Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-08
SALES MADE At PRICES ABOUT
ON LEVELS WITH DECLINE
OF FRIDAY.
LIGHTS TOP MARKET
SELLING UP TO $40
Cattle Steady, with More on Sale Than
Usual on Saturday-Sheep and
Lambs Also Steady-cattie Selling
on Basis Considerably Above Levels
of Ten Days Ago.


We're moderate, even for Saturday, and
prices held steady, at Fridays decline
Lights have again come into favor and
topped the market, selling up to $40.
or 1000 more than last Friday. 10000
more than a year ago and $500 more
than two years ago. Total thus Tar
this week 426,000, of 1900 more than
same period last week, $4,000 more than
like time last year and $4,000 more
than corresponding five days two years
ago. Total for 1850 date 10,295.000.
or 1881 900 mora than same period in
1914 and 1.4S5,000 more than CORES
ponding time 1913.
Cattle.
Cattle were steady, altho there were
more on sale than usual on Saturday.
Net results this week have been
gains ranging mainly at 25T35 cents
over the close last week. and on some
of the heavy steers which were down
close to the seasons low spot early
last week, the recent sales have been
40 a so cents higher Conditions in
heavy steer trade are Better now than
III months past but it must be borne in
mind that as the season advances few
er of these will be due to come into
the market. and this, of course, is the
chief factor in helping prices This
week. however generous quota OF
1850 to 1900 pound stuff has been
here and as we'll .here were numerous
1850 to LOO pound ,ots all of which
did very creditable price perform
ance. Kansas and Nebraska cut loose
some big ones, and found the going
good in the local market, fact which
ought to draw more of them into Chi
cago, where competition is far keener
for that kind at the present time than
a the western markets.
A spread of $500 TS.4O has taken
big lot of heavies this week. and prime
stuff of big weight going at sS.506
$50 well evidenced a keen demand.
Only the palmer grade big-weight
steers are now figuring with seven,
and few of them are going much un-
der 1855, this being a change greatly
for the better. as matched against only
week or ten days ago.
Yearlings have done the stellar per-
formances this week, cashing up to
1910, and they were long yearlings at
that, and fancy baby beef kind might
session.
To guess that the yeariings as we'll
al the choice handy and heavy steers
will go still higher is not bad judgment
right now. Handy prime steers touched
$500 and lot of stuff has sold at
sS.e0dS.75 Of late, while killers have
had access to a small quota of really
good beef below s1.S5. Down TO 1925
n, i& hac f,,lN q
warmed-up kind of stuff and these. as
Well as the poor little killers of stock
cry kind, which went around 800 and
lower. have made strong price gains.
What the week ahead Will bring
forth is problematicai. Guessers on
supply for Monday put it anywhere
from 10000 to $4,000. IF the country
has the same bullish notions that eX-
list at market there's likely to be
scant Monday run said tra der. Corn
planting, too, may :ause many to stay
away from market. However, the con-
sentative estimates were out at 1900
to 10000, and opinion exists that after
the strong demand showing this week
supply of this volume will be needed
next week and can land at prices well
up with current higher levels.
Sheep.
Sheep were steady at recent adj
vances.
Total gains since the low spot Of the
week were irregular. put many offer
ings were up 25140 cents, and some
only showed 10G15 cents upturn. Com
pared with the close Of last week, most
wooded lots looked barely steady and in
some instances transactions were
little lower. Most of the shorn offer
ings ruled strong to 10 cents higher
than last Friday and in extreme in
stances some lots were up 90 cents.
Trade was active from the outset and
practically everything was sold and
weighed up before II o'clock. Quality
was good and little sorting was de-
manded.
The first imports Of mutton and lamb
from Argentina were received at New
York this week since he last week Of
March, but this weeks consignments
proved the largest ever received from
there since the tariff was eliminated
over a year ago. Carcasses of mutton
totaled $4,000. while those of lamb ag-
gregated $1,000, making 35,400 and A.
400, respectively. since Jan. l. For the
same period in 1914 they totaled 10000
and $1,000, respectively.