Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-01
ANOTHER ADVANCE IN PRICES
SCORED BECAUSE OF CON-
TiNUED LIGHT RECEIPTS.
BULK OF SALES ON PRICE
BASIS OF FROM sos TO ss.45
Top For Choice Steers Pushed Upward
and Whole Market Is Steady-Heavy
Run of Sheep and Lambs Continues
But Days Price Levels Hold Steady
Current Quotations.

chicago, sept Twin continual
ton OF moderate marketings hog prices
more than held their own today and
advanced and 20 cents Top price for
lights was pushed to $3.50. but bulk
sold at $500 to 80, the IS hog having
almost disappeared for the moment.
Mondays combined receipts OF hogs
al eleven market tolaled $1,000 or 1000
more than week ago and $4,000 less
than corresponding day u year ago.
Chicago alone mao over thIrd OF tne
grand total or 10000, being $1,000 less
than week ago and 2a,4o0 less than
year ago. All the Missouri river
markets, barring St. Joseph, which de-
creased $500 had practically the same
totals as a year ago.
Cattle.
Cattle held steady, and top for choice
prime steers was advanced To $1,000.
with few offered.
Run of dried out steers was COM
paratively small Monday. an evidence
that a lot of sections which have been
badly III need of rain for some weeks
past have OF late been benefited BY
showers. Higher price OF corn again
GROVE in lot of pretty good steers
that otherwise would have been held
for few weeks longer bnt the
whole the quality of stuff VAS better
than the two previous NJ ondays. Com
mon and medium CRASHED and the
warmed-up natives, of course, had
strong competition from the rangers.
b. reason of the latter stuff selling re-
latively cheap now, but there appeared
I-;1l TO- E, ;,,,r 1,,I "A
1t was much better toned general
trade for natives of value down from
SO than a week ago and prices. too,
were a few notches higher than then,
The Bragg steers at s10.s5 % 1890 sold
25d25 cents higher than previous top
this year, but part of this price ap-
probation was declared TO be In the
superior quality OF the goods. the
black drove at 5000 particularly be-
ing declared kind in a class all to
themselves compared with previous
market toppers this season. 1t was a
top 25 cents higher than previous
August record, first established In 1912,
and within 10 cents of the 1912 high
price previous to the Christmas season
trade that year. when fancy load
sold on the open market at S11.25.
Beef imports at New York during
last week totaled 1891 quarters. as
compared to 25,5l3 the week before and
1850 quarters three weeks ago. This
was all on one boat direct from the
River Plate This boat also carried
3.753 carcasses Of frozen sheep and
lambs. 1876 bags of beef pieces and
some beef offal
Sheep.
Sheep continue to come TO market in
large numbers, tod3y's arrivals being
estimated at nearly 200 head. Never
theless the market was fairly steady.
While god run was generally ex-
pected Monday. as last weeks slump
was inopera tive In stopping con-
tinued generous movement started
from the range country for this weeks
market. a crop OF 10000 head came as
a surprise to the trade. 1t was run
composed very largely Of range stock.
less than 1000 natives being yarded,
The range delegation was the largest
of the year TO date. totaling 13i dou-
BILE decks. inclusive of line doubles di-
rect 10 a packer. Lambs greatly pre-
dominated and the range contribution
carried several different shipments of
Idahos OF choice grade, much super
Tor to most of the range lambs mar
keted here last week, prior to Friday,
when some choice stuff Wo.s available
There We're, however. a lot of under
weight lambs in the crop. and on much
of the run % to 30 per cent sorts were
needed to make the top cuts desirable
from killers standpoint. Quality in
the native contingent VAS not easily
located and it was skinned off by city
butchers