The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-03-23
LIVE STOCK .

TIE cattle which are now being brought to
this city are far from being first quallty our
butchers pay for such becycs MS are cut up Tor
this market from three 10 three and half cents
p0r pound. while shippers are Offering iouT
cents for such rs will answer their purposes
From this II will be seen that here III IeNhs,
with our vast herds and fine grasses, we do not
even eat fair second class quality OF peer
The supply Is far from being equal to the de-
mand, and prices IRE finn. There were about
half hundred head Of mutton sheep III the
! pens today, and they were the most detected
| and sorriest lot that was ever offered lor inc
butchers knife, They had been shorn OF
their wool and their -, condition
eye One man said the whole flock would not
| furnish enough mutton tallow TO grease II vaccine
! scab. Sill they sold readily, for butchers must
have. mutton to accommodate the trade; HOGS
are also scarce and high, and what few do come
in would suit those admirably who like lean
pork. 1t is to be hoped we will soon have stock
on sale that will be, at least in respectable con
diton. The following are quotations to-day:
To-DAY's QUOTATIONS..
BEEF CATTLE-Corn-ied3 @S}s cents.
BARN Cows-Fat. ga 3h cents.
SHIPPING-3%@ "a cents.
STcCK-Per head. Sl5@S2O.
Mich Cows-With calves, s25@s4O.
SPRINGERs-Per head, S10@S30.
HoGs-Corn- fed, 6@61l cents; timber fat 4@5;
stock. 3@4k.
sHEEp-Mutton, sA@Sh cents; stock, per head.
s1.6O@S2 90.
HoRsEs-Extra fine per span, s3oO@s50O fancy
harness, S150@S200; livery harness, SI5C9SlT5;
farm, $5O@S SIPS; ponies, Sl5@s3O.
MULEs-Extra heavy Sl25@S2O0 medium $500
70 small s30M si5.
American horse buyers are plenty in quebec.
They are mostly from Boston and New York,
and are paying all the way from $50 to $40 a
head.
Canadian cattle exporters are busy with prep
arationsfor the spring trade, which will open
earlier than usual this year on account OF the
mild winter.
Sheep are reported dying in the vicinity OF Una.
dilla New York, with disesse called stretches"
The sheep begins to stretch, and in Il few hours
begins to bloat and then dies.
The lambng season has commenced in Texas,
and as the ewes are generally in strong. healthy
onditon and the weather favorable. the pros
pect is that an unusually lirge percentage OF
lambs will be saved
A CORRESPONDENT from Yakima City, W. T.,
says that cattle. buyers are offering $40 per head
ing yearlings, which is just double the price
paid at this time last year.
L. is reported that Great Britain has $50, 600
and Ireland 265 900 more hogs this year than
last, with plenty of cheap potatoes on which to
fatten the animals. Also there is an increase of
CO. 600 cattle over last year in the united king
dom.
The Chicago Drovers' Journal says: The
spring trade in horses may now be considered
fairly open The arrivals during the past week
have been large, and the sales at the Union
stock yards stables have been correspondingly
but n sound, healthy demand exists for good
horses of all the different kinds. fair num-
Der have been shipped to- different points in the
east but the great bulk of the horses that have
been on the move have been distributed in the
comparatively near vicinity of this market. The
and mares for breeding purposes continues to
be feature of marked interest in the trade