Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-31
SHIPPING HOGS STRONG ON LIGHT
RUN BUT PACKERS DO NOT
PARTICIPATE.
HOLIDAY ON MONDAY KEEPS
THEM OUT OF BIDDING
Cattle Trade Finished Dull in Expecta.
ton Of Heavy Supply Of Grassers
Monday-Shecp We're Strong and
Lambs Weak-Review Of Market
Conditions.

were strong on a light run. Early in
! the day top hogs again reached the So
mark. Packers did not participate ow-
ing to the holiday for Monday
/ With the exception Of light hogs. the
market is off 1920 cents for the week.
Handy, desirable weights and some OF
, the light weight butchers are fully
, steady. while the 20 cent decline is on
| packers, which have been discrimin-
! ated against strongly all week In fact,
statesmen contended that 1t was with
extreme difficulty embracing much
i tongue exercise to convince buyers
that they We're worth the price. Ship
ping orders were fair, being chiefly for
light, desirable shipping kind and good
u.chers City butchers were mod
crate traders. but the big fellows, in
face of the liberal Friday supply. were
angling continuously with statesmen to
take off another notch, consequently
the going was by no means easy.
Shippers will pay the top and up
around that price for the kind they
want Prime grades for shipping ac-
count and in fact, all lightweight
hogs, have been relatively scarce. how
ever. and for this reason are able to
keep on a steady basis Rough heavy
packers were always as bad as cents
lower and in numerous instances of
dime from Yesterdays average. Pigs
were unevenly lower, with demand
light and trade SLOW.
Cattle.
Cattle trade finished dull in expec-
tation of general supply OF grassers
or Monday.
Conditions bringing about the de-
clines are we'll known. They have been
pointed ont for some time past, but re-
iteration will do no harm. Increased
movement of cattle for the past Few
weeks. altho this week there is a de-
crease and a declining beef demand
are the paramount reasons. Coupled
with this has been a determined effort
on packers part to bring the cost OF
medium and plain steers 10 basis
nearer to levels the consumer can az
ford to pay for such beef. In this bear
campaign the killers have been favor
ed by some generous range cattle re-
CENTS here, as we'll as considerable
movement Of grass stuff from mid
western and southwestern pastures in
to the Missouri river markets.
This week prime 1506-pound Illinois
steers sold up to s1O.65, eclipsng by .
cents the previous record Of last Week..
but notable feature Of the trade was
much smaller supply Of the prime
grades than came last week, and this
situation is expected to continue from
now on. al Of which only strengthens
the belief that as long as demand Tor
prime beeves continues keen there will
be no prospects of killers breaking val
ues for them lower than now. In fact
there is just as much reason to De
lieve at this time that s11 will be paid
for prime stuff before the season is
over as there was short while back.
before the medium to good steers got
their price trimming.
Sheep.
Sheep We're strong and lambs weak.
/ Turnout the week a strong under
current was apparent in the sheep d.
vision, due to the relative scarcity OF
| sheep, also to the unwritten protest OF
| shippers that values are far out OF line
! with other grades Of livestock. Buyers,
they contend, balk al paying salts
/ factory prices in line with the prevail
f! ing high cost of other livestock. Nut
ton by far is the cheapest meat on the
! market and the country, it is said, can
not see why high values should not
also exist in this branch Of the trade.
However, there is no dissatisfac tion
manifested toward the trend of prices
this week. Good sheep and yearltngs
We're short ard buyers Willingly PAID
strong prices right along, the result
being that the market today is in a
| better position than the close OF last
week. with nothing Of a bearish or
pessimistic nature cropping along the
! market horizon.