
the conditions governing the market
this week.
Hogs.
Trade was much like that of the pre-
vious session, very unsettled. There
was little actual trading done early
The market closed slow and weak.
The market closed slow and weak
Prices were unchanged.
Patrick Cudahy of Milwaukee, and
conceded to be one of the best-posted
packers of the west, not only indorses
J. Ogden Armour's view that there VIII
be plenty of hogs for sale this year at
sc and lower, but believes that packers;
will get tired of paying that price for
them and will buy their cheapest hogs
at the end of the season. have never
known the English trade so dull as it
is now" said he yesterday. "They are
buying only 10000 boxes of bacon
week now, whereas. when conditions
are normal there and the worllmen en-
ployed their weekly purchases run up
to 10000 boxes The hogs that are
coming to market now are getting
heavier all the time and are of better
quality and the cellars are filling up
with product. There is a loss of soc
per hog in packing today"
Sheep.
There has been strong, active de-
mand for lambs. the greater part of
the week, tho some sheep prices have
been irregular.