Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-16
SPECTATORS PAY Is CENTS
MORE FOR CHEAPER KINDS
OF PoRkERs.
ADVANCE FOR BETTER GRADES
is ONLY ABOUT CENTS
Prices for Best Nearing Ss-cattts
Trade Dull and Market Less FIattsr.
ing Than Close Last Wssk-livs
Mutton Trade Steady eut Slow
Current Quotations.

Chicago, Aug 1e.-Hog trade today
was cratic Spectators paid Is cents
more for cheaper grades, while best
were only cents higher. The top was
1915.
Combined receipts Of hogs at eleven
market Thursday totaled $4,000,
showing a decrease Of $500 compared
with a week ago, but was 1900 larger
than a year ago and showed loss OF
j4.3Oo compared with the corresponding
Thursday two years ago. chicago naa
1000 less than a week ago ana Looo
more than a year ago. st. Louis nao
1000 less than year ago. Sioux C'tS
received less than half as many as
year ago. Indianapolis had LOW less
than last Thursday, but 1000 more
than q wear ago. Total for four days
this week 247,000, or $4,000 smaller than
the same period last week, 5000 more
than the like period last year and o,ooo
lighter than the corresponding Tour
DAYS two years ago. Total for lslz 70
date 1S,2s7O00, an increase OF 81 wv
compared with the corresponding tlme
1911 and 100000 compared with the
same period 1910.
Cattle.
Cattle trade was duh.
Choice to prime are coming IN suci.
small supply that they must comnnaau
rho premium they deserve, since tne
demand for them. barring some wear.
ness Yesterday. has been unusnall!
broad this week The $1,000 10.oo
kinds are a specially class now. now
ever and as such they command a
fancy premium which their scarcity
makes logical. .
! That these classes will in the near
| future remain UP to current leVeis IL
the firm belief Of the trade. Ihey are
| going to be even scarcer IN the next
few weeks than in the past rev, since
most OF the big feed yards which nave
held the toppers this season have no"
liouidated their holdings, and this Is
! particularly true Of the Illinois ieedefs
OF toppv beeves. A drove OF 1,ooQ pound
and HEAVIER steers. it is predicted by
| traders who are in close touch with
! SUNNY conditions, will be rarity a
few weeks hence, since already numer-
Gus heavy droves which had been in
tended to be fed for winter markets
| have been drawn into the sAa.,hles by
the strong magnet Of fancy prices cur
rent of late.
! A market which affords S10.00410.50
prices for upward Of 100 loads OF
steers. as has been shown this week
naturally is an attraction which many
owners of fat. heavy beeves can not
resist.
| The trade for medium and plain
steers as we'll as the pretty good handy
weights off corn diet is balancing on
an unstable point What the near flu
ture will bring for these Is matter OF
deep conjecture and will depend, say
local operators, upon the size Of the
range crop to be moved the balance OF
this month. A generous run Of rangers
say 1000 next Monday. to be followed
with 5000 to 1000 the balance Of next
week. doubtless would effect some Sc.
we're declines for the s7.50@9.oO kind.
of natives, since these are the classe:
which the westerns will compete di.
rectly with in the balance of this sea
son.
A weakening beef trade must b.
given serious considera ton as being {
factor of strong influence in the stee,
market, because the top level Of whole
sale and retail prices is a"matter to-
ward which the consumersis accumu
Hating a very grouchy disposition, ant
his buying attitude will govern from
now on almost with equally as mucl
force as does the supply. and demand
can be better regulated when the bee
sells at record cost than when 1t i
cheap or medium in price.
For four days this week the Chicag
crop is 4s,30o, against $3.50 weel
ago and 47,0S7 year ago, while at tn
six markets total thus far in the wee
, is $4,000. against $4,000 week ag
and $4,000 a year ago.
Sheep.
Live mutton trade was steady BIZ
slow.
Prices stand at the lowest level of tn
week and the bulk Of aged sheep, bot
=, western and native, ruled 40@50c lowe
than last Friday, and while some wer
off about 35c, there were some shown
) more than SOC decline, taking til
heavier sorting into consideration
Yearlings were in smallest proportio
I and solid with less depreciation. b,
i even such arrivals looked about q
lower than the choice OF last week.
0 Chicago Livestock.
O Chicago, Aug. 16.-Cattie-Estima te
5 receipts for today. 1900: market veal
0 Beeves ...... ............. b.7b@1O.4