Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-02
LIGHT WEIGHTS IN DEMAND 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 $7.15.

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
disposed of, but those that were still
unsolG We're slightly weaker, while
heavy and packing hogs were slow, and
finished 5 to 10 cents under the best
/ tive Of Yesterday, with some fair sorts
down as low as $50, making a 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 were around
$4,000 hogs a few less than last year.
The weeks run to date at these points
IS about $4,000, against 10000 last
week and $4,000 a year ago August
receipts are 44O,767. or 43,777 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
the runs it Will be to the packers in
terest to hold the market steady or to
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-
Siderably higher priced hogs. The
consumer has been very much in evil
dence and his wants have been grad
ually increasing. The domestic trade is
y;
lard has been quite active of late"
Cattle.
Cattle were slow. The offerings lack
ed quality and the shipping demand for
steers was unimportant. The bulk OF
western offerings was COW stuff. Whlch
went slowly at about steady prices
Killers are showing the grass stuff
from Nebraska and Kansas poor favor
now. claiming that this class of beef
kills out second best in comparison
With the rangers from the northwest,
which can be had relatively cheaper.
Numerous lots of the grass-fed stuff
from the Missouri river country have
beer. 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 to
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 $1,000 80 killed out even a
little higher than last Monday. but this
contention did not meet with a second
on the selling side.
Next Monday being Labor Day. and
the fact 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.
ard these have sold fully steady this
week, the choice stuff, in fact. making
firm rates, and. too, in spite of pretty
good sized crop Of warnings. 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 TO get rid of heavy beeves, but
depression in the trade for this class
Of cattle is not expected TO 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 We're steady.