Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-16
FEEBLE EFFORT TO CHECK FAIL.
LING PRICES PROVES ONLY
TEMPORARY.
BUYERS FORCE PRICES
OFF 10 TO IS CENTS
Not Sufficient Cattle Received to Make
Market-Prces Close Steady With
the Finish of the Previous Week.
Sheep Trade Severely Pounded Dur
ing tho Week.

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Trade for the week, after violent fuc-
tuations, closes nearly steady with the
finish of the previous week.
Market is closing with recovery OF
practically all of the Monday decline
for medium to good handy weights
shown There is, however. decline
of largely 10 cents in force for the good
to choice steers compared with the
close last week, and in some quarters
sellers considered these 10@15 cents
lower than a week ago. Buying inter-
ests. on the other hand, assert that
their killing steers show no approciable
decline in cost of the D:g steers late
this week. liberal fills considered.
Tone of the market has been quite
satisfactory since Wednesday, in spite
of the fairly liberal supplies this week.
The run in five days totals $4,000, quite
respectable volume as against meager
marketings week ago, when the five
days supply was only 2s,170, while
year ago the run stood at 42,e14.
Packer demand has been the main
reliance Of the sellers in boosting prices
from low notch of last Wednesday, al
tho eastern shippers contributed their
share of buying support, but the de-
mand from the east has favored good
to choice handy weights, while the
packers We're in the market for lib
eral quota of all classes, and since
Wednesday they have not SHE'D at pay
ing considerable advances for the kinds
ranging at s7.00@775 while, too, the
heavy steers have gone several norches
higher. bat this was due to scarcity OF
such kinds. Had there been a few
more of them on sale, con ditions doubt
less would have been different. There
is outlet for just a certain number of
the higher priced kinds. and when the
runs of such are at all liberal, as was
the case early this week down go the
prices.
Killers are endeavoring to work away
from high consumptive COST of beef by
supplying the market literally with the
medium priced stuff The situation
east is not favorable to big demand for
high priced beef. and as weather be-
comes warmer the light and handy
steers are bound to come into best
favor, a seasonable discrimination
against plain heavy grades in partic-
ular being likelihood in the next few
weeks,
hogs.
After one day Of feeble reaction
against the downward tendency, the
market again broke thru the restrain
ing forces plunged downward once
more. The liberal receipts were alto
gether too much for the needs Of the
trade, and buyers found it an easy task
to force OFF 1o@15 cents.
The five principal western markets
had around $1,000 or % per cent less
than year ago, While the five-day run
this week at these points is approx
mately $4,000. against 10000 last
week and 100000 a year ago.
w. L. Robson, the provision ex-
pert, back from the east says: tThe
east continues to talk about the high
cost of living and looks upon western
producers almost as criminals for
hoisting prices so high. The high
prices are daily and constant topics Of
conversation everywhere in the east
just as they were here for a very
brief time Immediately following the
governments agitation OF the matte.
some time ago. Distributors and the
smaller packers say that the demand
for meats has been curtailed fully one
half as the result of the higher prices
of the last few months and the uni
versal discussion Of them"
Sheep.
There was but a few odd lots on
hand, and they were disposed Of at Fri
days levels. Like cattle, the sheep
trade this week was severely pounded,
but the prices were retrieved.