Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-27
Demand For Better Natives and
Practically All OF Rangers
Market Afforded
STRONGER PRICES FOR HOGS
Early Trading Chiefly in Better Sorts
of Animals, Shippers Giving Good
Support for Class Suitable for Their
Needs-Lower Sheep Receipts, But
Shipping Demand Tame.

Chicago, Aug. 27-Cattle receipts
were light, and demand was active. Ma
tive and range steers were generally
loo higher than the level last session,
the demand being for better grades of
natives, and for practically all OF the
rangers that the market afforded.
Chief interest of shippers was toward
the better grade heavy steers and fat
yearlings, and packers, too, were freest
bidders for such kinds, but still there
was rather healthy tone to, the trade
for anything which had claim to good
killing quality. Yearlings particularly
met keen demand. and not enough of
the best classes were here 10 fill or
ders. Competition from exporters was
slim, but brisk demand on this ac-
count was not required to effect sat
isfactory market, since packers and
shippers had need for about everything
on the list Low prices abroad have cut
down the export demand to slim vol
ume and there is little expectation of
recovery until the situation at Liver
pool and London shows to better ad-
vantage.
Hogs.
Receipts were light, and prices were
stronger Shippers gave good support
to the market for the class of animals
suitable to their needs Offerings ran
mostly to common sort of butchers and
mixed hogs, and the early trading was
chiefly in the better sorts of animals.
The range between common grass
ers and good cornfed hogs is still
wider than earlier in the week, making
it very unsatisfactory work for sales
men to please themselves, let alone
satisfying the country shipper. Buyers
are discriminating against green and
common offerings. making it necessary
for country shippers to get good, wide
margins, especially where hogs show
grass
Lack of orders is common COM
plant on the mid-week market ana
when it is accomplished by a liberal
sprinkling of the kind of hogs shippers
would have taken had they been IN
the market to any considerable extent,
the good ones get whatever adversely
is in circulation. The half week run
in the west shows some diminution.
Since grassy stuff acquired such jag
of unpopularity shippers are forward
ing less of it and there is prospect
that the accumulation will be wiped
out before the end of the week. The
weak phase of the trade at present
is a contracted eastern demand which
throws good hogs into the laps OF
local buyers and eliminates competi-
ton to some extent.
Sheep
Sheep receipts were cut down for the
first time this week. Demand from
packers has been regulated largely by
the excess of receipts this week. every
report of liberal runs being taken by
the killers as a signal for hammering
the market Shipping demand was
tame, but values were steady.
The runs are beginning to include
western sheep. These were held back
last summer because prices seemed to
Justify it or because the panic made
it imperative, and are being cashed
in at much lower prices now, altho the
grower has the proceeds of the clip to
his credit. 1t is evident, however, that
a lot of yearlng stuff will be mar
keted between now and the time snow
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