Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-28
MARKET STRONG FOR THOSE or
BETTER GRADES. WITH
TOP At Se.65.
scALPERs PROVIDE ONLY
SUPPORT OF MARKET
Cattle Prices Unchanged, Following
Week Of General Price Reductions
Sheep and Lambs Straightforward
Quotations at Livestock centsrs-I
Market Review.

today on better grades. with top OF
SO So. Support came from scalpers.
Total supply this week was 10000,
against l3S.014 last week. and l06,571
the responding time last year Big
packers were bearish turnout and
would not raise their bids, so that sell
ers who had strictly packing grades
that >peculators and shippers could not
use. were helpless and had to take Of
fered bids or hold stuff over. 1t was
an uneven deal most of the session.
and " nile desirable lots found fairly
ready outlet dullness featured the 9TH
c. end of the market. Pigs were gen
erall.' steady and such lots were we'll
cleared. Matnred CLASSES of hogs We're
finals we'll cleared from first hands.
lr1 crior to good mixed packing landed
at =5.s0d6.221s
Combined receipts of hogs at eleven
markets Friday totaled 75,1O0. against
6 l., 700 week ago. $4,000 year ago and
$4,000 the ponding Friday two
years ago. Chicago received 1000 less
tEdn week ago and 5000 more than
ear ego Kansas City had 1000 more
than a week ago and $500 more than O
year ago. Omaha had 1900 more than a
year ago. st. Louis had 1900 more
than a year ago. St Joseph had 1900
more than year ago. Sioux City had
$500 more than year ago. Indian
aHolis had 5000 less than a week ago.
but 5000 more than year ago. Buffalo
was fairly literally supplied. while
Pittsburgh had a primal run. Total
thus far this week, $4,000, or $1,000
more than the same time last week,
$4,000 more than like period last year,
and 10000 more than the corresponding
time two years ago. Total for 1911 to
d.,te. 19,6o9.000 or 4.56s,0oo more than
san.e period 1910 and 1.393.O00 more
han: the corresponding time 1909.
Cattle.
Cattle prices were unchanged
Not in recent years. or since the pan
icky times, just four years ago, have
the prices for common, medium :. and
pretty good steers slipped back as fast
as they have in the past ten days. A
week ago Wednesday steers were SELL
ing at 81 which today could not
bring IS II a forced sale was to be
made. That indicates about the ex-
treme of the decline, but some sales
at even greater break have been cited.
The 81 decline is not wholly for 81
kinds. either. Steers have made $5.25
a $50 in the past two days which ten
days ago were worth 81 more. and a
lot of odd bun ches of trashy grass
natives selling down to 34.25 of late
were worth at least IS at best time
East week.
AS regards the bulk Of stuff of me-
dunn to good grade. the market is on a
40G60-cent lower basis compared with
the high point Wednesday Of last week
Greater decline than this figures alone
in the class of not infrequent instances
The break. quotable to this extent, is
for bulk of steers selling at sseO@72S,
but even the s7.50@S.G9 kinds are quot.
able at least Is cents lower than close
last week. and conservative traders say
that the class worth ss.25 ten days ago
would not go above 50 now, and might
have to take s7.So also, depend ing up
on the strength of demand for that
kind.
No strictly fancy beeves such as sold
last Monday and also last week at
$3.50 have been at hand since the ter
rife break started. The trade anxious
ly awaits next offerings Of fancy stuff
TO learn just where they will sell The
1915 top steers of Wednesday. how
ever, were not prime as the $3.50
lot on Monday. and this gives some
idea of the short difference which may
not he quoted in prices for the prime
kinds as compared with high point. In
fact, there are both buyers and sellers
who claim that a drove as good az the
tops last Monday will make the same
price next Monday. That remains to
be seen.
Everything. barring the prime ones,
however, has had a terrific break and
the decline was about as hard for the
medium to good yearlings as for. same
grades of heavier steers. A lot OF near
yea,lings" have had to go dow to $500
M6.50, which looked to be rs cents low
er than prices that kind got two weeks
ago.
Chicago had $4,000 cattle in FIVE days
this week, and this crop exceeded the
previous big run this year, week end :
ing Jan. q last. by $500, and stands
largest since the week ending Nov. ~
last year. while comparing with 1886
last week and 77,024 a year ago.. The
run has been divided into $500 ma
tives. an unusually heavy native crop
ern rangers, second largest range run
Of the season, while conQaring with
81, 500 natives and 1880 western last
week and $1,000 natives and 22.500
westerns a year ago. Shippers have
taken 27,2oo of the run, against 19, 500
last week and 22.500 a year ago. but
u this crop there has been a heavy
quota Of feeders. Thursdays shipments
Of s.s74. which were largest since acc
1s. 1909. including big percentage o.
stock and feeding steers,
At the western markets run this
| week was also Of big volume. total
ct 241,o00 cattle arriving at six mar
kets in i've days. against $4,000 . veel
ago. $4,000 year ago and 100000 twr
years ago.
Figuring out possiblltieo next week
| in event that the country continues e
unload mature stuo, il tbs easiest soFi
| Of task. It VIII bring further de-
| moralization, bat there ID prospect 81
| some mending Of values should a mod
crate native crop arrive. It 10 up to the
! county g choose hesweAae the tSvc
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