The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-24

LIVE STOCK ,

No great Improvement In receipts of cattle at
the stock-yardS Is noticeable and the demand
continues above the supply shippers anxiously
watch every arrival, and "gobblG up all the fat
sleek beevcs that put In I'M appearance The
shipments from this city SO far have been fur in
excess of those of last year up to this date and
the prospects now are that they will continue
during the season A great many cattle are
coming In that are barely IN condition for butch.
erlng purposes So far there have but few veal
calves offered on the markets, farmers
and stock-raisers finding II profitable
to Keep them over for a year or two
or until they are grown Mutton sheen are
plentiful, but they are not In rs good order for
killing as they should be, considering the fine
grasses they have 10 feed upon. Hogs are n
drug In the market and the demand light,
Horses mud ponies are IN good request Prices
oil all kinds Of stock are firm aud steady
TO-DAY s QUOTATIONS.,
BEEF CATrLE-Corn.fcd, $685. cents.
BARN cowS-fat Sd3s cents
SHIrrISG-SA al cents.
SrcCK-Per head, sl5ds20
Mich Cows-With calves tl5Gst0
SPRlNGERs-Per head, sl0Ss30.
HoGs-Corn.fcd, 5@5h cents; timber fat, SOFT
stock. 2S@S
snREr-Mutton, as@Ss cents stock per head
81. 60G2 90
HcRsss--Eytra fine, per span, s0o@sSco fancy
farm, s0esl2b ponies, sl5@sS0
30. small SS0@sS
In Madison county Montana territory, 5000
cattle were recently sold at u fraction over sl9
| apiece
There have been four thousand head Of m,
cattle shipped tom Hanover York county
Pennsylvania, this spring,
Philip Thorpe, of noavcrhcad county, Mon
tnn0 Territory, says he wintcrcd his flock of
| $500 sheep without the loss of one
4 prominent stock.growcr Of Alhuuucrouc
| New Mexico, has In the last few weeks lost lGN
horses ont of herd of l70, ftnm eating the loco
weed The dead horses were valued at about
| $4,000.
The Chicago Times says In the market for
native butchers stock and Texans, which wric
In small supply, there was fairly active move.
msnt ut prices showing no material change, but
| for nearly all grades OF shipping steers there
was slow trade at weak nud about 10 cents per
| Cwt lower figures
| oshkosh, Wisconsin, reports n great scarcity OF
cattle In that vicinity, and n beef famine I,
feared THAT section In, been completely
secured for live stock without much success
| Farmers have raised few cattle, IN account of
the scarcity Of corn An effort will be made to
secure the importation OF cattle from other
| points.
The drive Of cattle from Texas this year. saws
| the Kansas vity lndica or promises 10 exceed
last year by about 8 tOOi head The drive proper
| VIII be principally ones and twos, and uf these
abou, one, half have been ALREADY contracted for,
and two'tifihs ot the remainder 10 ~ northern
| ranches, leaving about $500 to lO1OCO Young
cattle fot sale, In addition To the drive Of stock
cattle there will be from 1900 to lOOOOO heaVes
| uuven from northern Texas, the Fan Handle
southern Kansas, aud Indian territory, IN Cald.
we'll lluuncwcll, and Kansas City, Kansas, for
| u market
The Drovcrs journal OF yesterday SAYS
THE market for horses has shown some signs
! OF revival during the last two or three days
Certainly the clear weather that has prevailed
| has made everybody connected with the trade
| fool hpttgr thuu tlufiuv thu