Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-06
PRICES GENERALLY STEADY
WITH STRENGTH IN EARLY
SALES OF BUTCHER CATTLE.
HOG PRICES HIGHER
ON BETTER GRADES
Advance Of Five to Ten Shown in This
class-Good Lights Strongest and
Easiest of Sale, With Prime Heavy
and Butchers Showing Least Ad-
vance-sheep Steady.

Chicago, Aug. 6.-Cattle-Offer1n
were light with but one load of first
class steers on sale. Prices were gen.
orally steady, altho some early sales
of butcher cattle were called a little
stronger than at the low times yes
terday Packers bought only few
good cows, and scalpers were we'll filled
up.
All around there is heard no par
ticular complaint against beef trade.
The situation is holding in pretty good
shape as far as killers are concerned.
Outlet is fairly good, broad enough at
least to clear moderate cattle market
ing at all points, and of late it has
seemed that killers chief aims in the
trade have been exerted in holding
down the prices for medium and lower
priced steers in expectation of more
liberal receipts of western rangers in
the next two weeks. Were the medium
natives to enjoy a price rise the ex-
pected big influx of range cattle would
be started on higher price basis than
killers would appreciate and hence
their keen desire to hold down the
market for natives.
AS regards the strictly choice kinds,
the holding down process has not been
much of a success. AS the season adj
vances and there is a growing short
age of strictly choice beeves the de-
mand for them picks UP a little, and
this week particularly the demand for
the top kinds was very keen in wide
contrast to the situation two weeks
ago, when these We're relatively poor
est sellers. The trade is not apprehen-
sive of declines for choice beeves,
either yearlings or heavy weights, but
on the other hand looks to the future
to establish even higher prices than
now current
Hogs were strong, and prices were
| @1O cents higher on better grades
Prime heavy and butcher hogs showed
the least advance, good lights being
! strongest and easiest of sale.
The first four days of this week elev-
en- markets received only $4,000, OF
$4,000 less than week ago, Ill, O0t
less than a year ago 115,000 less than
two years ago. Chicago's total thus fan
this week decreased 4S,300 compared
with a week ago and 42,700 compared
with year ago.
From Jan. 1, 1909, to date eleven
markets received 14,771,000 hogs, OF
1888, 900 less than arrived same periot
a wear ago and $4,000 less than two
Years ago
Stocks of meats (hog products) a:
Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, St. Jos
ieph and Milwaukee show total o.
220,132.000 pounds Aug. 1, against 279,-
100000 pounds a year yago and 1885,.
o94,OoO pounds two years ago. The de.
crease during July was the largest o:
the last four years and aggregated 81
013,o0o pounds, as against 37,053,OOt
pounds in July last year and 7,O96,00t
pounds in July, 1907.
Sheep.
Sheep were steady, with not mucl
. higher, and western also showed
hinger, and westerns also showed
good advance.
: Irregularity is still a marked featur
of live mutton trade. While the full
fifty-eight varieties of market can no
I.be detected, it is an irregular affair
Supply has been light this week, ant
there has been a decided paucity o
, Igood lambs, but a superabundance o
. coarse, bucky stuff that has kept 1t
self in poor flesh, chasing ewes owe
, pastures and is in anything but de
sirable condition for butchering TIL
, proposition Of fat, wether lambs 1
small, and buyers take them wit
! avidity.
Native breeding ewes have had
so cent decline this week, the sout
having slackened its pace, but wester
ewes, especially yearlings, have bee
very scarce and the latter, If availabl,
would sell as high as ever.