Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-10
BETTER CALL BRINGS ABOUT AD.
VANCE IN PRICES FOR
OFFERINGS.
CATTLE At NEW HIGH
LEVELS DURING WEEK
Record Prices Scored For Native Beef
Steers, sest Touching S1o.40-Most
of Sheep and Lambs Consigned Di-
rect to Packers-Review Of Market
Condtons-current Quotations.

Chicago, July 10.-Better shipping
demand than expected caused frnness
today in the price of hogs.
Discrimination against we:shty stock
was more severe than any previous
time this season and the sharp break
in prices the past few days should
have a tendency to shut off the supply
early next week. Country shippers
should be careful when buying al
home. ard unless they demand big
margin on the heavy and mixed classes
their chance of profit is lost. Receipts
the first five days this week totaled
$4,000, a decrease Of $4,000 compared
with the same period last week, and
an increase of 1880 compared with
the corresponding time last year.
Eleven markets received $1,000 hogs
Friday, or 500 more than last Friday
23,eO0 more than a year ago. and "a
sGG more than two years ago. Total
thus far this week $1,000, or 10000
less than same period last week, $4,000
moro than like time last year and 2S,-
COO less than corresponding i've days
two yesrs ago. Total for 1915 to date
IA, 75S,O00, or 1905, 900 more than same
period 1914 and 1,4s1,ooo more than
corresponding time 1918.
Cattle.
Cattle prices were virtually NOM
inal
The spread widening process has
been pronounced this week. Quality
has commanded the best prices on rec
ord for July, and the proportion Of
common stuff has been small enough
to permit the highest week in trade
history insofar as average prices are
concerned. Altho the weeks top at
5000 is 81 per cwt below the yard
record for other than show cattle).
the average price of beef steers at
Chicago this week was the average for
the week ending August is last, and
highest up to the present time ever
recorded
The advance this week has been
most marked above the 9h cent line
and under cent improvement has
been hard to detect, cheaper grades
which had a bad finish last week los
ing still more ground. The "greeny''
stuff selling at s697.50 is not facing a
favorable prospect and killers will buy
it lower If possible. Everything un-
der sS.25 has been draggy, with a
downward tendency and the $3.50 q
lS grades are merely on a steady, but
uncertain basis. Cattle that were sub
I jected to most neglect some time back
are now reveling in popularity and
are likely to enjoy more Of it as the
season works along.
| This week a long string OF $3.50 q
1926 sales has been made, rendering
| it the highest market on record for
| the season. Such, as well as prime
| beeves up to s10.35M 1910 at mid-week
show 25M40c gains over a week ago.
| A good run is expected Monday
| high prices being the magnet expect
| ed to draw cattle to the shambles. A
favorable prospect faces shippers q
| finished bullocks but the medium and
| low grade grassy and habitat kinds
are on dangerously high ground de-
spite their decline in recent sessions.
Sheep.
| Most OF the sheep ana lambs Went
| direct 70 killers.
! AS compared with week ago most
| native lambs showed a 80 cent decline
! considering sorting, while westerns are
! down as much or more. the $40 Ida
! hoes TODAY at the sort they sold under
! being made $40 if not a little more Q
week ago. 4earling stuff is about "a
cents lower for the week and matured
muttons are mostly steady, aged sheer
! having been very scarce all week.
Chicago receipts the coming week
are expected to prove rather light, but
Omaha will doubtless attract good
run of range stock and with dressed
mutton trade in its present depressed
condition the outlook is not suggestive
| of any recovery from this weeks de-
cline, in fact further declines on lambs
are more than probable in the event
supply proves heavier than is now in
| dicated.
! This weeks receipts at six LEADING
western markets total about $4,000
an increa Sc of 5000 over last week and
| IL. 600 more than year ago. OF this
weeks run Chicago has had nearly
So 900, or 1000 more than last week
! and $500 less than year ago.