Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-14
TRADE HELD TO LEVELS OF
THURSDAY BUT NO EXCITE.
MENT AMONG BUYERS.
DEMAND FOR YEARLINGS
WEEKS CHIEF FEATURE
Prices 10 to is Higher Than Last
Weeks Finish-Lisht Hogs Sold
Steady But Were Exception on Dull,
Weak NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hammered
Prices Down to IS.

Chicago, Oct. 14-The cattle trade
held to levels OF the prev ious day but
there was nothing TO excite buyers. and
the market moved slowly The chief
feature of trade during the week has
been an active demand for yearling
steers and heifers. Sellers figure that
better sorts of animals are 10 TO 10
higher than at the finish last week
In the fac; that four days receipts
this week total 1880. against 61lo0 a
week ago and 7o.S64 year ago. the
action of native steer trade of late has
been Very satisfactory and reflects a
iconsidera bly, improved situation in con-
Sumptive channels. After last weeks big
price advance traders were inclined TO
,ook for a serious setback this week in
event Of liberal marketings. but the
opposite has occurred good to choice
native steers now being quotable on a
hasis 1905 cents higher than the close
last week. and these are showing large
" 500 so cents advance OF low spot two
weeks ago. The pretty good kinds OF
native killers cashed around $3.50
100 however. are showing only about
steady oasis as against a week ago
While common and medium killers have
been lowered largely 10 cents from last
weeks closing but in the fact that
these came in competition with the
biggest run of western rangers here
thus far in the season the demand
shows unusual breadth, good evidence
that conditions in beef trade are fairly
to the liking of the killers.
The trade this week has had a big
pile Of yearlings. and anything of that
class which showed good 70 choice quail
ty has gone at strong and higher
prices While even the medium and
plain yearlings hold steady. Demand
for yearling beef is showing breadth.
not only IN local quarters but also in
the east This is a fortunate circum-
stance at this time. since yearlings
have been marketed more freely in the
last two weeks than in long time pre-
vious.
Only about 10000 native cattle have
been here in the four days this week
and this quite moderate run. following
last weeks big price jump. testfes TO a
serene situation in the corn belt, where
liquidation is no longer factor. The
native stuff is being n1oved-in moder
ation-since It is a period Of heavy
runs pI w l-I II Angels, anu ZIG Idllt-
are bound to come freely from now on
as long as weather holds good in the
northwest Were more cars available
a considerably bigger western range
run would be noted and in this con-
nection the corn belt shippers are ex-
hibiting good judgment IN not over
crowding the market with natives
Repetition of moderate native runs
l. to- good .ir ~,
alton now in force can be maintained
only under moderate runs. since killers
are not finding any big growth in the
demand for beef. and a fair quota of
the present-d day purchases necessarily
are going into the coolers for future
use.
Hogs.
Light hogs We're bought at steady
prices. but they were the exception on
a dull and weak market. for the pack
ers were bearish and used hammers
to drive prices downward. Packers and
mixed grades We're unevenly lower,
soma selling al only cents decline.
while others were as much as 10 lower.
While receipts for the week thus far
show a reduction of about 5000, there
has been a falling off IN shipments Of
nearly the same amount. SO that pack
ers secured practically the same num-
her Of hogs as last week. Packers are
doing as little business as they pos
siblv can TO fill their immediate needs,
hoping that by the time the winter
packing season opens there will be
enough hogs to give them an oppor-
tunity to lower prices. Those on the
selling side of the market, however, do
rot anticipate liberal run OF hogs I'M
Iii late in the year. and so the gen.
eral forecast is for a high level of prices
for some time to come.
Sheep.
Fat sheep were good sellers and with
lambs brought strong values.