Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-24
DECLINE N HOGS
NOT 50 RADICAL
BEST GRADES SELL AT WEDNEs-
DAYS LEVELS. OTHERS 5
CENTS LOWER.
PACKERS REFUSE TO
SHOW INTEREST IN SWINE
Wednesdays New Top Of s11.o5 For
Prime Steers Maintained Today
Range Continues to Widen-sheep
Market Weak curren. Quotations
ar Livestock centers.

Chicaso, SEPT 34-The decline il.
hoge Mas not 50 marked as on previ-
Gus days this week. Trade vas SLOW
al aay ana some CRATES acre down !
cents ParkerS refuse to evinc- .res,
deal ot interest in the market.
Eleven markets received $500 hogs
Wednesday or o+01 more than last
" ednesday, 1900 less than q Year
ago. and 1890 more than two years
ago. Total the 1irsl hall of this Week.
go 600 or - .00p more than same pc
ROD last week .l.0Gu 1855 than like
time las, year and $4,000 more than
corresponding three days two years
ago. Total for 1914 To iate Is.4ls, o00
or l,l0$,003 less than same Period 1918
and l6-+.oeo less than corresponding
time 1918.
The CATTLE market Was Arm today.
following the strength shown at th-
close Wednesday. when a new top OF
s1i.05 for several droves of choice
heavy beeves vas the climax TO the
days transactions. Range u prices
continues 70 widen. undesirable sorts
selling at slightly lower levels than
on previous days this week
a class of pretty good steers that on
last weeks well supplied market were
hit hard have moved up this week in
response to scarcity of hign 0ressers
This illustrates how irregular the mar
ket is. Some fat steers at s10.T5 We'd
neSday were SuspiciouSly like stuff that
was bid s10.2o on the bad market late
last week, altho they are probably doing
no better than last Wednesday. The
tide of market fortune varies with such
cattle, as they must be substituted for
prime bullocks whenever the latter are
scarce. This account for wide and fire.
quent fuctua tons.
A new high spot was made, Armour
breaking the ice and paying S11.o5 for
fancy heavies, and long yearlings. The
heavies were owned by George Graham.
Springfield. Ill.,. fifty-four Short horns
averaging 141o pounds. and the long
yeariings came from Thomas D. Cloyd,
Lafayette. Ind, these being Shorthorns,
Angus and Hereford mixed and averag-
ing IA pounds Both lots were de-
clared considerably better in finish than
Sl1 sellers of Monday.
Nearly dozen lots sold at Sill. Some
of them were declared to possess quail
ity that would not have made the price
any other day this year. while others
were fully as good as the $11 stuff Of
Monday. There were numerous long
yearlings at 81. and small quota OF
the even money makers possessed big
weight. such as characterized bulk of
previous $11 steers this year.
Sheep.
Sheep market turned weak today.
All buyers wanted aged and ysariing
lots and steady prices prevailed on the
bulk. Some aged lots looked strong.
Outside call was not very good. but the
local packers carried rather urgent or
ders and filled them il fairly good sea
son. Trade was moderately active
after the opening round and by noon
most offerings In this division had
changed hands. The proportion OF
sheep and y%arlings in Inc 1un was not
as liberal as many days last week,
which enabled sellers TO keep prices
from reaction. Feeding grades were
IN good demand and sold steady to 10
cents higher.