Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-11
CATTLE 1O GO higher
REMARKABLE DEMAND FOR
PRIME STEERS PREsAcEs
BETTER FUTURE.
RANGE STEERS HIGHER,
BUTCHER CATTLE LOWER
Prices About Steady for Good Hogs,
While Packing Grade is in Poor De-
mand and Cents Lower for Week
Other Grades Close Week Higher
Sheep Also Advanced.

Chicago, Sept. 11.-Cattle were NOM
lnally steady. The demand for choice
to prime steers has been a feature of
the latter half of the current week
and betterment of prices has been SO
sharp and certain that there is little
doubt that prices are set for still high
er levels. Range steers are 1oa15
cents higher than last Saturday
market, some instances showing a gain
as high as % cents Butcher cattle
barely held their own on good sorts
and closed lower on medium and COM
mon.
The weeks receipts are considerably
| heavier than last week, but the in
crease has been in western rangers, OF
which about $4,000 have arrived. One
conspicuous phase of the week has
been marked scarcity of good to
choice natives fitting that end of the
market upward and registering the
highest prices of the year at $3.50 q
$50. Under the 7-cent line, however,
demand has not been as keen and the
cheaper grades of natives. selling be-
low the scent line look anywhere from
20 to 40 cents lower than last week,
they having encountered severe COM
petition from westerners. The run has
carried lot OF feeding stuff and the
countryward movement has been lib
eral
New high levels for the year to date
for good to choice steers we'll empha-
sized the keeen demand for finished
grades. Orders We're numerous enough
this week TO care for 90 per cent more
choice grades than arrived. Shippers
Went short on their demands for the
S1nS kinds and there was hottest COM
petition of the season between the out
siders and local killers Big advances
in wholesale prices for No l loins and
ribs this week we'll indicated the state
OF trade in respect to best classes OF
steers. and the conditions Present out
look. as viewed by the trade at large,
points to continued light marketings of
good TO choice beeves within the next
six weeks. and sellers generally feel
confident that still higher levels will
be established
Even tho heavy run of western
rangers was landed this week, the
.rade is not eXpectant of another big
supply next week In fact, present out
look for early days next week fayors
considerably smaller supplies of west
ems. Demand for the range beef has
shown liberal growth, and, altho
killers We're beariSh at the start this
week, their recent actions have evil
denced keen desire to get all the
westerns possible and big price gains
nave been in order compared with low
point. Present levels of prices for
westerns are about as high as any time
this season, and the scamper for rang
ers has naturally worked up the prices
for natives of the kind competing
against them However. the light, COM
mon grassy natives still hold at low
price basis. few of them of value be-
low 50 showing gains of late, despite
sharp advance for medium quality
steers.
Hogs.
Demand did not show much change
from the previous session and prices
We're about steady for good hogs.
While the packing grade was in light
request and down about 5 cents. Cen
orally packing hogs closed Is cents
higher than week ago, and choice
shipping about 1od15 cents better.
Sheep.
Ihe bulk of todays receipts came in
the western division and were practi-
CALL all lambs The tone was steady.
Sheep close the week 25d4O cents
higher, while lambs do not look any