Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-22
PAY IN SOME INSTANCES
LITTLE MORE FOR THEIR
LIVE SUPPLIES.
BEST PACKING HOGS
WITH TOP BROUGHT $3.50
Top Of $40 Paid for Primes-c.ttis
Trade Slow and the Few Prices Set
Were at Lower Levels > Sheep
Steady, One String o. Lambs Show
ing Advance Of is Cents.


some strength Packers paid in some
Instances little more for offerings.
Packing hogs with good top on them
! brought $3.50. Straight packers sold
around 1918. The top for prime hogs
was $40.
Decrease in receipts OF hogs as com :
F.: pared with exret tations ard a gain in
shipping demand from eastern points,
are factors more favorable to the
pigs that illuminated in such de-
probation in the quotation list yes
torday received a check There Were
small pigs and 10 spare today. but the
smaller proportion OF this class of
stock indicated a possible awakening
on the par, OF owners. II is seldom
that markets at this seascn cf the
year are crowded with i.nana ture pigs
unless they come from sections Wher.,
there l.. either sickness OF signs II Il.
Nj prs sent. however. rcos. Of The little
,,;-s seen 10 he coming :ro,, sections
,.-i4erc there is desire . hang on ip
the earn that is expected 20 be scarce
ani high. There is no doubt shat pigs
are ,..nch more pian,::,; t:ien year
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there is no good reason why pigs
should be sacrificed on The market nov
al prices haK what feeders We're glad
year ago to pay for them in the
country.
Eleven markets received $1,000 hogs
Thursday. or $500 n,o-e than week
ago 17.100 more than year ago and
1890 more than corresponding Thurs
>,.a % fn0
more than year ago Kansas City
had l.500 more than a week ago and
$500 more than a year ago. st. Louis
had 1000 more than a week ago ann
800 more ,1an a year ago. st. Joseph
had 1000 less than a week ago. Sioux
City had 1900 more than year ago.
Total thus far this week $4,000. or
zoo more than same time last week.
So COO more than like reriod last year
ana 1000 more than corresponding
four Gays two yeavs ago. Total for
1911 to date 17.343,0Go. or 351s.o0o
more than same period in 1910 and
6ss eco more than corresponding time
in 1909.
Cattle.
Cattle ruled slow and where there
were any prices set 1t was on the side
Probably the meanest kind Of cat
tie TO SELF a, this juncture is a class
that is neither or the year,ing order
or endowed with sufficient weight
This refers 10 1c00G1a5G-ib goods with
some quality selling at s6.s5 91.35 and
pretty nice stuff at hat. Demand cen
tiers on bullocks weighing 400 lbs. and
up. Or warnings weighing 100 tbs
down preferably under 1880 lbs. Buy
ers locking a. this in-between stuff
claim that it l. too high priced for the
weight Such cattle have been about
the worst actors on the pianks this
week
Uneveness is the ugly feature Of the
market and luck conspicuous part in
the trading process. All week statesmen
have complained Of this handicap Buy-
ers are far apart in their ideas Of val
ues and much superfluous haggling re-
suits Buyers seem timo.ous and the
fight against COS; on the hooks IL
strenuous. Supply figures are anything
but bearish, bur killers seem to be get
ting all the cattle they need. Receipts
this week "a the FIVE principal western
markets are approximately but $4,000.
against 10000 last week and PA 900
a year ago. Local receipts this week
are but slightly in excess OF last week
ard some 5000 less than a year ago.
/ The September run will 'updoubtedly
| he considerably lighter than that OF
! the same period Of 1910.
There is he usual weekend Diff
ference OF opinion as to what depre-
citation has been effected this week on
the rank and file .. oe.erisss Choice
cattle have lost nothing. and cheap
stuff enjoying feeder and killer com
petition is holding along In about the
same groove but in-betreer classes
! which comprise the bulk OF supply have
.ioed a stony row and are lower. Some
(; cau the decline 1a91se: others rate It
lat 15a25c. opinion depending on how
the measuring was done from last
I week. basis and how the seeker got OH.
But the aggravating feature OF the
market. so far as the bulk is concerted.
IS its eccentric,ty ari raliing DISPOSE
ton. A peadi!ng market never was
good ore fer the seller, Compared with
the low spot at the middle OF last week
many cattle DO not show radical muta :
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Shipments have fallen below 1as;
! weeks volume. eour-day Outward move
n1ens heirg 1920. against 2o,141 weeh
ago and 2s.72s year ago. Jewish hols
ifay influence. together with Continued
liberal cattle movement out OF the east
has been the factor cutting down ship
ping orders ard the narrower call OF
this account is chiefly responsible FOL
dropping tendency OF the market
A. six points the Thursday run wai
1890. an increase OF 400 over a weei
ago, another beari<h influence, aitht
the week to date supply ~ six markets.
I .otaling 10000. measures even with 4
: week ago. but $4,000 lsss than yeal
ago this week.
sheep. Il,
Sheep sold at steady prices. One bil
string Of lambs sold. - an advanc
of 10 cents. s
Demand for sheep y by no means
broad and this braneh@of the trad,
il easily o-erbalanceA.g "A pretty xoos
} supply on wednesday, and Tuesday
relative. to demand. PIT pyers on Eas,
, street and the only st49Ag Of rang,
:; wethers here today. ITO accept 4
certs less money ano - harder sor
. than yesterday. Rauge s1ss were ais,
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