Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-30
WEEK CLOSES WITH PRIME
GRADES AT HIGH PRICES OF
THE SEASON.
HOGS STEADY DESPITE
HEAVY SATURDAY RECEIPTS
Top Price For Hogs For the Day Was
$9-Sheep and Lambs Slow and De-
mand Tame-cattle Market Except
For Best in an Unsettled Condition
Quotations at Leading Markets.

Chicago. Oct. 30.-Receipts of hogs
were heavier than usual for Saturday,
but prices ruled steady. Top price to-
day was 49,
Strength in provisions at this juno
ture is remarkable. Interior packers
in the west are getting 12a4 cents and
over for their current make of loose
lard from their home retail and baker
trade, as fast as they make it out of |
the hogs they slaughter Domestic de-
mand for pure and prime steam lard
has been excellent, the only laggard
being foreign demand, and, as there
is no surplus anywhere in the pro-
ducing states, nor in the east, special |
lists can not see any chance of any
lower values for this article in the next |
two months to come, unless an IN !
crease in receipts of hogs occurs and
quality becomes better The fat situ-
alton is certainly a serious one. as
there is shortage in the cotton crop, |
which will make cotton seed oil very
much higher TO the consumer. Edible
fats are pointing TO a higher level all
over the world.
Cattle.
The cattle market today was NOM
inal, and on the close of the week
toppy steers showed the high figure of
500 For fair TO good steers s6.75@
SIS vas asked.
Marketings this week have been quite
moderate as compared with a week ago.
For the five days totals stand at $4,000,
4 against S3,924 a week ago and $3.50 a
wear ago, while there has been included
21 200 western rangers, comparing with
81 600 week ago and 1000 a year ago.
The trade has been the most cratic
and uneven of the season, and this is
saying a good deal in view of the I'M
even markets in recent weeks. F'ortu-
nately this week, however, there have
been sales as unevenly higher as COM
pared with a week ago as they We're
: unevenly lower then. Due to scarcity
of good killing steers the buyers at the
start this week We're forced to pay
prices in some cases nearly as high as
We're current for the same classes &c
week before. In other words, sales at
soc advance on last weeks closing
were not infrequent and in some cases
even greater gains were made How
ever these biggest price advances We're
the exceptions rather than the rule
and as exceptions they did not prove a
market criterion. For a. long time the
trade has been in a considerably I'M
settled state as regards prices for one
grade of steers as compared With an
: other. A slight difference in quality
s makes a big difference in price. Also
n variance of buyers views as regards
n the value of drove of steers Often
j in recent weeks buyers bids have
: ranged 50ds1 apart for the same drove
n of steers, which furnishes a pretty
D good Indication of the uncertainty of
: judgment of values at present, but
u While it is hard matter for the mar
: -ket traders to determine values, it is
II even harder for the country operators
After the westerns are no longer d
= strong factor in competition with ma
:. tives the grade looks for settling down
of the uneveness now current in the
market. and then it will be again E
fairly easy matter TO determine with
some degree of accuracy the value of
is drove of steers, as against guessworl
.. now. in the market for other thai
u choice 10 prime heavy grades.
is Warnings have gone TO the countr.
in the past two days advising agains
excessive shipments for next Monday
market. but in spite of advices tn
trade is inclined to look for a heav
- supply probably above 10000. Their
~ are in sight 5000 to 5000 western rang
~ ers, which will likely prove the las
=. liberal one days marketings from tn
- northwest, and in event that $4,000 ma
" ives are landed, together with the west
ems, sellers fear that things will agai
80 go hard with them, unless an unex
az pectedly strong and broad demand de
;, velops in killers quarters.
-. Sheep.
-, Sheep and lambs We're slow toda
- and demand was tame.