Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-26
RANGE OF PRICES NOW "
PRICES SELL TO LEVELS
UNDER FRIDAYS CLOSE.
LlANcE OF PRICES NOW
AT WIDEST OF SEASON.
Cattle Market Steady, Receipts Being
Insufficient to Make Market-Mar-
ket More Irregular Than For Many
Months-sheep Steady, at Reduced
Levels.

4 Chicago. Sept. 26-After startins
e, strong and ) cents higher today, the
hog market turned slow and the
early advance was lost. demand not
being sustained. Buill OF the nioder-
ate offerings sold under yesterdays
average
, The range of prices IS about the
widest OF the season with poor to good
heavy packing classes within about 10
cents OF the low day of The year Com
mon 10 good heavy packing sold at
! s. 6om so with plenty Of carload lots
around $..75. a small lot Of 221-pound
: butchers sold at 5000 ana enc load of
4 49, pound butchers at s9.o.1s.
Combined receipts at eleven points
Friday $4,000 being 1000 less than
week ago and $4,000 less than a year
ago. Chicago alone had i, 40v less than
! 9 week ago and a.10o less than a year
ago. The first five days IT this week
eleven markets received $4,000, or ST.
| 900 more than a week ago and $4,000
| less than u year ago. Chicago the las.
! five days received 1900 more than IA
+, week ago and $4,000 less than Il year
| ago.
Cattle.
! While cattle were quoted as steady,
there were not sufficient receipts 10
| make a market.
1 \ more irregular deal than noted this
week has not been had for long time
/ past. Stin the price appreciation hit all
the upper crtrst OF the crop and eX
tended as well down to the internedi
ate grades in most instances. Quot
ing hard and fast price gains Is
difficult since there has been great
unevenness in the selling. but at tina.
the weekend finds traders generally
quoting 1o4l25c advance on bulk Of
good to choice steers compared with
the bad market a week ago, and for
a lot OF stuff that has recently sold
at $4,000 1850 and even up to 31o.75
he trades have been Az much as 30G
40c higher
Prime held strong each day and tho
cracking OF the Sil 90 deal dead line"
on Wednesday by two droves ono
yearlings and the other heavy, well
evidenced keen demand for the very
fancy goods. which the trade believes
will go still higher in the near fu-
ture, due to scarcity Of prime quality
| beeves.
! -
/ been above 1880 and up to $1,000
this week than any time previously.
and that clearly established proof OF
| fun recovery Of the price break . week
ago on such classes Yearlings land
ing Up TO s11.oo sold 3Sc higher than
previous top point this year. but part
OF the advance was credited 10 the fact
that a primer grade OF baby beeyes
| was here this week
A big share OF the $s5091O.00 steers
sold close up to high levels shown
, early last week. and they have been
conserva lively quoted l5fs5c higher
F! than the close a week ago. tho 1t has
| been a very irregular trade on them.
| and some Of the wsighty stuff at $3.50
| G9-5 which had been on grass the
best part Of the summer mad to 80 at
last weeks prices. ON the plain and
medium to pretty good grassers and
short corn eaters selling all the way
| from 1926 10 1895 the market was
most irregular this week but that is
| a logical situation at this time. when
| the rangers are strong contending
force aseins. this class OF native
steers.
| The 3s.25ds.00 natives are relative
| ~ higher costing in the beef line than
/ a lot Of the good westerns. and the
range beef, killers declare, finds as good
outlet to consumers Thus the west
| ems are bound to get their preference
while the seasons crop holds out. A
| lot of grass-fattened beef being
| casfled in the west and as We'll gen.
erous quota Of this stuff in the east
ern markets has also been a factor IN
| creating irregularity in the trade for
medium and plain natives but the Hact
I that practically all of these grades are
still little higher than the close last
week has well Indicated that the
/ smaller run than came week ago mas
crea ted fair killer need for them.
Sheep.
! There were only 1000 head OF sheep
among the fresh offerings and the
/ marker held STEADY.
Fat lambs are now selling 6Om9o
cents lower than on Friday of last
averaging fully $3.50 per, cwt below last
weeks nigh spot Fat yelriine.s are
- cents and 81 under nigh time last
week and 81 N5o cents Under a week
ago Fa; wethers are as cents low
er than d week ago and 500 SO cents
under high time last week. Fat ewes
are - cents and 81 under last week S
high spot and 40Mo0 cents under a
week ago. Feeding md breeding
classes are down 20M35 cents from
best levels of last week and weak 10
Is cents lower than week ago.
/ The cause for the declines 10 not
hard 10 find. supply figures and the un :
warranted and unprecedented Septem-
Der prices paid here the fore part OF
last week, coupled with stnkinG
dressed mutton market that has re-
suited In the temporary suspension OF
eastern shipping demand here for fat
classes, being responsible Feeder
have held up remarkably Viii, eonSic
erine the crash in the market for TAT
kinds. stringent money market and
high interest rates on loans.
Omaha Livestock.
~ ft1A-~-Eaf q = 81