The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-13
LIVE STOCK.
TODAY s QUOTATIONS.


BYEY CArrLn-Corn- fed none.
BARREN cows-FaI 2s63 cents
sHIPPiSe-SAGSS cents.
sIeCK-Pcr head, s9@els.
Mich Cows-With calves, S2SGsiQ
SPRIsaRRs-Per head, slQ&s30.
Ho6s-Corn.fed, 535h CENTS timber fat S@t
stock, 2s@S.
sHEEr-Mut,ou, ss&3s cents stock, per head
q. sOtde2 90.
HoRsks--Extta tine, per span, SOJG s50G fancy
harness, sl5O@S2Oo; livery harness, S5tsl'&
farm, SJOSDSl25; ponies, Sl5GSS0.
MuLEs-Extra heavy 5l2S5s;10G medium 500
SlC0 small kS0a5u
A party of Texas gentlemen. Interested both
In the banking and cGtlle.ralsing pursuits, were
In Chicago last week. The members of the dele
CATION aIG j NJ, Mathis, James A, McFadden,
u A. Levi and George IL Levi They are resi-
dents of Victoria and represent combined live
stock and banking capital Of sG0o0OOo In their
mission TO Chicago they represent practically all
the cattle owners In Victoria county, They
come here in the interest of scht me TO reiTger-
ate beef In Texas and ship II TO Chicago and the
eastern markets. The question confronting the
cattle growers OF Texas is whether they shall
continue to ship all the way 10y rail or drive
part the distance and ship the remainder OF me
way, or whether they shall slaughter thelr
beeyes on their native pastures and ship me
meat refrigerated to Chicago. II these gentle
men, after thorough investigation, shall report
fayuraby on the rotiigorating plan, then COM
pany will Immediately be organized, AMI opera.
lions commenced this fall. Tho company II
formed will build 200 cars so as not 10 be de-
pendent wholly upon the existing refrigerator
lines though II Is thought probable that a
consolidation Of the reirgefatng interests
will result from this undertaking. The
Victoria delegation spent yesterday In an III
vestigatiou Of the Strengthening and packing
process and operations at the large establish.
monts Of that kind In Chicago They also OK
amincd into the cost aud efficacy of ice manuiaC'
turing machinery, with the View Of its introduce
| ton In icIas In connection with the rttrigorat
ing scheme. Two of the gentlemen named hold
| official connections with Texas railroads The
| party leave this morning for Boston and New
| York to study the question of the transportation
Object IN refrigerator cars between the west and
| the Seahoard,
| I'VE are Just now getting says the Chicago
Droyers' Journal, 'thc usual avalanche Of poor
thin cattle, such as we usually see ut the end or
near the end OF every grazing season They
| come In lots of one to three or four car loads
| together, These shipments are made up of old
| shelly cows, heifcrs from two TO three years old
few steers of the Srme age, with some bulls
mixed in, all rs poor as wood, being the lowest
kind of scrubby stuff not III to butcher entirely
worthless for breeding purposes MI through
and Just as worthless for fall or wintol
| feeding We generally get kind OF
| rush of Just this kind of stock at this season
of the year, after the whole grazing season has
been available for putting all kinds OF cattle IN
| good ieshy condition, We have often wondered
how mon could be induced to cling to this kline
of stock year after year, Just rs though II wa,
exactly the kind of stock to produce for profit
The Chicago Times, of Monday, says of cat
| tie; The supply was more than ample to meet
the wants of buyers, and after the best drOyei
had boon selected there was Il slow, unsatsfac
tory movement all the way through on the re
mainder. We are getting so fow really choice
cattle ut present from any quarter that as mat
ter Of fact they cut no figure In the market and
tho general trade, therefore, must be described
As in siCkly and In every way depressed con
dition. That has been Its condition for som
time past, and will doubtless continue AZ lonl
as the receipts OF western range stock aud low
to medium grade natives continue as largo a
they have for tho past twenty days. The
shrinkag0 in values for all OF the cheaper quail
tiles has been gradual but steady this week
and amounts In the aggregate to, a@1,c,, Will
for primo to extra becvos, or such as have sol,
recently at 81 and upwards, there has beef
nearly or quito that much advance, rs com
pared with last weeks quotations. Arrival
fiom the far west were again quito free yester
day, and for all except those In prime condi
ton, as also for native cows and butchers
, and Gamers stun generally, buyers de
) mandod concessions flom former rates of 81
l0c, An occasional bunch of stockers finds
buyer aud now and thOn drove of feeders In
, been taken for still-fccdlng, yet there has no
been time this season when dealers In thi
( class of stock have experienced so much dill
Guilty in hnding an outlet for their conSign
, ment, SS9320. being the ruling range for iNi
10 Eoou ultlly loS' Inc extreme fhlBcOi va
0 ucs was wide one, poor to the best selling 4
I 81 25ogL2j, the outside figure being realized In
couple OF instances for averages of i,3SS to 81
4 pounds. The bulk ofthc trading was at e. S0O
s 50 for only medium ileshy TO fairly fat steer
i at SiGi Is for common killing and shipping d,
AT 81 iiiQS 30 .or common to good native cow
at s3.i5@i 37I for through Texans, and 1
81 20gLSi for northern. wintercd do and halt
, breeds Some pretty good Kansas native steer
% car'loadsl, averaging Las TO 100 pound
sold at e. 9otl6
Now is u good time TO secure rams for neI
springs lambs. By ali means secure one of pui
blood, aud never be persuaded to take gradt