Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-18
OFFERINGS FAR LESS NUMEROUS
THAN ON CORRESPONDING
DAY LAST WEEK.
SUPPLY INSUFFICIENT
TO MEET DAYS DEMAND
Hot Weather and Poor Quality Of
Offerings Interfere With the Sale Of
Beef Stock-Sheep and Lambs Are
Not in Urgent Call and Prices Show
Decline as Result.

Chicago July IS. strength de-
veloped in the hog market today be-
cause the offerings were far less
numerous than on the corresponding
day last week.
Inferior to good mixed packing
landed at 9.15G9.5O, with only small!
proportion below $40. Mediums and
butchers were secured at 9.52@ q so.
with bulk of this class upward of $50.
Poor to good heavy packing made 9.10
@9.45, with some loads down to 9.25.
Rough heavy packing, in odd punches,
went at S.7569.05 with a smooth class
of extremely heavy sows obtainable at
800
Plain to good light weights cleared
at 9.30M9.72h. only mixed class SELL
ing downward from $50, and ship
ping grade up to $50, along with Few
Singers" However, later transactions
We're no criterion of the trade.
Too many mixed and grassy lots
were on sale for the good Of the trade
and buyers continued the price widen
ing process. Average selling was the
lowest since June -, but the top was
the same as on the last day Of June az
1000 The big packers were in no hurry
to get in the trade. but eventually tney
were fairly good buyers. The not
weather, did the market no good, ana
the consumption of meat was slack
enough to. cause buyers to go slow.
Country shippers are to be COM
mended for the way they are loading
hogs this summer, but they realize only
too we'll that overlooking does not pay.
especially when prices are so nigh.
Yesterdays run was $4,000; the prevl-
Gus Monday 40,314 was the official run
and a year ago 43,353 came in. while
two years ago 32555 showed up.
Quality was only fair, but it seemed
a. good as last Monday and proved
little better than Saturday. Pigs were
in fairly good demand, altho prices
were around dime lower than cary
Saturday. A good share Of the crop
sold down to $50 and there were some
common packing stock offered Whlch
never received better bids than $50.
Only a small part Of the run landed'
above go and some buyers secured q
good general purpose class OF 200 to
$50 pound offerings at 9.SO@9.75.
Cattle.
Hot weather and poor quality IN
terfered with the sale of cattle.
The price drop of last week followed
bv the depreciation again Monday
placed general run Of sales on a sharp
~ lower level when compared with the
high spot A class Of cattle now SELL
ing around s50@s.5o seem to have
shared the full extent Of the decline
as most look right at 1.0o@1.5o lower
than the high spot Of about three
weeks ago. -t
In the run Monday there was good
proportion Of good cattle when strictly
prime lots were lacking. The TRACE
was pretty we'll supplied with steers
of value around lo.OO@10.25, the latter
price taking very good grade, out
above the latter price sales began to De
scarce.
A decent class ofcattle Monday had
to sell around 9.25@s.75, while range
of s.50m9.oo took a pretty fair class OF
cattle that seem to be selling at roch
bottom when compared with the recent
good time in the market. There was
large number Of the fair to medium
grades around and it was .such classes
that buyers went after in the slowese
manneY. !,
There was a large supply here anu
elsewhere so killers we're in no hurry
about taking hold The entire list was
slow to get action, but after the start
the better grades had most action. Best
steers offered Monday were sixteen
heads which averaged 1872 pounds
and sold at 1890 Other steers OF neae
tor grade landed at 1880 11o.6o, but
to get over the 1880 mark they had 10
be real good Z
Good quality cows and heifers were
scarce Monday and had fair call. Ihls
kind especially was no lower than the
bad close, for the common and medium
classes were slow going members amp
had to bear the brunt of the weakness