Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04
WEEK END SHOWS GAINS OF 10
TO is CENTS FOR BETTER
GRADES.
BEST HOGS TOP MARKET
AT ss.s7la TODAY
Light Receipts Cause Shippers to
Hustle to Fill Orders and Advance in
Prices Ensues-Packfng Grades UP
10 cents-sheep Holding Their Own
and Are Higher in Spots.

Chicago, Sept. 4.-The cattle market
was nominally steady. The market for
steers improved a little this week on
the better classes, and gains of 10@15
cents for the period have been noted.
One lot of yearlings sold at $3.50, which
is the top. Demand for range steers
also has been good, and the better
grades of butchers are higher.
Compared with the close last week
strictly good to choice steers of value
above 1915 generally show 1905 cents
advance, but the trade quotes medium
to good natives, along with common
and fair short-fed and grassy kinds,
only on a level with last weeks prices,
in spite of decreased receipts,
Marketing for the five days this week
totals $1,000, against 56,769 a week ago
and 69416 a year ago, while there has
been included $4,000 western rangers,
against $4,000 rangers last week and
90 900 a year ago. Also the packers
have had 700 Texas cattle direct for
slaughter this week. Native supply has
thus totaled only $1,000. against A.
400 last week and $4,000 a year ago.
There have still been enough native
steers to fill demands, however, since
killers were only good buyers of the
kinds which had good flesh. Westerns
were preferred as against the Sc and
llower classes of native steers, and this
accounted for dull market for such
grades turnout the week in face of
good general demand for cattle of val
ue at S675m750 and higher.
Coolers are claimed to be we'll filled
with medium and lower priced beef
and this is reason for killers prejud-
ice against these kinds. There has
been a liberal volume of grassy and
short fed cattle marketed in the west
for several weeks, and the same has
| been true of Chicago arrivals. Killers
have thus been afforded liberal pur-
chases of such classes, along with the
moderate quota of rangers, and as the
range runs grow, which is expected to
materialize from now on, the trade is
! fearful of still further discrimination
against native steers lacking good
/ flesh.
/ On the other hand the apparent
shortag of strictly good to prime ma
tives forecasts strong prices for these
kinds. Proportion of 81 and higher
costing beeves this week has been
smaller than recently, and feed-lot in
dications point to still shorter sup
plies in coming weeks.
A rather liberal run is billed for
the. start Of the coming week. The
trade anticipates largest movement Of
western rangers of the season thus
far, and in event Of any very heavy
supply of grassy and medium natives
arriving prices for these classes should
again hit weak basis.
Hogs.
Hogs climbed again on a light run
Packers wanted hogs, and a good week.
end shipping demand caused shippers
20 hustle to fill orders. Best hogs sold
at ss.371s and the general market was
about cents higher tho some pack
ing grades showed 10 cents advance.
More energetic buying by packers is
attributed to the fact that killing OPP
era tions will be suspended on Labor
Day. Monday, Sept. 6. Packers were
anxious to accumulate sufficient sup
piles to carry them over the holiday
and daily purchases were quickly
slaughtered so that additional droves
could be amassed and butchered before
The run compared to actual arriv-
ais of 13,449 a week ago. brought the
total for the week thus far to little
over $4,000 head against ss,662 week
ago, S5,464 year ago and 101,397 two
years ago. Sales of mixed hogs were
made at s755@7.921a, with not many
desirable offerings clearing at lower
than $7.S5.
? Eleven markets received yesterday
, 1920 hogs, against 46,40O week age
and $4,000 a year ago. This made the
. total for the year to date 1905 ,O0(
, head, lacking only $1,000 head to bring
, the deficit, as compared to receipts fol
the same time in 1908, to 5000, 900 head
, Sheep.
Sheep and lambs were steady tn,
nominal. Lambs suffered price decline
the latter part of the week, but sheel
held their own and in some spots ar
higher.