Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-31
ADVANCE WAS ON THE BETTER
GRADES OF BUTCHER AND
HEAVY HOGS.
PRACTICALLY NO DEMAND
FOR PACKING GRADES
They Were Nominally Steady at the
Close of the Markets-Bie Packers
Were Not in Days Trade-cattIe Re-
ceipts Too Measer to Make a Market
Sheep Unchanged.

Chicago, July 31.-Cattle were NOM
inally steady, but fresh receipts We're
too meager to make a market
This week the good to choice kinds of
value ranging above $3.50 have gone
10000 higher than a week ago, most
of the advance being forced at the start
of the week and held later, even in face
of weakening market for medium
and common grassers and short-fed
kinds on Wednesday, when any change
for these showed a little lower levels.
Nominal prices for the kinds below
1925 are now quotable from barely
steady to 10 cents lower than a week
ago. and this, in face of a 25635 cent
advance in prices for the grass Texas
cattle this week, which latter kinds are
the direct competitors of grassy low
priced native steers.
Killers are dissatisfied with the
dressing percentages of the medium and
grassy natives. the Texans killing rel
atively better, and thus there is partial
ity shown toward that kind. However,
Texans, altho selling higher here all
week. We're lowered sharply at river
markets Thursday, and the trade is ex-
f'SSSeeA4t VI iiSsiNS 4SSClPlS IL oiii lAiC
southwest next week. which will effect
price breaks and have stronger price
weakening influence on the market for
the natives lacking good flesh.
All week the s5.oOd6.Oo steers have
been irregular sellers, but because of
the comparatively light supply sellers
We're able to hold prices from any very
severe break
Hogs.
Hogs closed strong, and generally
10 cents higher on the better grades
Of butcher and heavy hogs, which went
10 shippers but there was practically
no demand for packing grades, and
they finished nominany steady. Near
" al of the big packers virtually were
out of the trade
The fact develops that the big run
this week was a weather movement.
But for heavy rain the country would
have had no time to haul hogs to town
and country operators are buying them
no other way now.
Country shippers who could not fill
out a load last week have been able to
buy freely this week on that account.
The producers are not willing that
ioS pi ICES SllOuIQ drop GEAR out or
sight in a few days The country is
inclined to market hogs in a manner
which will prevent continued sharp
declines. Runs have been sharply de-
creased. Big hold-over stocks of hogs
in the yards were ordered held of the
market, and price rebound resulted
Sheep.
Only few odd lots of sheep and
lambs We're offered, and prices were
without change.
Compared with week ago declines
Of 25a50 cents have been recorded on
all killing stuff, while feeders have
maintained a strong tone and breeding
stuff has reached the highest point of
the year. Western yearling breeding
ewes of the right kind would prob
ably make $3.50. Yearlings have been
hit to the time of $1,000 cents. Choice
lambs are now worth s7.75 against
IS week ago, but the medium and
common kinds show losses of as much
as half-a- dollar Killing sheep have
been swatted hard, cents being about
the limit on western wethers altho
choice native wethers are quotable up
to 1925 and fat ewes as high, as a few
big ones are always needed for steam
boat trade.