The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-10-11
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Receipts Today Were sig Cars in Al
$500 Cattle, 1900 Hogs, 49,
900 Sheep and 500 Horses.

UUU SHeep ana oUV HORSES.
Receipts We're only moderate for this
time of the year, there being 375 loads
reported in. Only small supply of
corn fed cattle was included in the
fresh receipts, but quality was fair and
the market in very good shape as far
as it went. Demand was vigorous,
the values fully steady for anything
good enough to attract the dressed
beef men, but on the short fed and
warmed up steers it was rather slow
and Indifferent trade as buyers SEEM
ed to prefer the western rangers.
Good to choice beeves, $500 to $50;
fair to good beeves, $500 to 6.75; COM
mon to fair beeves, $4.75 to SIS.
If there was any change in the new
market as compared with the close OF
last week it was in the direction of
better demand and firmer prices, al
though the improvement was nothing
Ito brag on. On account of the cheap
grass steers on the market the pack
ers were not very enthusiastic buy
lers of the cows and heifers, but they
sold more freely than they did toward
the latter part of last week and in
some cases at Stronger figures. Veal
calves were in fair demand at fully
|steady figures and there was broad
outlet and good steady market for
bulls, stays, etc.
Good to choice heifers, $475 to $50;
good to choice cows $3.50 to 500, fair
to good grades, 1878 to 4.25; Gamers
and cutters, $3.50 to $40; veal calves,
$500 to $50; bulls, stays, etc., 1925
Ito 500.
There was quite good many stock
|ers and feeders carried over from last
week in yard traders hands and these
added to the fresh receipts made
fairly liberal number on sale. With
a rather disappointing demand from
the country the trade was inclined to
be little sluggish all morning, al
though for the most part prices were
in about the same notches as toward
the latter part of last week or Is to
Csc lower than a week ago.
Prime feeding steers, $5.4O to SIS;
good to choice feeders, $500 to $40;
fair to good feeders, $4.25 to 4.9O;
common to fair feeders, $3.4O to 400;
stock heifers, 1925 to 4.25.
Only IS loads of hogs were received
today and sellers made the most of
the opportunity that meager supply
afforded and managed to boost the
trade to levels a nickel higher. Most
of the hogs were purchased at $6.45
Ito $3.50, the latter price being the
highest paid.
For the first time in many days the
market for sheep and lambs appeared
wobbly. Very little business was trans
acted in any branch of the trade dur
ing opening rounds, but big major
ity of feeder stock in receipts placed
good fat grades in a firm position. and
strings of this description usually
escaped cost cheapening, ruling just
about steady. Feeders, claiming the
main market, met with slack de-
mand and clearance promised to be
difficult. Most of the early sales car
ried figures indicating weak to q
dime lower market.
Lambs, good to choice $3.50 to $50;
lambs, fair to good, $500 to $50;
lambs, culls, $4.75 to Sis; lambs, feed
ers, $4.2O to $40; yearlings, good to
choice. $4.20 to $50; yearlings. feed
ers, $3.50 to 4.25; wethers, handy,
1913 to 40; wethers, heavy, $685. to
400; wethers, feeders, 1925 to 365;
ewes, god to choice, $3.50 to 3.65;
ewes, fair to good, $500 to $50; ewes,
breeders, 1925 to 400; ewes, feeders,
$2.35 to $40; ewes. culls. $3.50 to 2.35.