Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-30
CHOICE BUTCHER AND HEAVlES
HAD EASY SAILING At AD.
VANCE OF TO 10.
PACKERS GOT HEAVY
MIXED 10 LOWER LATER
Cattle Were Steady and in Good De-
mand Where Quality Was Good -
at Start But Market Weakened and
Broke 10 to IS.

Chicago. Aug 3o.-Light hogs and
choice butcher and heavy hogs had
easy sailing early and prices We're
boosted to 10 cents, with prime lights
going over the scales at $3.50. Packers
in the last round were able to buy
heavy mixed at declines of to 10
cents.
Eleven markets received as many
hogs today as arrived a week ago, or
81 600 showing 1900 decrease compar-
ed with a year ago ard $500 decrease
compared with two years ago. Chica-
go's total increased 1000 over a week
ago and decreased 5000 compared with
a year ago Kansas City had 1000
more than a week ago and 1000 less
than a year ago. Omaha received L.
600 less than a week ago and few
hundred less than year ago. st. Louis
reported 1000 less than a week ago
and that many more than year ago
While ChicagoS receipts of hogs are
running below the average of other
years for this season of the year. the
average weight is steadily increasing
The 90166 received here last week av-
eraged 257 pounds being the heaviest
weeks average in over seven years, or
since September, 1903. There was
gain of three pounds compared with
previous week, twenty-three pounds
compared With a year ago and thirty
four pounds compared with two years
ago. standing eighteen pounds heavier
than the siXyear average of the cor
responding week from 1904 to 1909, in
elusive.
Cattle.
Cattle were steady. and where the
quality was good there was good de-
mand but there was little outside de-
mand. The market for range cattle
ruled steady.
Medium 10 good natives met COMPETE
ton from a run OF 1000 western rang
ers. but in the fact that the total sup
ply at 26,000 was moderate there was
not much opportunity for killers to
work the prices for natives to still low
er levels, altho they were a long time
getting over the idea that the stuff
ought to sell still little lower. Big
run in the west was chief factor in
holding the market from a price re-
action over low level last week.
Bids came slowly in the opening
rounds and a good many offers looked
little under last weeks closing. while
the sellers demands were largely for
little more money. 1t was a hang-fire
deal until a compromise basis was hit
at last Thursday level, but later
there was a reasonably decent tone to
the market in some sections of the
yards. altho 1t was an uneven situation
and there We're some quarters where
the crop had hardly begun to move
until we'll onto the noon hour. Still,
when the stuff was finally cleared along
in closing rounds the last sales did not
look particularly worse than early.
Quality was fully up to last Wednes
day and better than the same day last
week There was a liberal quota OF
high-prced heavy steers, but where
the buyers found cattle averaging
above 1850 pounds they showed them
less favor than the 1.4OO to 1900 pound
grades Some 1900 pound kinds Of
prime grade We're especially hard to
sell, even tho they were offered fully
% cents lower than the same classes
sold yesterday.
Sheep.
The demand for choice western lambs
was good at the start. but later the
market had a weak tone, and all bids
were lower late estimates of the de-
cline being 10 to 10 cents. with spots
where the break was % cents. Sheep
were steady TO 10 cents lower and
later in the session were generally
lower