Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-02
LIGHT WEIGHTS IN DEMAND AT
OUTSET AND STEADY AT
THURSDAYS PRICES.
SOME HEAVY SORTS
81 UNDER TOP GETTERs
Cattle Were Slow, Offerings Lacked
Quality and Shipping Demand for
Steers Was Unimportant, Bulk of
Westerns Cow Stuff - Lambs Had
Good Tone Early, Natives at S7.15.

Chicago, Sept. Eight hogs were
in demand at the outset, and sold up
steady with the prices of the previous
day The close found most of them
dis posed OF, but those that were still
unso1e We're slightly weaker while
heavy and packing hogs We're slow, and
finished to 10 cents under the best
tic,e Of Yesterday. with some fair sorts
doWr as low as $50, making range
Of 81 between these animals and the
top getters.
Fresh supply Thursday estimated at
$4,000. was not heavy. but there was
a stale stock of 6,544, and that was
burdensome. At the five principal
western markets there We're around
"a. 900 hogs few less than last year.
The weeks run to date at these points
5 about $4,000 against 10000 last
week and $4,000 a year ago. August
receipts are 440.767 or 43.717 more than
last year While shipments are 109.593
or 1923 more than last year.
Regarding provisions, Scwabacher
said: The hog situation has been a
great factor in provisions of late and
unless we should get an increase in
lIla runs II w III De 70 tIie peiNhci IN
terest TO hold the market steady or 70
have a gradual advance, as values are
reasonably cheap compared TO present
live hog values. Besides all product in
The cellars has been made OUT of con-
Sitierably higher priced hogs. The
consumer has been very much in evil
dAnce and his wants have been grad
uallv increasing. The domestic trade is
excellent. while the export trade for
1ard has been quite active of late.
Cattle.
Cattle were slow. The offerings lack
ed quality and the shipping demand Tor
steers was uninportant. The bulk OF
western offerings was COW stuff. Which
went slowly al about steady prices
KILLERS are showing the grass stuff
from Nebraska and Kansas poor favor
now. claiming that this class OF oeef
kills out second best in comparison
Nth the rangers from the northwest,
which can be had relatively cheaper
Numerous lots OF the CRASHED stuff
from the Missouri river country have
bee, here this week and the market for
them has been in mean shape, partly
due TO the fact that western points
have had excessive supplies of that
class of steers, and prices there have
broken rather hard.
Shippers have given the trade rea-
sonably good support this week, but
the fact that the supply of good 10
choice heavy steers has piled up to an
unusual number admitted Of the buy
ers working the big weights TO a great
er decline than the fat handy and me-
dunn weight steers. The latter, where
OF good quality, are not much changed
from last week, and some Of the buyers
claimed that the Wednesday purchases
around s7o0G7.5o killed out even a
little higher than last Monday, but this
contention did not meet with second
on the selling side.
Next Monday being Labor Day, and
the fac. that practically all the packing
houses viii be closed on that day. it is
important TO hold receipts down to
comparatively small proportions.
Yearlings. on the other hand, are
meeting a right good general demand
and these have sold fully steady this
week. The choice stuff, in fact, making
firm ra res, and, too, in spite of a pretty
good sized crop Of yearlings. Reason
for this good selling is apparent be-
cause OF consumers favor for good
quality light beef cuts as against the
big carcasses Retailers find it diff
cult 70 get rid Of heavy beeves, but
depression in the trade for this class
Of cattle IS not expected 10 be- lasting
Sheep.
Lambs had good tone early, natives
selling 70 a local buyer as high as s715,
equalling the late top of yesterday but
toward the finish the market eased off
Sheep were steady.