Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-23
HOGS NON HIGHEST
N PAST Ten Days
CONTINUANCE OF LIGHT RE.
cElpTs TENDS TO ADVANCE
PRICES DAILY.
CATTLE IN DEMAND FROM
PACKERS AND SHIPPERS
Steers Of Quality, Including Choice
Warnings. Bringing Fair Prices
Eastward Call Mainly for Good Light
steers-Sheep and Lambs Steady

gave the early market good acticn
Packers started fairly early and cid
not take long to make clearance of OF
ferings.
Top hogs landed at SEQ, being 10
cents better than THURSDAY. Quite a
number of loads sold Friday at 50 and
better. Heavy butchers were scarce
and shippers had orders for them
Some We're taken out by shippers at
sS.65l;s1o that averaged better than
900 pounds bat were fancy.
The general range OF prices now is
selling below IS, with the general av-
tween grades have advanced most
since Tuesday and the range Of prices
is somewhat narrower than earlier in
the week. Four or five loads Of fancy
light sold at $500 and extra choice 2i5
to 200 pound butchers reached SO.
Mixed packing sold a IS, such as went
Tuesday at s7.6oa7.70. a good class
of heavy packing sold at $3.50. Pigs
met with good demand al 20@ %
cents advance in prices.
Cattle.
Cattle We're steady.
Neither packers nor the eastern
shippers can hide real need for gen
erous beef supplies They are against
a fairly good market for beef and fac
ing a prospect Of fall runs none too
large for their requirements. Drouth
effect is passing and it was never
serious factor in the current beef trade.
since bulk Of liquidated stock was
such as only had to go TO new feeding
territory.
A top Of 1915 this week and a bigger
quota of choice steers at s.loW9.oo
than in weeks past has evidenced the
strength in demand for choice heavy
grades, but 1t was no more marked
than for the good to choice yearlings.
These are coming into strong popular
lily. but there is a heavy discount OF
mediocrity, as evidenced by a weaker
trade in the plain and common little
steers at week end compared with
few days previous, also their failure
along with the palmer grades OF 1,ooo
to 1850 pound steers to show marked
change from closing rates a week ago.
Most decent to good native heifers
of pasture have sold Of late at 1856 q
1925 and few right choice kinds at
$1,000 500 and better, one lot Of heifers
making So Friday. Only q plain killer
sort has sold around es.5ods.s5 and
some good feeding heifers at the same
basis, while Just poor light helief
class, mainly stockers, has gone around
$6.00M6.25.
Fleshy steers of kind suited for feed
er use have had lot Of killer interest
Of late and good many of them Went
into this channel at price premium
over feeder buyers bids. 1t has been
q small trade recently above s1.So, tho
a few lots cleared at $7.75 and better.
including both choice feshy strong
weights and some Of the best Eearhns
stock steers. The country is hghtlns
sny Of feshy kinds of high cost, since
most country buyers want cattle "hlcn
can be roughed thru the fall months
and carried for the market next sprlne.
There is a general disposition to dodge
feeding Of high priced corn early In the
season.
Eastward the call Is mainly for sooc
light steers, tho Pennsylvania ana
Virginia and Maryland have sent IN
uuiries here recently for far quota
of lower class light cattle. These grades
however. are bringing far above last
years prices and the stiff cost Is hoia-
ing demand we'll in check. Good action
in demand at the west is significant o.
continued confidence among corn belt
feeders of finding favorable market
for the high bought steers when they
are fat.
Sheep and lambs were steady.
Bulk Of fat sheep and yearlings
showed 15M25 cents advance since
week ago and occasionally there were
transactions which showed more al
vance. Feeding classes looked lOn 10
cents ,ower than close last week, wnlle
breeding ewes were about steady.
Quality was fairly good most days ana
no heavy sorting was done. Closing
prices on fat grades were best OF the
week. while other classes finished on
the bottom.
Fat lambs were 5o175 cents higher
than week ago and bulk showed
more than so cents advance. Sorting
was light and some of the gain showed
itself only that way. City butchers
were good weekend competitors and
| packer, were forced to extend them
selves if they wanted anything choice
49,
bunch. which sold steady with Thurs
day. However, feeding grades were
quoted 1o@15 cents higher than las
| Friday, with not enough suitable stun
| to go around.
More rangers are in sight for mex
week and the larger variety Will 81
pleasing to buyers. Sharp up-turn II
prices for fat lambs will undoubtedl!
| attract a good many natives also. De-
mand centered on the seventy to sew
enty-five pound offerings, altho becaus
OF the shortage OF those weights buyer
often were compelled to buy sixty t
sixty-five pound arrivals or go witt
orders untitled.
Chicago Livestock.
Chicago, Aug. 2S.-Cattle-Estima
receipts for today. 200; market quiet
unchanged.
| Beeve9 ............. IoVW 81
Texas steers ..........s.e OfoW T.!
Western steers ..-......e 500 7.s
Stockers and feeders. $500 rs