Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-21
SUPPLY A FACTOR
N HOG QUOTATIONS
PRICES ADVANCE WHEN RE.
cE!PrS ARE HELD DOWN
TO NORMAL.
GOOD DEMAND FOR CHOICE
STEERS At ADVANCE
Best Sell Up to Higher ieveis-Ar.
rivals Of Lambs Included Choice Lots
and Better Prices Are Obtained
Current Quotations at Livestock
Centers.

Chicago, Aug 21.-Lishl receipts ad
vanced prices of hogs today.
Market had dull spot, but did not
last long, as close was good as any
time OF day. Good lightweight and
lightweight butchers were scarce ana
showed full strength of market. While
packers were rather slow TO start, they
under way and a good cleanup Of Of
feringS was made.
Hog prices have been reversed in
somewhat drastic fashion. The new
scale of prices wears legitimate ap-
50 per cwt, and hogs selling anywhere
from $7@S per cwt are worth in
trinsically what they are costing when
compared with ss.25 dS.75 stuff. Tha,
choice light hogs are going to be
scarce all thru the season is a fore
gone conclusion and it is not improb-
able that demand for that kind from
outside sources will be broad enough
TO maintain present prices. The bulge
in corn has undoubtedly forced a lot OF
thin stuff TO market prematurely and
disease has also been a factor in that
respect, aitilo dressing SHEETS 10 not
indicate that cholera is rampant.
Cattle.
There was good demand for choice
steers, best selling at an advance.
Packers found plenty Of shipper COM
petition, a liberal eastern demand for
the fat steers developing. as was the
case on Monday, and locally there ap-
peared to be need for all the crop that
packers had access to. Westerns We're
competitive force against the natives
and there was fair sprinkling of good
rangers here, best Of them going up to
$685. Better sorts Of westerns are
killing out cheaper than lot Of the
IS and little higher native steers and
the trade looks for seasonable and
growing competition against these from
westerns as the hard fieshed rangers
come forward.
Sheep.
Choice lambs brought higher prices
Fat lambs scored another advance
yesterday that put top notch classes
within close striking distance OF the
coveted 50 notch, while the market FOL
good matured muttons acted credftaoly
| holding a steady to shade higher basis
| in the face Of another generous run Of
range sheep and a slackened demand
and lower prices than earlier In tn
week for feeding sheep and yearlinss
| Only ten doubles Of range lambs were
available, fifty Of the sixty doubles OF
| range stock received for the market
consisting OF sheep and yeerlingS Il
| which supply Montana continued the
| big contributor. Packers also had II
| direct Ave cars OF western lambs anc
! three OF sheep.
In view Of the generous run Of west
ern sheep here the last two weeks
native eve trade showed surpr,slnf
| strength, selling on firm 10 somewna'
better market than Tuesday. The IN
ference sellers drew from this condl
ton of the trade is that fat ewes arr
Worth the money. More native ewe'
claimed $425 than heretofore this ~eei
and a good many Of them were weighty
| The price. however, was hard to pas
for choice handy weights. Few ewes
| decent fat class sold under - and mos
culls made ss@3.25, heshy cias
reaching $3.50 and old skates occasion
| ally landing down to $3.50.