Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-28
ALL GRADES EXCEPT PRIME
SORT SELL ON LOWER
BASIS.
CATTLE RUN SMALLER THAN
MONDAYS AVERAGE
Demand From Buyers Slow-vaIues
for Lambs Drop, Even Best Kinds
Sufferins-Shesp Hold Fairly Well
Review Of Market cenditions-cur-
rent Quotations.


weakened the hog market today except
for the prime light sorts.
The weeks combined hog market at
the eleven markets totaled $4,000. or
l.o0Q less than previous week and
1900 more than corresponding weeh
year ago. Chicago received 126,S00.
! or 100 more than previous week and
| 1880 more than year ago.
For 1913 TO date eleven markets re-
ceived 1+,2sO.0o0. being 1.1s1 900 less
than year ago. being $4,000 less
than two years ago ana 100000 more
than corresponding period of 1910,
when receipts were unusually small.
Estimated average weight OF hogs
past week 245 lbs. or lbs. heavier
than official previous week. lbs. hea-
yier than same week last year and )
lbs heavier than corresponding week
two years ago.
Top hogs for week ss.s2l.. or 2kc
higher than previous week, s1.l2k
higher than year ago and s2.27h
higher than two years ago. Average
$3.50 higher than a year ago and S2.34
Cattle.
The demand for cattle was slow and
the run comparatively small.
AL things considered. the market has
acted fairly we'll the past week. Lo-
caly the run has carried a lot Of good
cattle, selling above the shc line and
even the grades selling between ss>c
and Sc have been mulcted a dime.
Monday was the bes, session from the
viewpoint OF the salesman. Wednesday
the worst. The market quit on Tues
day on the strength of a heavy Bur
ingIon estimate Tor Wednesday, but
when the mid-weeH session failed TO
develop the expected 10000. buyers
were unable to carry out the contem-
plated bear raid. They bought the
bulk Of Wednesdays crop at 1Oc
decline. however. A few prime buAocks
sold steady and some were loo lower.
while II isolated cases late arrivals
had TO make q zoe concession On
Thursday good market developed
buyers demonstrating that they can
use cattle on the OF days and on Fri
day receipts were not large enough to
make a market. Tho close finds the
bulk OF steers 100 15c lower than Mon
day and fully that much lower tnan
the close last week. AT all times
handyweight and light stuff have had
the call, while weight has been handi-
capped. Wednesday brought in re"
more heavy cattle than were needed TO
go around, and they were penalizea.
Fat yesrlings are favorites and first
picking is accorded high dressing steers
weighing below 1900 pounds.
Nothing notable occurred during the
week outside restoration Of the 1920
quotation, a drove OF prime bullocks
good enough to elicit that bid from a
shipper showing up. There nave oeeh
few cattle good enough to beat -,
however. and such grades have los'
no ground, but the ss.s5qS. grades
have been fairly plentiful and cattle
with weight eligible to these prices
vera somewhat too numerous on wed
nesday. altho there was no surplus
OF them in Mondays run. A lot o.
ss2sms.7O business has been done ou1
inn ,he week. 'Stillers have been cu'
| loose freely, selling up to ss,so. WIZ
the bulk at ss.se9s.So. The close on
.sloppers" was weak to 1oc lower.
Sheep.
Values dropped for lambs. even the
| hest kinds suffering. Sheep neio larry
| we'll