Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-30
sTEED VALUES LOWER.
Prices at Chicago Market Closed 25@
40 Cents Lower Than tho
Maxi Rafnra

Stock Yards, Chicago, Aug. 90
Killers hit native steer values a hard
jolt in the past week. while they were
compelled to pay higher for western
native steers closed 25@40c lower than
a@week ago, and the choice to prime
grades We're 25c lower, although these
went steady at the outset. Range steers
closed 15@25c higher than week ago,
and at top point Of the season in spite
OF liberal receipts Of 1880, a gain Of
5000 on the week before. High prices
for natives the week previous and
consequent stiff retail rates put a
check on beef demand and packers
bear campaign was mainly for the pur-
pose of renewing activity in the con-
sunptive channels. Prime steers top
ped at $3.50, same as the week before
and Csc higher than year ago. A lib
eral crop made SS@S35 during the
week. While bulk of medium to good
corn fed natives sold at $6.65m7.5O and
lower. Feeder buyers took out big
crop of thin steers, paying 15@25c ad-
vance on the week before. Many of the
purchasers We're by PENNSYLVANIA and
West Virginia farmers.
Native she stock scored 15@25c adj
vance on keen packer demand, while
there was also a broad shipping in
heifers topped at 81 and fat beef cows
went alrgely at $4.25@5. Calves closed
at $50 soc higher, choice vealers selling
at $9@9.25. Prices had the following
range:
Choice to fancy steers ..$740@S.35
Medium to good steers j. =. 6.35@7.30
Inferior to fair steers 49,. 5.O0@6.25
Eat cows and heifers 3.65@7.00
Canning cows and heifers 2156325
Native bulls and stays 3.2565.10
Feeding cattle 60O@1,100 lbs 350@6.00
Fair to fancy veal calves ;. s.60@9.25
Heavy calves -. -. ...... 3.50@5.25
Export steers ........ 6.50@7.35
Western range steers ...... 4.60@7.25
Distillery steers J. ..... 7.O0@7.90
Mixers, springers. head ;. .30.O0@65.00
Lambs Show Advance.
Stock Yards, Chicago, Aug. 20
Closing prices for fat lambs were
steady with the previous weeks finish,
while lambs showed 1O@25c gain.
Feeding sheep and lambs were strong
throughout Quality was. fair but prime
kinds were never plentiful. Feeding
demand was urgent and this helped the
market considerably. Range wethers
made $3.s0@4.65, with ewes at $3.50
4.25, while yearlings made $5.35@5.65
and yearling breeding ewes sold at
$6@6.10. Feeding wethers landed at
$4.25 down, with ewes at $2.8O@3.5O
and breeders at $425@5 while yearl-
ings sold at $5@5.6O. Native ewes sold
at $5@O5.60. Native ewes sold at $3.75@
4.75, bulk around 1925, with culls down
to 81. Odd wethers made $4.3564.5O
and most bucks sold at $3@3.25. Native
lambs sold at 1907. bulk s6.25@6.75.
Rangers landed at $6@695 with feed
ers at $3.50 down. bulk around 1915.
Quotations follow
Range wethers. plain to
prime 80. >. -. ~. s4.00@4.65
Fed wethers. plain to best. 4.IO@4.5O
Yearlings, fair to choice ~. 5.OO65.65
Ewes, common to best =. -. 3.75@4.40
Breeding ewes, all ages. ;. 4.25@6.10
Bucks and Gull sheep !. -. 2.5O@35O
Native lambs, poor to best. 6.0067 90
Range lambs, common to
prime ~. =. ...... 6.7o@s.s5
Lambs, seconds -. ..... 80. 4.25@5.75
Feeding lambs, all kinds 6.25@685
Chicago Butter and Egg Market.
Chicago. Aug. 9.---Butter-Market--
Market steady: creameries, 241a @2sc.;
diaries. 25@27c.
EGGS-Market easy; receipts. TO-
700 cases: at mark, cases included. IA