Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-18
SHIPPERS SID FOR LITTLE Eel
LOWS, WHILE OTHERS ARE
OUT OF FAVOR.
LIBERAL RECEIPTS NOTED
AT ALL WESTERN POINTS
Bulk Of Sales Made on Basis Below 7
Cents. -. Cattle Prices Tend Down.
ward Because Of Offerings Being
More Plentiful Than Expected
Fewer Sheep and Lambs Coming In.

Chicago. Aug. 1s.-Shippers here
wanted light hogs today. but othel
kinds of hogs were weak owing to lib
eral receipts thruout the west.
Inferior TO good mixed packing lots
sold Tuesday at s.159S.35. 1t was a
fairly good market for the best grades
in this class, where weights We're light,
but the common weighty kinds were
slow to clear. Mediums and butchers
went at 6.4046.65. Poor to good heavy
packers were the slowest sellers and
showed full decline on the price col
umn. Sales were at $50 6.1o, and
packers bought quite a number around
6.0006.10. Rough heavy packers in
odd lots went at $500 SIS. Light
weights had the best action of the
day. Sales were at $500 $50, with
some prime lots higher. Selected. $50
also. The latter price was higher
than Monday.
AT eleven principal markets Tues
day there was a total of about sl.iO0
hogs received Tuesday, against $4,000
a week ago, $1,000 year ago and So
900 for same day two years ago. To-
tai for the first two days of the week
at these points stands about $4,000
head, being 10000 more than same
days last week, 1000 less than year
ago. and $4,000 more than correspond
ing period two years ago.
Cattle.
Cattle prices tended downward, Of
ferings being more plentiful than were
expected.
1T, 10 ~fra
prime. is now doing a poor perform
ance In the market, and even the prime
ones are a Disappointing lot, since de-
nand supply OF that kind, is far short
er than the trade figured on for this
season. Those who held the big steers
thru July, It has developed, made a
mistake. The cost to carry them ne
cessitated big advance in prices to
let the feeders out, and tho prtoe gain
has failed to naterialize.
Now with the demand favoring fat
handy and light steers, II IS case OF
narrow outlet for the 1900 pound and
bigger grades at sharp discount in
price from prime lighter weights.
The two-day run this week stood
21,700. counting 5000 today. the Mon
day crop overrunning the estimate, and
made 21.7oo for two days this week,
against 27,23e a week ago and 26,ss8 a
year ago, while the crop at six markets
in two days stood $4,000. an increase Of
5000 over a week ago and 1000 under
year ago.
Cattle trade appears to have acquir-
ed a stride Mutations are no longer
violent and market action is giving
satisfaction.
Il has doubtless been beef making
season. but demand is good. All buy
ing interests were in the market yes
terday and the clearance was not a
difficult matter. 1t is good market
regardless of what the knockers say
Sheep.
Sheep and lambs arrived in fewer
numbers than week ago.
Native lambs OF right good to choice
class sold at s.25G $50. Packers and
city butchers occasionally paid the
latter figure, but s.25 a $40 took the
bulk and some fair killers sold at 8.
There was more inclination on the part
of buyers to side-step strong weight
bucky natives than heretofore this
season, and from now on such kinds
may be expected to get sharper price
discounts from well conditioned,
trimmed stock. a rough bucky sort
now ranging downward TO I, while
6.5Oa6.75 today took most native Gull
lambs