The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-10-30
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Receipts Today Were 782 Cars in All
1890 Cattle, 400 Hogs, &c..
900 Sheep and 200 Horses.


week opens out with another very re-
spectacle run of cattle, there being
about SIG loads reported in. Although
the offerings of corn fed cattle We're
very meager, the supply was sutflc-
lent of volume to indicate that the
prices were lower and the demand for
this class of stuff not at all urgent.
Advices from outside markets were
all rather bearish and statesmen re-
ported that bids and sales were un-
evenly lower than last week for any
thing in the way of corn fed stock
that was not strictly prime in flesh
and quality.
Choice to prime beeves, $500 to
1000; good to choice beeves, $S.25 to
S.75; fair to good beeves, 1925 to
800; common to fair beeves, $5.75 to
100.
A weaker tone pervaded the market
for COWS and heifers and prices were
somewhat shaded all along the line,
although the decline was not at all
serious and the inquiry was reason
ably broad. Veal calves were in pref
ty good supply and very nearly steady
but there was weaker tone to the
market for bulls, stays, etc.
Good to choice heifers, $3.50 to $40;
good to choice COWS, $5.4O to $50;
fair to good grades, $3.50 to $50; can
ners and cutters, $500 to 4.25; veal
calves, $4.75 to 8.75; bulls, stays, etc.,
$44O to $40.
There were several hundred feeders
carried over from last week in yard
traders hands and these added to the
liberal fresh receipts made pretty
large supply to start in the week.
Spectators were out in good season
looking for the more desirable Offer
ings of all weights and there was also
la very respectable showing of coun-
try buyers and orders, but all were
after the better grades of stuff and
statesmen found it difficult to interest
anyone in the medium and common
kinds, of which the receipts were very
largely made up. AS result the good
to choice grades, both heavy and light,
but particularly the light, sold at
prices that were practically steady
with the close of last week, while
there was a further drop in values
on the ordinary run of light and medi-
UNI weight stuff and trade was very
sluggish at the lower figures.
Choice to prime feeders, $500 to
1855; good to choice feeders, 1925 to
6.75; fair to good feeders, 1913 to
6.25; common to fair feeders, $3.50 to
$50: stock COWS and heifers, $500 to
$50.
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we're jolt this morning, there being a
large supply at Chicago and other
market points, the packers taking adj
vantage of the large supply and pound
ing the market. They have been wait
ing patiently for the past two months
for the time to come when they could
do things to the hog market. During
the first half of last week they broke
it IS to 40 cents, but it took a lot OF
hard work to get it down that much
during the whole week, because re-
ceipts were not overly large as COM
pared with the buying demand. This
morning conditions were ripe for the
packers to do their worst and they
did it. Spectators bought few loads
early at a decline of 10 to 15c, paying
around $50 to $8.15 for most of them
and as high as 1925 for the best OF
them. Spectators, however, took on
ly few and dropped out and left the
packers to buy the bulk of the days
receipts at prices Csc lower than last
weeks close. Packers purchases
were largely at $500 to $50, with
few loads at 1915 The trade as
whole was very uneven and it was
Impossible to pick out loads that
looked no more than 1Oc lower while
others were as much as 35c lower.
There was a big supply of sheep and
and lambs showed up today and as
usual when receipts are so large the
first hours of the morning were en-
tirely taken up in sorting and getting
the offerings into selling shape. While
buyers were around as early as usual
looking over a great deal of the stun
as it was coming into the barn, very
little if any business was done early.
Slow trade and lower prices on other
markets were reported early in the
morning.
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