Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-19
PRIME CATTLE EXCEPTED, MA
TIVE STEER MARKET DOWN
GENERALLY 10 CENTS.
NATIVE BUTCHER STUFF
SUFFERS SAME DECLINE
Hogs Opened Steady But Tone Only
Temporary, Buyers in Position to
Dictate Prices-Most Sellers Admit.
ted Reductions Of is to 25-sheep
and Lambs Steady and In Demand

Chicago Oct 19.-Wi.h the exception
of prime cattle the native steer mar
ket was weak and down generally 10
cents from yesterday. A number of
good cattle ranged from $50 to $3.50
and some were held at little higher
figure. Native butcher stuff was slow
and week. and mostly 10 cents lower.
Market is holding in pretty fair
shape in consideration of big genera.
receipts. Failure of the buyers to hit
the good to choice natives hard swat
vest erday was significant of liberal
demand for high grade beef. The lat-
ter classes were relatively scarce
among arrivals then, and While some
Of the $7.5OM7.75 kinds went little
lower than top notch prices of last
Friday they showed little change from
last Thursdays level. and in the case
of choice grade yearlings these were
fully steady Decline of 10M20 cents
was for the common. plain and medium
to good killers and shipping grades in
conjunction with a like break for west
ern was logical, but even tho the de-
mand held up remarkably we'll in Mon
day some new price-cutting stunts are
apt to be shown tomorrow and later
this week in event that the corn-be1t
feeders continue to show anxiety to
cut loose TOO literally with the half
finished steers which classes come In
direct competition with western rang
ers. In recent weeks the western quail
ity has shown improvement. while
natives are coming poorer. and favor
itism shown westerns and the choicest
natives can only be expected under
these conditions.
Hogs.
Hogs opened steady but the steady
tone was only temporary, buyers soon
being in position to buy almost at
their own prices. A top of $3.50 was
paid early but later s945 was the fig
ure. Most sellers called prices Is to
% cents lower. with spots Of even
greater reductions.
The advance has been very pro-
nounced in the department of light
hogs during the past week and prices
show a gain of 4O@50 cents for that
class Heavy hogs. on the other hand
have been somewhat neglected by the
big packers and have failed to make
as much gain as the lighter weights.
The result is that prices between the
best light and the common heavy show
range Oh pTdCtlCdlly SI AtullQi CI.
Shipping orders have been quite strong
thus far this week, indicating that there
is broad consumption OF the product
in the east-even at the high prices.
With bacon retailing at SO cents
pound. packers are able to get rid of
their holdings at quite a good profit.
but they are not anxious to load up
with any more material than they can
see ready outlet for There was a
pretty good cleanup of hogs yester-
day. showing that the demand is quite
sufficient to take the moderate Offer
ings at the prices. Most traders on
the selling side do not look for a large
supply Of hogs for some time to come.
Sheep.
Live nauttons We're steady. The de-
mand for good killers was fairly ac-
tive. Ma tive lam BIS made 81 and best
westerns 1915. Fat sheep sold gen.
orally at 81 to 1926.