Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-01
HOG MARKET WEAK
HEAVY PACKING GRADES DE-
CLlNED TO 10 CENTS FROM
WEDNESDAYS HIGH.
EVEN LIGHTS WERE LESS
ACTIVE AND TONE WEAK
Cattle Were Slow But Prices Kept
About. Steady, Any Changes Lean
ing Toward Declines, Quality Being
Laokins-Lambs and Western Sheep
Strong and Active at Advances.

Chicago, Sept. Hogs closed weak
on heavy packing grades, some show
ing declines of to 10 cents compared
with the high time yesterday. Even
lights We're less active and after first
buying by scalpers and shippers. there
was 4 rather weak tone to this grade
also. The top was $3.50
Receipts of hogs We're several thous-
and below expectations. but quality
was iderably better than yester-
days offerings. The market opened
strong and sales We're unevenly higher
than yesterdays best time, most of the
droves costing around 10 cents more
than on Wednesday, One packing
drove of prime heavy avera ging around
29o pounds cost s9.03. but they were
much better than a drove bought yes
terdaY by the same concern at sS.S1,
aVera ging 2S4 pounds. Packers neglect
Cd big heavy ghts late in the day,
s;ill only $500. Including pen holders,
We're carried over Armour bought L.
500 late in the day and had in 1000 di-
raci from s.. Paul. Cudahy Bros. of
Milwaukee bought over 1000 This
fact and a good shipping demand
strengthened the market early
Cattle.
Cattle We're slow but prices were
about steady, altho any changes We're
on the side OF declines. Quality was
lacking, nothing as high as IS being
shown. Western cattle were steady.
with the quality of medium sort best
offerings. reaching s5.55.
Liberal supplies at western markets
again today naturally had some effect
in adding weaker tone to the local
trade, but the fact that it was the big
steers which showed most weakness
could not be laid 70 the big runs west,
where the bulk of steers comprised
light killers and liberal quota of feed
ing stuff
1t was a slow deal all around in
starting. The killers We're out 10 get
purchases of all grades at q little lower
level Of prices and bid accordingly in
the first rounds but sellers held on for
a steady price basis and finally sue
ceeded in esta blishing a trading basis
on this level for bulk of the s650G 725
steers The higher priced kinds We're
the meanest movers from the outset.
ana as the Gay advanced tnere was no
bettertnent in the demand for these
classes Good quality handyweight
steers of value at 1925 q 80 and higher
did not show material change, but the
buyers We're dead set against weight
and where they found 1.40o to 1900
pound and heavier kinds put the screws
down on these. The bearish disposition
was shown all around and thus sellers
in passing up the first bids did not
benefit much later when they came to
cash their holdings.
Shippers bought moderately well
once they got under way, but having
effected a weaker market for heavy
steers il was rather hard for them to
begin paying steady prices for the me-
dunn and handy weights of good quail
lily. altho the practice wore on them
as We'll $ the packers, before many had
been cashed, and sellers found 1t a
much more decent market for the good
handy-weight steers than heavy kinds
worth 50d75 cents more per hundred
weight.
Sheep.
Lambs were strong, natives selling
up to $40 and it was expected that
westerns would reach the 81 mark.
Sheep also were strong, choice western
wethers topping at $40.