The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-10-18
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Receipts Today Were 679 Cars in All
--11,000 Cattle, $500 Hogs, 49,.
600 Sheep and 800 Horses.

!. 'ISSO O0SSsSS WV t1OAS, w.
900 Sheep and 800 Horses.
Receipts of cattle were fairly liberal
today, there being 447 loads reported
in.
Although the total receipts of cat
tie We're rather liberal, there was the
usual very small proportion of corn
fed beeves and the quality of the lin
tied offerings was nothing extra. De-
mand was fairly active and anything
good enough to attract competition
commanded fully steady and possibly
a little stronger figures. On the short
fed and warmed up stuff that came in
competition with the western rangers
it was more or less of guessing con-
test and prices were very uneven.
Good to choice beeves, $500 to 7.75;
fair to good beeves, $500 to CTS; COM
mon to fair beeves, $4.75 to SIS.
There was a good demand for cows
and heifers and prices were fully
steady and in some cases shade
stronger than at the close of last
week. AS was the case last week, de-
mand for the common and canning
grades was somewhat limited and the
tone to the market was rather weak,
although prices showed very little
change as compared with the latter
part of last week. Veal calves were
in good demand and quotably firm and
bulls, stays, etc. sold in substantially
the same notches as last week.
Good to choice heifers, s4.75 to $50;
good to choice COWS, $4.3O to 500;
fair to good grades, $3.75 to 4.25;
Gamers and cutters, $3.50 to 1865; veal
calves, $3.50 to 1875; bulls, stays, ETC.,
1925 to 500.
There were very few cattle carried
over from last week in yard traders
hands and fresh receipts were by no
means excessive and with yard trad
ers all anxious to take on the stock
and strong for anything in this line.
Medium and common stuff was not so
easy to dispose of but I'M the main val
ues were as good as they were last
week and the general volume of bus.
mess was liberal.
Prime feeding steers, $5.4O to SIS;
good to choice feeders, $500 to $40;
fair to good feeders, $4.25 to 400;
common to fair feeders, $3.40 to 400;
stock heifers, 1925 to 4.25.
About fifty loads of hogs showed up
today and the market ruled to 1Oc
lower. Packers claimed that local
cost needed trimming and in support
of this attitude pointed to early ad-
vices from eastern markets that were
more or less bearish. Bulk sold at
1925 to 6.35, long string selling at
$3.50, and best bacon hogs on sale
made top of $3.50.
The receipts of sheep and lambs
were fairly liberal. but not excessive,
there being about $4,000 head reported
in. Chicago was filled up and with all
early advices from that market indi-
eating a semi-demoralized trade, local
buyers acted hesitant and bearish.
There was very little business trans
acted in any class of stock until we'll
along toward snoon. There was no
kind Of killing stock that attracted a |
really healthy inquiry from packers,
and trading in both lambs and sheep
started out on a slow to unevenly low
er basis. Good feeder lambs, suitable
for dry lots, seemed to be fairly pop
llar, but the underweight grades met
with poor demand.
Lambs, good to choice, $5.35 to $50;
lambs. fair to good, $50 to 5.35;
ambs, feeders, $3.50 to 4.S5; Year
ings. good to choice, SAILS to ABS;
feeders, 1915 to 4.1O; weth-
srs, handy, $685. to 400; wethers,
leavy, $3.50 to 3.S5; wethers, feeders,
1925 to 3.65; ewes, good to choice.
1915 to $40; ewes, fair to choice,
800 to 3.15; ewes, breeders, 1925 to
'.75; ewes, feeders, 1925 to 2.65.