Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-14
RAIN lNTERFEREs WITH
SHEEP AND CATTLE TRADE
Difficulty Experienced in Disposins Of
Supply on Hand-cattle, Especially
Poorer Grade, Are in Poor Demand
Current Quotations Of the Leading
Market centsrs.

some lots Unit! the big packers took
! hold. Quality was poor and strictly
prime light weights were scarce. Price
range seemed wider than any previous
time this season, but traders expect the
! spread between common and best lots
| to get even broader unless the quality
! improves.
| Quite good many carload lots of
$50 to 40o-pound packing sows sold
around $50, with a good smooth class
OF 30opound sows suitable for ship
| ment at 81 and fancy heavy barrows on
shipping account at 7.2507.so.
A desirable class of heavy mixed
packing sold at sS.s096.s5 and butcher
mixed packing sold around the 81 mark.
Sales above $3.50 We're no criterion of
the rank and file of the offerings.
Shippers bought selected light in the
free area around s7.1o. while about the
class sold in the modified at $3.50.
Eleven markets Tuesday received
$1,000 hogs, or $500 less than last Tues
day 2i.100 less than a year ago and
%, 900 less than Two years ago. Total
t..us far this week 10 900. or 1000 less
than same period last week. 10000 less
than like time last year and $4,000 less
than corresponding two days two years
ago. Total Tor 1915 to date 1882 900.
or 2.09l, o0o more than same period 1914
and $4,000 more than corresponding
time 1913.
Cattle.
Rain hampered trade in cattle.
Everything below So was on a slip
ping basis Statesmen asserted that
steers selling around $3.50 were rs cents
lower than week ago and the s6.50G7
Is
such cattle are involved the salesman
has merely to do the best he can. Stat
ing with exactness how such cattle are
selling is impossible. Stuff that sold
fairly well week ago is not wanted
now as all buyers appear to be reluct-
ant to go up against grassy grades.
steers selling under So are an uncertain
proposition and such as were worth
$500 $50 week ago have been
bumped so hard that it is impossible
to say what they will bring. Good. but
crooked steers. fat and with some
weight had to take 1855 and anything
of that nature was slow. The break
has been aggravated by liberal run
of Texans in the southwest, that move
nent having assumed maximum
volume for the season.
Tuesdays receipts at 1000 head. COM
pared with 3.153 week ago. 3.70l
year ago and $3.50 for same day two
years ago Total for the first two days
of the week at 24.Sls compares with
1898 for same days last week, 1s,471
a year ago and 24.042 for corresponding
period two years ago.
Receipts at all western markets
showed little change as compared with
week ago. Total run Of cattle at six
leading western markets for the day
was about 21.700 head, being 700 more
than a week ago, about the same as
year ago. but 1900 head less than two
years ago. Total for the first two days
of the week at these points stands
about $4,000 head. against $4,000 for
same days last week, $4,000 year ago
and 10000 for like period two years ago.
A few good steers on offer Tuesday
sold at 1865, while some medium
weight offerings averaging about 1900
pounds went at 1855. There was no
noticeable change to the market as
compared with previous day. and. like
Monday, il was very slow work, includ-
ing the palmer sorts of offerings.
Run of steers was practically all in
the free area. There was hardly any
thing to suit the shippers in the line
of quality and the latter buyers were
practically out of the market on that
account.
Trade was slow for bulls Tuesday.
Prices were steady to weaker as COM
pared with Monday. 1t was a very IN
even trade for the offerings. as Mon
days market finished lower and ways
of quoting the prices Tuesday all de-
pended on the time when compared
<-$o 49,
the finish Monday there was no change
to the values. while most sales looked
10915c lower than the good time that
day. There was fair number Of bulls
included in the days receipts, ard
shippers did not have very large orders.
Packer demand was less urgent than on
Monday and this caused the trade to
drag.
Sheep.
Sheep and lambs suffered from the
effect OF rainy weather, and holders
had difficulty IN moving their supply.
Sorting Of all offerings was done and
huvers aimed to :>eep away from buy
ing offerings which were too light I'M
less such lots were .,btainable at a
reasonable discount, quality making
little difference as far az helping the
sale of them was concerned. There
were several loads of choice to prime
natives here and the rangers, consisting
of fresh Idahos. and some Washingtons
held over from yesterday. were in good
to choice flesh. Receipts thruout the
west were meager, but buyers claim
supply figures have less bearing on
prices now than the dressed trade
which has been weakened by a poorer
consumptive demand owing to high
prices on the BLOCK"
| Most of the choice to prime natives
of suitable weight landed at 80, and not
even the city butchers cared to severely
trim offerings Of this class and pay
more for the tops. Several other
punches landed at $s.5o@s.75. which
were Of fairly good quality. but often
| too light IN weight Those downward
from 1926 were not desired at any price
| by some Of the buyers. Seconds OF
good quality usually sold Ground 81 and
thin underweight ones az low as IS.
| Chicago Livestock.
/ Chicago, July IA.