Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-09
Stockyard Notes

Stockyard Notes.
In general way the medium class
Of cows stand about csc under the
leve! here one week ago while the
good TO choice fat COWS and heifers are
quotable about as nigh as any time.
the choice TO fancy little she babies up
20 $1,000 $50. but few going higher
than $685.. as very few Of fancy
class appear at market.
Most of the good feed heifers sell
al s5M 6.l0. the grass heifers a. $40
q 40 a plain class down at $4,000
400 and the little inferior stuff APP
preaching a stock heifer class around
1925. outlet for the latter being mar
row and unrelia BILE
All fat cows sell quickly and up to
prices lately quoted. the choice to fancy
beef cows at ISL 565sO but only a
small percentage OF the offerings Of
COW stuff have quality TO land higher
than s., the fair TO good fed cows going
chiefly at s41oI4.75. the medium class
Of cows from pasture at s3.50G4. plain
stuff down around $3.50. the latter be-
ing really in the best cutter class.
Gamer trade is slow. steady af-
fair with prices close 70 the range Of
late sales last week. the good Gamers
going around $3.50. fair class around
s2.4o, the thin ones down at s2.10, the
mere skins and hat racks only at 81
downward. Cutters Of a good meaty
class sell up around $500. but the fair
to good class al s2.75d3. not much run
and jump about the trade even for the
best
Bull business is satisfactory In tone
for the good 10 choice fat bulls and
best bologna stock. the best class Of
bolognas selling up around $3.50, but
a good class al $3.50, not many as high
as $3.50. the bulk Of bolognas at 1925 q
$50. and the plain light bologna stock
down at s3G $40. Gamers and inferior
light stuff at so.5oI2so.
For a prime fat bull the limit Is not
under $3.50. but sales higher than s.
are few, mos. Of the beef bulls selling
at range OF sa.eo@4.75. all above that
being Of the smooth fat fed class that Is
not very common at this time Of year.
Now that only few hundred head
OF iistiiery steers are left In the slop
sheds, there should be no cause for the
owner OF prime corn-fed beeves 20
worry price prospects few weeks
ahead
! Straight loads Of smooth hogs fit for
| the shipping outlet are comparatively
/ scarce, and there is lot of up-and-
down mixed stuff with a generous pro-
| portion Of sows. It is a supply that
makes picking hard for order buyers
and forces packers to go to lower
grades. The result Is a narrow spread
between straight packers and choice
light, discrediting the early summer
prediction that the gap would be a
dollar or more at this Juncture.
This is the first time in severa
months that horse arrivals promise to
fail short Of receipts for the same per-
| iod year back. the run for the last
! two days being ten head short OF the
| supply for the same two days veal
| back. The trade here calls for further
contraction of supplies and until re.
ceipts decrease materially. little goot
can be expected OF the market.
Little change can be seen In the mar
ket for mules. Buyers are filing orders
calling for sugar and miner mules a
generally steady prices, and there ]!
little doing in the market for pla!r
quality and intermediate grades o
mules, many of which are accumulat
ing in the stables, with no visible out
let for them even at lower prices.
Albert H. Kaiser, livestock deale
and buyers for the Amana society a
Homestead. had load Of hogs on tn
market good enough to bring $7.55. HI
reportS fat stock scarce in that section