Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-25
TOP PRICE FOR CHOICE LIGHT.
WEIGHTS ADVANCED TO $40
PER HUNDRED
IN SPLENDID REQUEST
FROM EASTERN MARKETS
Good Demand For Western Steers
Native Cattle Offerings of Plain
Quality and Not Much Desired-kil-
iers Have Coolers Well Filled-Sheep
and Lambs Easy to Purchase.

Chicago, Aug. 2j.-In the hog market
today there was an active demand for
prime light stun and the top touched
$3.50
Light weights. especially those OF
choice quality, are scarce and outsell
the others Monday. Shippers wanted
The light hogs, and had TO give shade
better prices to get them. Packers were
nearish bidders and bid loc lower from
the outset, and il was rather late before
they got any hogs. Ia the middle of
session after the shippers and specu-
lators were thru buying market had .,
llll and il was impossible to sell hoss
unless at lower price range.
Cattle.
Western steers were in demand while
native cattle We're of plain quality and
not much desireN
The run Monday az 1900 stood
against el.203 week ago and 23.oss a
year ago, While there We're 90. SEQ cattle
a SIX points. against $500 a week ago
and $4,000 year ago. Kansas City had
$4,000 omaha l1,e00. 81. Louis $500,
ST. Joseph 1900 and Sioux City 4,300
While at st Paul there We're S0G0. q
big q0ota of them being rangers. which
wiil come this way later in the week.
Pittsburgh mad moderate receipts Of
ECO and there We're 3.30G cattle at
Buffalo Thus IL Was d generous sup
ply ali around the market map, enough
so at least 10 give the trade a lower
general turn, since beef outlet fails 10
improve. and is not likely 10 show bet
terment soon. because Of high retail
costs. Killers have had opportunity TO
lay mp surplus in coolers in the past
week and this situation only augurs
for d mean .-ading basis, as viewed
from sellers standpoint, barring the
strictly choice to prime heavy grades
and prime yeariings. which. owing TO
scarcity, chart their own course and
are not likely 10 suffer appreciate de-
Cline. but more likely 10 go To the
other way az almost any time
Argentina meat imports into New
York showed q considerable swelling
last week. contrary TO expectancy, a
totas OF 25,51S quarters arriving there.
against $3.50 quarters two weeks ago
and ll,2s1 quarters three weeks ago. II
was believed at the outbreak OF Euro
pean hostilities that marked decline
IN imports into this country would
speedily follow, but last weeks gener-
Gus imports indicate thai perhaps the
English demand for Argentine meats Is
not going to bs bread enough 20 TAX.
all the supply.
Sheep.
Sheep and lambs were easy to buy.
Not within period of practically six
months. or since the opening MondaV
OF March has the Chicago sheep pens
housed as heavy run of sheep and
lambs as showed up for Mondays trade.
Expectancy for a generous supply, az
forecast in these columns late last week
made good in fun measure and prices
for fat classes crashed down under
sheer weight OF the offering and under
the handicap of overloaded and handy
depressed mutton markets al the dig
eastern centers Of population Feeder
demand showed good breadth under
much the best supply that has been
available thus far this year, that
branch OF the trade holding generally
steady. barring some recession in ma
tive stock eve values. while far sheep
were being hit FOR 25c declines and
fat lambs for a 25d Acc break from
Fridays trading basis.