Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-16
aOGS MOVE SLOWLY
At CHICAGO YARDS
BIDDING NOT ACTIVE AND OFFER.
lNGs ARE DIFFICULT TO
DISPOSE OF.
TOO MANY LEFT OVER
FROM TUESDAYS RECEIPTS
Prices Show Some Strength After
Lower Opening and Close Is Cents
Aoove Wednesdays Lew Spot-cat-
tie Firm, With Better Grades Wanted
SHEEP Trade Steady.

Nas SLOW today altho some improve
nent was Shown late III the session and
prices advanced sIsshhy above the
opening fgures. Bulk at the close
We're quoted GEMS higher than yes
!. tercays !ow time. Too many iett-overs
from Tuesday prevented more
radical advance
Prevailing prices are 1890 cents
lower than hes, time Saturday and gem
orally 81 cents lower than a week ago
there being only TWO days lower since
Aug. :. the low day of the year The
fen choice light offerings Tuesday
found ready sale. but on other classes
trade was dragsy and al the finish 1000
remained in me pens. Armour bought
Only 500 and eleven other packers
bought an average OF less than 500
each.
A total o: 5000 hogs at the eleven
markets Tuesday stood 5000 smaller
Than a week ago ard corresponding
Tuesday year ago. Chicago had s.
500 less than week, following Mon
days holiday and l.0oa less than year
ago. Kansas City and ST. Louis TO-DAY
increased heavily. compared with
wear ago. while Omaha and Sioux Cry
decreased heavily.
cs.tle
Cattle were firm, best being in strong
inquiry
The country Is cutting cattle loose 20
save buying high priced old corn. This
IS true west ~ well as in local terri
tory. but in the west the supplies o.
good beef are lamentably scarce and
there IS a comparatively small quota
OF the crop which qualities above the
good" class. and big quato Of 1t that
IS merely classed as medium. II Is a
paucity OF the choice goods alone that
holds them up in price with last week.
On Monday practically everything
above $1,000 sold fully- steady to good
demand. and for the others 1t was
dull and 100I5c lower market,
1860 kinds il was hardly worse than
Ioc decline Tuesday the run had
barely anything to class IN value up 10
ISIS. and FOR the lower quality grades
il was slow and weak deal. in some
cases bids being again on a little lower
basis in sympathy with weaker trade
FOR some of the range steers.
Killers are firmly set against paying
over s11.oo for prime steers. and they
forced the Braggs to sell at that price
on Monday. eQualing tops Of las, week.
although the Bragg steers have set an
enyiable reputation for prime carcass
makers and ordinarily would command
a premium over the toppers here last
week. Killers are averse 10 setting a
new top above sii.0o. evidently beiiev-
ing that once the Ice is broken top
steers Will again go on price climb
ing rampage such as marked the Au-
gus. trade IN them after rhe $1,000
mark was passed. and pauciey of sup
ply Of prime goods and a keen demand
continued a trade feature.
The range runs are acting as a
strong leverage in holding down the
lower and middle quality native steer. A
weak market on all this stuff thus far
this week plainly demonstrates that
the increased Supplies OF medium and
immature steers are putting killers in
a more advantaa geous position than
recently. and further declines for the
under $1,000 kinds later this week VIII
not come as a surprise.
Sheep.
Sheep continued TO sell on steady
basis
The market has attained danger
ously high level on all classes, killers
are showing evidence Of firing at the
prices and feeder demand has 70
very large extent been shut of for the
time being. II there Is anything in
the drawing power of prices. the rec
ord September figures now being paid
should start stuff rolling niarketward
in increased numbers from all direc-
lions. altho no generous runs anywhere
are looked for this week. Tie market
has reached a point however, from
which some reaction appears certain in
the not far distant future. Since the
Sept low spot fat lambs have ad-
vanced fully $1,000 i.25, some natives
more and current prices are by long
odds the highest ever paid On Sep
TENDER market.