Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-06

beef that kind Is getting best action.
and the slippery, big-bellied natives
that are due to dress unsatisfactory
are bound to suffer accordingly. the
same is true of stuff crowded off pas
ture and short corn fed. Much OF 1t Is
coming for the obvious reason h a
holders do not want to feed new corn
and will not buy the old corn at cur
rent stiff cost. The trade has had a lot
Of grassers this week from Wiscon-
sin and Iowa that have sold all the
way from $7.65 to $40 and better, a
few heavy fat mes going around 1913
and above, out on the bulk Of this stun
at least soc was registered Wednesday
as against a week ago.
Shipper Outlet Short.
The shipping situation Is not good
from buyers standpoint. Jewish holi-
days of late have interferred with the
beef movement apd another set of them
will be celebrated next Monday and
Tuesday, which will again cut off kosh-
err demand and also a week later the
Feast of Law" will stop kosher killing.
Jewish holidays annually put the trade
in a bad way and this year., with money
tight and corn high, a lot of stuff has
been crowded onto the market at a
time when it's presence, together with
the holiday influence. has worked
things in bad shape for selling inter-
ests.
Bulk Of the trading on good fat heif-
ers is easily as high as a week ago and
choice tidy weights are quotable as
high as any time this season Choice
heavy beef cows are also making about
the same prices as q week ago, but
fairly good and common eraser grades,
the $500 stuff. are still mostly 15c low
er than a week ago and such have sold
this week down to bottom levels of the
season. Gamers and cutters have re-
covered in the last two days most Of
the decline Of early in the week.
The cut in prices applies on cows all
the way up to $3.50 and heifers below
$500, though for the right fat dry lot
now is holding close up with levels
shown at the finish last week. The
prices, however, are ranging 50@75c
lower than early last month on prac-
tically everything below strictly choice
grade, current general levels being on
lowest basis for many weeks.
Prime steers again sold at $11.05 on
Monday of this week but there have
been no sales since at this level, the
nominal quotations being flat $11.
Yearilngs selling above 1915 have
encountered less vicissftude, but under
that mark they have Dee on a peddling
basis.
The run has carried a lot of good
cattle, a considerable proportion selling
at $9@1O.40. The $S.25@9 grades have
also been plentiful, this range embrace
ing a lot Of steers that would have been
materially improved by a longer feed.
Feeders Hold Firm.
In the stockers and feeder division
prices r steady to firm and bulk OF
right good quality steers show levels
10c higher than low time late last week,
though a cut of $50 0c Is still shown
on most Of the medium to good steers
Sheep receipts this week were 1885,
976 head against 140,0 900 estimated to
arrive and compared with 1890 head
for the same time last year.
compared with high point a short while
ago. For the common and medium
steers current prices are only on levels
shown a week ago.. and it is a favorable
time to pick up the light stuff at prices
that look comparatively cheap. Not
much eastern buying is done in the
light stuff since big runs Of these
grades have been marketed at Pennsyl-
vania points this week n the demand
here from that state has been small
Bulk of the supplies are going out ia
points within a radius Of $50 miles east,
west and south of Chicago. The freer
action on part Of country buyers of late
suggests that although money Is tight
in many quarters, a goodly number OF
loans are still being negotiated.
Veal calf trade is still in a bad rut
due mainly to the Jewish holidays, de-
mand being cut off. On the bulk prices