Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-14
MARKET CLOSES DULL AFTER
SALES WE'RE MADE At
HIGHER LEVELS.
BULK OF CHOICE LIGHTS
SELL At s7.ss TO $40
Cattle Market Steady But Buyers Do
Not Show Activity - Sheep and
Lambs Uneh anssd-unusuaI ,cendi-
tions Prevail in Sheep rrads-markst
Rsvisw.

Chicago, Sept. l4.-Hog prices were
up today and top of $3.50 was paid,
! tho the bulk of choice lights went at
l$7.35d740. The close was dull.
Shippers say demand for light and
butcher classes. especially in the east
! /. being quite fully met from the crop
in territory east Of Chicago and this
condition is likely to prevail for a
month or six weeks at least
There were 1900 fewer hogs at
eleven markets Wednesday than
week ago. or $500. but that number
was 500 larger than year ago and
1900 larger than corresponding We'd
nesday two years ago. Chicago re-
ceived 5000 less than week ago and
1000 less than year ago. Kansas City
had 1000 more than week ago and
1000 more than year ago. Omaha had
1900 less than week ago. st. Louis
had $500 less than week ago. but $500
more than year ago. Total first three
days this week 2oT.O0p, or 1900 les.
than same time last week. $4,000 more
than same period last year and $4,000
more than corresponding time two
years ago. Total for 1911 to date 49,
92O, 900, or 3,753,O00 more than same
period in 1910 and $4,000 more than
corresponding time in 1909.
Cattle.
Cattle were steady but buyers were
not active.
Slim orders on eastern shipping ac-
count continue a feature Of nisfor-
tune in the trade to the interests that
are concerned in working the price list
up to better showing. Same cendi-
tons apply in the trade as during a
good part Of August. when the month
ly reports Of some Of the eastern roads
showed a reduction OF about so per
cent in their cattle shipments as COM
pared with one year ago. Meat de-
mand is impaired In the east as well
as locally and with a larger crop Of
beef produced in the Virginias and
other eastern territory the combina-
ton Is operating to narrow, down the
shipments Of cattle to very small
showing. the total for the first half
this week falling more than $500 head
below the movement on shipping and,
export account same time last year.
For three days this week Chicago
receipts stand $4,000. against 1906 a
week ago and 5s.9s3 year ago. while
Of this crop Chicago has had 1880
western rangers. High grade corn-fed
beef is thus coming moderately and
the sickness Of the general packer and
shipper demand. barring choice to
prime grades. can thus be charged only
to a slow consumer outlet.
In the west there were fairly liberal
IL w
plain. and these were weighed as fac
tor in holding down the killer demand
for grass-fed and warmed-up natives
bined rur at Chicago and in the Ave
western markets stands 10000. an in
crease of $4,000 over week ago, but
the supply falls short $4,000 from
heavy run a year ago. when market
was being flooded with stuff of bad
pastures and corn warmed.
Sheep.
Sheep and lambs were unchanged.
Something appears to be radically
wrong with conditions in sheep and
lamb trade, and particularly in the
lamb lire. Thousands of fat lambs. as
good and often better in quality than
stun which sold few weeks ago at
81, are now landing at $3.50 and under.
The question arises. What should
create this wide price discrepancy?
Quickly some will sag, an increase in
receipts, but is it not logical that re-
ceipts should increase sharply as the
range marketing season swings into
full blast? And many thousands of
them are going back into the feed
yards, being bought by. corn belt feed
ers.
This eliminates them as market fac
tors now in competition with fat stock,
and subtracting the feeder contingent
from the fat stun, there il no very ex-
cessive crop of the latter for killers to
dispose Of