The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-09-14
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BEgr OArTLs-Cor.fed, none
BARREN COws--Fat 2S@5 cents
BHfPPfNo-gAD8Jt cents.
BToOK--Per head, t9osls. -.
MICH oOws-With calves, t250e40.
BpRfHoERs-Per head, si0@tg0
Hoos-Corn.fod, 51bH cents; timber fat, 500
snlErcMutton. SXssI cents stock, por head
MoRsEs-Exra nne, per span, s9ooSsGoe fancy
harness, slbO@s200; livery harness, Gb@sl7b;
farm, 856as125; ponies, Sl5@S3O. ..
MULEs--.Extra heavy Sl26@slOO; mr1lum seoG
party of Texas gentlemen, interested both
In the banking and Cattle-raising pursuits, were
in Chicago last week. The members Of the dele
CATION are: j NJ. Mathis, James a. McFadden,
q. A, Levi and George ii Levi. They are resi-
dents Of Victoria and represent combined I'VE
stock and banking capital of S6,OOO,OO0 In tneir
mission to Chicago they represent practically all
the cattle owners In Victoria county. They
come hero In the interest of scheme to reirlger-
ate beef in Texas and ship II TO Chicago ana the
eastern markets. The question conirohnng tne
cattle. growers of Texas Is whether they shall
continue TO ship all the way by rail or drive
part the distance and ship the remainder OF the
way, or whether they shall slaughter their
beeves on their native pastures and ship the
meat refrigerated to Chicago. If these gentle
men, after thorough investigation, shall report
| favorably on the refrigerating plan, then COM
lions commenced this fall The company, if
formed, will build 700 cars So as not 70 be de-
pendent wholly upon the existing refrigerator
lines, though II is thought probable that a
consolidation of the refrigerating interests
will result from this undertaking. me
Victoria delegation spent yesterday in an IN.
vestigadon Of the Strengthening and packing
process and operations at the large establish
ments of that kind in Chicago. They also ex-
amined into the cost and efficacy of ice manutac-
turing machinery, with the view Of Its introduce
ton in cxas In connection with the reirlgsreitsI
ing scheme. Two of thesgentlemen named hold
official connections with Texas railroads. The
party leave this morning for Boston and New
York, to study the question of the transportation
of beef in refrigerator cars between the west ana
eve are Just now getting" says the Chicago
Drovers Journal, the usual avalanche OF poor,
thin cattle, such as we usually see at 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 heifers from two to three years old,
a few steers of the srme age. with some bulls
mixed in, all as poor as wood, being the lowest
kind of scrubby stuff not fit to butcher entirely
worthless for breeding purposes al through G;n
rush Of just this kind Of stock at this season
year after the whole gra;zi1g season noo has
good heshy condition. We have often wondered
how men could be induced TO cling to this kind
of stock year after year, Just as though 1t was
The Chicago Times, of Monday, says OF cat
tie: The supply was more than ample to NEST
the wants OF buyers, and after the best droyes
had been selected there was slow. unsatisfac-
tory movement all the way through on the re-.
mainder. We are getting SO few really choice
cattle at present from any quarter that as mat
ter of fact they cut no figure in the MARKET ana
the general trade, therefore, must be described
as in sickly and in every way depressed con-
dition. That has been Its condition for some
time past and will doubtless continue as long
as the receipts of western range stock and low
to medium grade natives continue as large as
they have for the past twenty days. Inc
shrinkage in values for all of the cheaper quail
tiles has been gradual but steady this week,
and amounts in the aggregate to A@5Sc., whlle
for prime to extra beeves, or such as have sold
recently at 81 and upwards there has been
nearly or quite that much advance, as COM
pared with last weeks quotations. Arrivals
nom the far west were again quite free yester-
day, and for all except those in prime cond1-
ton, as also for native cows and butchers
and Gamers stuff generally, buyers de-
manded concessions from former rates of 5(g
loo. An occasional bunch of stockers finds a
buyer, and now and then drove of feeders has
been taken for still-feeding, yet there has not
been time this season when dealers i'll this
class ofstock have experienced SO much dim
Gully in finding an outlet for their consign-
| ments. 3 l4@3%c being the ruling range for fair
to good thrifty lots. The extreme range Of val.
ues was a wide one, poor TO the best selling at
90 25@7.25. the outside figure being realized In a
couple OF instances for averages OF l,SoS TO Or
pounds The bulk of the trading was at 500
s. so for only medium fleshy to fairly fat steers;
at s4@475 for common killing and shipping do;
at ~ 1908 90. for common to good native cows;
at SO. 456l4. SIX for Through" Texans, and at
"a. 2O@4 IS for northern wintcred do and half
breeds. Some pretty good Kansas native steers
% car-loads), averaging 1,T5 to 1.29O POUNDS,
sold at s. 5000.
Now is good time to secure rams for next
springs lambs. BY all means secure one OF pure
blood and never be persuaded to take grade.