Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-16
Live Stock Exchange members decided
to hold open market" here Monday,

Live STOCK Exchange members decldeQ
to hold open market" here Monday,
July 5.
Not long ago the trade came to the
conclusion that because the corn was
selling very high there were not many
choice beeves getting ready for mar
ket. However, in view of the very good
quality of marketings just now it must
be conceded that this conclusion was
not correct.
Mondays fairly active trade for the
strictly good to choice grades and
draggy, lower market for the common,
medium and pretty good kinds was in
dicative of the buying sentiment all
around. Even tho there is very
moderate supply of the short fed and
grassy kinds arriving the Indifferent
demand for them is quite suggestive
of probable sharply lower prices in
event that the receipts were at all
heavy.
Cattle trade still seems to lack that
keenness in demand which the sellers
have been hoping would materialize
this month.
With hogs at $500 and the prime
| steers at 1925 it appears that the
are too low or hogs too high.
Most of these high selling hogs were
following steers in the feed lot. Truly
the hog has proven the biggest money
maker.
Cattle exported from United States
in May totaled 14,52S, against 1908 in
May, 1908. Exports the eleven months
ending May 81 totaled 1924, against
292.o1O same period year ago, show
ing 114,2s6 decrease.
During May 1856 hogs and 2,OS4
sheep were exported from this country.
against 1854 hogs and $3.50 sheep in
May, 1908. Exports for eleven months
ending May 81 were 1880 hogs and
59.551 sheep. against 1928 hogs and
1858 sheep same period of 1907-190S.
Unless sheep receipts are liberal on
later days this week sellers will have
the upper hand and country shippers
Will benefit by marketing stuff eau
tiously.
A packer paid up to 5000 for prime
double of Indiana-fed shorn westerns
yesterday. the highest ever known in
the history of the yards for clippers.
Col Jap" Reynolds, manager of the
Dallas county poor farm, was here
with forty 'white-faces" averaging
1,SsS-lbs that sold at sos. He reports
corn-fed cattle scarce in Dallas coun-
ty and big crop of spring pigs.
| Jesse Trulock, the young. enterpris-
ing feeder of Coin, was on the cattle
market with one car of 1152-lb steers
of his own feeding that sold at se15
| Very few fat cattle left in his part OF
the country.
j. L. Jolly, the well-known feeder al
Abel. was here Monday with two car:
of 1SS3-lb steers that sold at $3.50. He
says if Chicago cattle buyers dom,
wake up pretty soon and pay feeders
enough for their cattle so they can get
their money back" that they can fig
ure on mighty small supplies of cattle
for the next six months. Feeders who
usually replace their fat cattle by put
ting in feeding steers are passing the
feeding game up this year and pastures
are being plowed UP everywhere
William Kellenburg popular farm
er and feeder at Greenfield, sent in two
cars of hogs which sold at $7S71h anG
$3.50.
T F.. MARYLAND, Nevada, was repre-.
sented in the auction with consign-
ment of eastern chunks that sold at
range of s17o to s202.5o. He reports
only small surplus of horses in Iowa
which are held by farmers at very high
prices Farmers are enlarging theil
acreage of cultivated land and art
using a larger number of horses IL
agricultural operations, which has ma.
terially reduced the surplus to suppl,
the city trade. Mr.. MARYLAND is of the
opinion that 1t will be several years
before horses fall below present prices
as farmers are the largest users o,
horses and agricultural development
for the next score of years promises
to be as rapid as production of horses
and there will be no cumbersome sur.
plus to sell to city consumers.