Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-01
PRICES ADVANCE SLIGHTLY
WHEN ARRIVALS AT YARDS
SHOW MoDERATTELY.
CATTLE SELLERS HOLD
PRICES WITHOUT SHADING
sions Are Nc. Required to Make Sales
Arrivals Of Sheep and Lambs Small
and Clearance Effected EarIy-cur.
rent Quotations at Livestock center.,

Chicago, Aug. Improved shipping
demand today lifted hog prices and
receipts were moderate
shipping orders as a matter of fact
Were tor the better classes, and like
wise local packers bought a larger
so that grassy and inferior to fair
kinds We're rather neglected.
While shippers purchased largely
above 50. packers bought good many
less desirable hogs below sSS5, with
thin grassy MIXED at sS.25QS40, and
big rough heavy at sS2O@ S35.
The general average price for the
day at ss.s4 was loves, since July ?,
standing 35c lower than week ago,
lac higher than a month ago and sl.os
higher than corresponding Thursday
a year ago.
board OF trade for speculative futures
OF hog products and prospective lib
eral receipts of hogs next week all
tended TO weaken the hog market. yet
some traders expect some reaction.
The supply Of pigs was fairly liberal
but the demand was somewhat i'm
stronger market compared with We'd
at s6.504s.00.
Cattle.
Cattle supply was about as expected.
Sellers held prices without shading.
A run of $4,000 cattle here this week
has carried a generous proportion OF
steer beef and extreme hot weather
has materially weakened the market
for that commodity, especially when 1t
is not Of popular weight. Too many
heavy cattle have been dislodged from
feeders hands this week, and 1t looks
as tho some Of them had missed
better market.
There IS concealed. apprehension
of a heavy run out of the dry territory
next week and that means further de-
clines as hot weather has materially
curtained beef consumption. Wednes-
days run carried a lot OF fat cattle
out Of Burlington road territory. In
western Illinois between the Illinois
and Mississippi rivers. Many OF them
were advised to stay away in andctpa-
ton Of just what happened, and in
many instances selling agents have
been trying for several weeks past to
induce shippers TO unload them with
out avail.
Too many common light cattle on
the yearling order have shown up this
week and stuff selling below the scent
line has suffered. Tidy little fat cat
tie, selling at ss9s.25 have done a
somewhat creditable stunt. but a lot
OF bad dressing scent stuff has lost Is
cents. Dry weather always starts
lot of HABITAT stuff and this run car
ries the usual quota Of 1.
Sheep.
Arrivals Of sheep and lambs proved
small and clearance came early
Big killers were slow in taking hold
of lambs. as there was great suffi-
ceincy and there was no particular
hurry about filing the packing house
orders as it was said the big killers
had enough lambs to last them a while.
Prices paid were fully quarter lower
than the best time Wednesday, but
some of the sellers differed as to
wethe. this decline had been forced
market Several lots Of good TO choice
native lambs were offered, and one
bunch went at 1925, which was the top
Tor this CLASS OF SUIT. WINE the RAM
ard file of the good natives went at
500, with few at s..i5. Choice west
ems were in slightly better demand
than the native end of the lambs and
sold readily at the lower scale of
prices One big string of FIVE cars sold
at 1925,
Lambs for feeding purposes were
wanted, iyut there was only limited
number offered. and they were snapped
up at fully steady prices.