Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-07
SHOWING
some ACTIVITY
HOG PRICES sTEADlED WHEN
BIG BUYERS MANIFEST
SOME LIFE.
RECENT RADICAL DECLINES
PROVE SOME INCENTIVE
Cattle Quotations Hold Well Owing to
Sheep and Lambs Scarce and in
Good Demand-Review Of Market
Conditions-current Quotations.

NnlcaSO, aug. Hog prices Steadled
today after the recent pid decline
Packers were more active than has
been the case of late
Quality of hogs was fairly good but
ran pretty we'll to weighty stuff. De-
lnand was good for iight-weights, but
not enough to cause any higher prices
to be paid: Very few hogs of any
weight went over $500, while all the
way thru there were few except light
able to land over 1915. For the big
bulk of offerings it was an sS.0O@S.15
market, with packing grades under the
lowest figure.
Sales yesterday ranged at $3.50 Q9.26,
bulk $S.10@S.75. OF course there were
many throwouts and grassy lots that
went at s6.0067.25, making the gen.
eral range Of prices widest OF the sea-
son. A desirable class of big heavy
packing sold at s7.50@7.75 and fair to
good mixed packing at ss.00@S.2O. Pigs
were steady at the recent decline in
prices The general average price Of
hogs at ss.42 was lowest since early
in May and SO cents lower than July Is,
the high day of the year.
Cattle.
Cattle quotations held we'll owing
to receipts being only moderate.
High point of 500 was made early
yesterday by load Of prime 94S-pound
yearlings, including five heifers. which
Armour bought, this price equaling last
weeks top level FOR yearlings, while
it compared with 310.25 high point for
heavies just a year ago, which was the
limit up to that time. Another load
Of 1116-p pound yearlings of mixed breed
sold to Armour at 1906, these being
from Brown & Hodge. Centralia, MO-.
while United Dressed Beef and Swift
took five loads Of 14O99 15s7 pound
steers at $500, that being top level for
big weights "a price equal to high spot
Monday.
Sheep.
Sheep and lambs were scarce and In
good demand.
Natives, too, were unevenly higher.
City butchers paid Up to $3.50, while
packers paid as high as $7.35. Practi-
cally nothing to speak Of Tuesday sold
over $500, tho few odd. unimpor-
tant sales were recorded at 1925. Trad
ers declared the advance in natives was
principally on good to choice class.
Feeding lambs sold at $6.75@6.S0 Tor
good kind generally. which looked
strong with Monday, when buyers were
able to get them a little lower. Trade
in all grades was brisk and business
completed reasonably early.
Lambs with quality furnish the
brightest spots in the market, the
spread in prices widening materially.
DESPITE the fact that matured NUT
tons formed a very small quota OF the
crop they got little advance, being
held to a steady to 10c higher basis
generally. tho some strong weight ma
tive ewes were 1o@15c higher. Inc
next least wanted thing on the list
was dried-up and habitat native lambs
eminating from dry regions. Save .or
a few loads and small bunches' naive
quality was certainly nothing to en-
thuse over, much Of the small native
delegation consisting Of bucky ana
HABITAT lambs that bore mute eesei-
monv to the effects Of Indifferent nus
bandry and poor pasturage. Lower ana
medium grade native lambs were hard :
/ v more than 10@15c higher, some on
the low grade stuff. in fact haroly
better than steady sellers, but sooo 10
choice native lambs cleared freel! OH
hacker and city butcher account at
l15M25c advance.