Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-28
ONLY BEST oaApEs STEADY,
WITH PRIME LOAD SELLING
At gao.
OTHER SORTS SLOW
AND MATERIALLY LOWER
Hogs Steady on Good Kinds and Weak
on Packing Stock and Hsaviss-
Wsishty Grade. 5 Cents Lower
Sheep and Lambs Nearly Steady
With Trade Fair.

SilIcdgc, Aug 2S.-GoOd steers were
steady while common sorts were slow
to 10 and 10 cents lower. a new top
for the season, $3.50. was paid for one
load of prime animals.
Decline has been a logical sequence
OF too speedy upward movement in re-
cent weeks. The country was set afire
with the desire to ship cattle. specula-
tive operators went at il with a rush
and have been scorched. while lot Of
feeders. who, having held cattle thru
spells OF adversely. often hit earlier
this season, saw an opportunity to get
out even or better and let their holdings
come
Result was a run Of $500 cattle for
the week, which included $4,000 western
rangers. only a normal crop for this
period Of the year. The total run stood
against 1882 last week and 61,SS7 a
year ago.
The same overloaded condition Of
markets was shown in the west. an ag-
gregate Of 179,9o0 cattle arriving at six
points, against 155.soo last week ana
eoo,s0o a year ago. and the bulk OF the
crop west comprised grassers Of plain
ers opportunity to buy them at sharp
discount there as we'll as here Range
competitor has been felt in the trade
for everything below s.. but the $4,000
$50 sorts. along with plain native
grassers down to $3.50, had The worst
OF it,
Supply at Chicago included lot OF
good beef and plenty of choice grade
and the east did not cut in for hest
kinds very freely after the fore part
Of the week. Some recent big buying
OF matured bee~es by one Chicago
house in Virginia to fill eastern demand
has checked its orders for that kind
here, altho the supply Of top beeves is
still none too large for the general OUT
let and the trade is not worrying much
over the prospect for that kind In the
next few weeks.
There is. however a pretty well
formed belief that the widespread pub
lie agitation against advancing retail
cost of beef will have an effect toward
stopping speedy upward movement OF
prices for prime beeves.
The break for everything below
choice should have some effect in cut.
ting down native supplies next week.
since feed is not especially scarce and
Shippers will hardly brave the high
turc to normal native supplies is locked
for
Westerns. however. will come freely.
Next week is expected to bring out the
biggest western run OF the season 70
date and further competition against
plain and medium natives can only be
expected from this source, which should
act as bar to material reaction from
current lowered price levels.
Three lots made 1915 this week. two
droves Of 1863 to 1870 Id beeves and
one drove Of se6-lb yearilngs. stillers
reached $50, new high mark for
them. while a lot q s7.906s.o0 bust
ness was done in heavy corn feds. Bulk
Of the good TO choice natives went to
packers and shippers a. s7.oo67.75.
while exporters bought only mea ger
crop. cost being too high here. and the
market abroad badly shattered by the
Ia Dor troubles.
Hogs were steady on good sorts and
weak on packing stock and heavy anil
mails. The latter were about ) cents
lower.
Provision bulls on the board Of
trade are playing up hog cholera in
strenuous fashion. One house had the
following: Decatur. Ms Good deal
Of hog cholera west OF Springfield, and
at Sullivan. H., and claim that 1909
head have died near Kirkville. ILL.,, In
last ten days" Taylorviile. ILL.,: Quite
a lot of hog cholera around this sec-
ton" Macomb. ILL.,: Eastern part Of
Hancock county. hog cholera is bad
Bushnell, H.; Good deal Of hog chol-
era east and south OF here. but very
few cases in the immediate vicinity"
A wire from Kansas City to another
concern read: Party here s.ys one OF
his neighbors in this county lost over
200 head Of hogs couple Of nights ago
from hog cholera"
Receipts last week and correspond
ing weeks Of 1910 and 1903 at the prin-
cipal western markets:
1911. 1919. 1908.
Chicago Il. 800. .1i4,Soo eo.l0o 5000