Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-23
MARKET FiNtsHEs WEEK IN FAIR
CONDITION, WITH LIGHTS y
rops,MoiAr $40.
BULK OF STEERS SHOW
DECLINES FOR THE WEEK
Down From IS to 90 Cents Compared
to Last Weeks clo.e-Good Market
For Sheep and Lambs During Wesk
and Price Levels Liftsd-Rsvisw Of
Market Conditions.

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Chicago, Sept. 2s.-There was fair
| shipping demand for hogs today, giving
some strength to the market. Good
butcher and light weight hogs sold at
S7.15 and $3.50.
Buyers are discriminating against
thin and green sows, which In most
! cases were rejected from loads and
had to sell separate, going at $5@S.s5,
averaging 200@350 pounds. This class
OF stock has been coming, more freely
than usual for this time of the year
and statesmen are having considerable
trouble getting rid OF them.
The market was flooded with pigs
again Friday and prices took another
tumble to lowest point OF the season.
Sales were generally at Is q SOC decline
compared with Thursdays quotations,
or 75c@1.00 lower than the close OF
last week The great bulk Of these
pigs seem to be free of cholera. a.
a large majority Of them pass inspec-
ton 1t seems .crime for the coun-
try to sacrifice so many. OF these SEEM
ingiy healthy pigs which ought to pc
kept at home. Sales were Ina1e rs
low as $3.50 for governments, with
inferior to good 400 90 pound ayer4gts
at $3.75@4.75, with heavier weights At
$4.S5@5.25 and pig mixed" averasing
120@149 pounds at $5.5o@6.5o, accord
ing to quality and the proportion OF
160@25O pound hogs in each load.
Combined receipts of hogs at eleven
markets Friday totaled $4,000. or Zoo
more than week ago. 27.S00 more than
year ago and 5000 more than CORE
spending Friday two years ago. Chi
cago received 1000 more than q week
ago and 1000 more than year ago.
Kansas City had $500 moro than a
week ago and $500 more than . year
ago. Omaha had 1900 less than . wesk
ago and LOO more than q year ago.
St. Louis had 5000 more than year
ago. ST. Joseph had 1000 less than
year ago. Sioux City had $500 more
than a year ago Total thus far this
week 345.ooo, or $4,000 more than the
same time last week. 10000 more
than like. period last year and $4,000
more the corresponding five days two
17,4o6 900. or .s,9os,000 more than
same period in 1910 and ss5,ooo more
than corresponding time in 1903.
Cattle:
/ Cattle prices were steady. the market
being nominal. The bulk q good steers
showed Z decline Of Is and 20 cents
compared with last weeks close.
Market is closing the week with the
price basis sagging below that shown a
week ago for all excepting the choicest
heavy beeves. Yearlings Of medium to
good grade have been too numerous OF
late to hold a steady price range, al
tho demand for this kind has still
been moderately good. For the COM
m onest grass steers the depreciation is
slight. but taking into consideration
Wednesdays general 10@15 cents de-
cline, barring choice stun, and a fur
ther recession for most OF the light and
I1andywelght steers averaging up to
1900 pounds the price level is con-
servatively quoted 10@15 cents lower
than on the close a week ago, ali Of the
strength which was shown in the ini-
tial session of Monday having been
eliminated on Wednesday.
II has been a week hardened with
various bearish Influences. Receipts
have increased over a week ago. both
here and in the west Too. the shipper
demand has slumped a few hundred
from last week and Is far below year
ago, while the proximity Of Jewish hcl-
idays has tended to curb the general
call for fat steers this being especially
la feature regulating thes2eastern de-
mand in the mid-week session, since
purchases made then would arrive In
New York on the Jewish New Years
day, which is always holiday in the
kosher trade. IN
Another Jewish holiday. the DAY Of
Atonement," falls week from next
Monday, and this Will have some effect
on next weeks trade. Therefore. pru-
dent shippers, observing the mean con-
ditions this week, will operate accord
ingly.
Weeks supply figures have indicated
plentiful beef stocks at all points Chi
cago has had 60.500 cattle II five days.
against 57,354 week ago and $3.50. a
year ago. while this, drop was divided
into $4,000 natives, an increase Of l,000
over a week ago, and 1900 westerR
rangers. the range crop falling short
/ 800 from last week, and $500 less than
/ a year ago, and native supplies thfe
week were 1900 more than year ago.
| In face of the Increased receipts
shipments. totaiing "a, 500. fall short 700
from week ago. Outward movement
has been $500 less than shipments 81
year ago, an indication that higher!beef
| prices have slowed down consumption
in the east as well as locally. Exporters
did small business. prices here and
abroad being still out Of Ane. altho the
market at Liverpool and London d
now in better shape thsn for long
! time ~
! In general way. II s4s a period III,
the beef trade when conditions will
bear close watching. Native cattle are
still killing out unsatislActorily to tie
packers, they having .t6pay :7.2s and
higher for beeves to dress so per cent
in the carcass and q Iofsof the $s.5O@
6.s5 stun is killing ONYX 70 5s.5 PEI
cent, while the grassyS cheap costing
stuff does we'll to Kill rs per cent
Westerns which cost ck6aDef and XII
relatively better are tn strong cons
ten6ers for the packer stkvor. The com.
parativeiy short westef5 runs hAxl
been chief factor in e0eeeing fairy
decent selling price warmed y
natives. Packers hays lot been abse
to get enough westernSe store away
! :a coolers for future ard 0perat-
ing on = cooler to block Aaots their sue.
tcess IN breaking markets - not beef
highly elating to then .s4sssss J,