The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-08-23

ReeeIp,s Of Hogs Llght-Caille ana
sheep Abundant.
Prices Fluctuating, but GENERALLY h'G"
aud Firm.
Prices and Receipts Accurately Given

CutcAeo, Aug. Correspondence. J.
The receipts of nogs have heen lighter u,is
week. although amply sufilcleht FOR 'le ue.
mand. but the run OF cattie anu sneep nus
been heavier, and the market has NJ times
been almost glutted. The cattle lraue
onened the week with an unsteady 'ecnht
prevailing, on Tuesday suffered aeg,.neo'
pphont IN cents. on Wednesday and Thurs
dsv declined % to 30 cents on shipping
GRADES and has not changed materially
Since. The offerings Of really prime, ial
natives we're not large and the market lor
such stock has not suffered TO thls extent.
The tug OF war came on common 10 laiI
heeyes which were in excessive supP'y ahu
but limited demand. Many less IMAM l lial,
81 nat;ves which the owners expected
wouid hiring SIS to So % could notcommand
more than "a % or $40. These cattle
coming in connection with range STOCK
cannot he sold satisfactorily 10 owners anu
oupht 10 he kept on grass OF coIll ioi d
while. They are at decided dlsauVantase,
for range cattle must come III IheI >, sun
and ca,,not be betd hack as can the natlves.
nv S.nnand tnr cows and mixed stock has
heen limited to the local butchers, corners
eating enough Texans to supply thelr
SantSe Ruvars have bid lower tor the lat
.or Grade on the strength of the large re-
ceipts of nearly all kinds, but statesmen
have been unwilling to yield much iurther
concessions, and trading IN consciousness ,,
has been very dull Early IN the week
aome nrime l 900 to 1,l00lb, grass Texans
sold al "a so TO S5l5, but these prices nave
81 hasn realized since The general range
;a about So As to 81 50. Native ship
n,np steers are bringing $40 10 80
stockers. So to So So feeders % cents more
cows So to 81 and butchers steers ABOUT
81 % to $445. :, o., nv
ceedingly unsatisfactory CONDITION. Durlhg
tne first half of the week there was sue
cess;on of small declines, but later some
Reinforcement was shown. Trading, how
aver has been slow and dragged badly.
Light lots maintain their premium ever,
culls, some OF them, finding better SAFE ana
higher rates than fat hogs, Ldson 'a anv
pers. although opposing stuDporhiy any
imnroyemept in prices, have been the pest
hnvers. packers claiming they could II! al
fnra 10 nav current values while product
was so cheap. The feelingis yet uneasy,al,
though much is hoped for from an expected
advance IN provisions. sales aneeat pre-
ont at S. 40 to Sc for light, $40 to 50
for mixed packing. and 80 10 sooo lor
heavy packing and shipping lots.
More than twice as many sheep as on last
week was a little more than the market
could stand. The demand has been manly
local and has fallen short OF the supply.
Sales have had to be made az great reuuc-
tons. and there have been many lo%-eraue
sheen which could not ind purchasers
BetH cen Tuesday and FRIDAY PRICES ue'
cliued 50 to As cents.
II 10 not safe to calculate on short suo-
NV of good to choice fat cattle this fall. III
,sirue Ihat the reports from great many
SECTIONS are to the effect that ripe, corh-leu
cattle are either all gone or very scarce,
but at the sane time over LOFTY cars Vi
I 3e5 to ]. 727 Id beeves sold on THURSDAY at
s6 10 $40; and people vino come TO the
stock wards are every day wondering where
ali tLe GOOD cattle come from. during tne
mast ,otIr weeks we have had an average OF
ar 40 600 cattle per week, and Whlle the
choice offerings have not been IN excess VI
the demand, it must be remembered Una.
there has been very strons Ve ua ny III ~
EXPORT account, and more cattie Vi ues'
onaIitv are wanted than at the correspond
inc til, e last year, and very large share OF
the cattle coming are Of poor quailty, Dut
II 10 seen that Chicago does not usually re,
ceiye so many good beeves at TINS tlme Oh
wear. Range cattle may hardly De salu W
have commenced coming freely, yet we are
receiy ipe a great many more cattle thah
vear,ago' when 3 0O0 and OCo ranges were
arriving per day. The present noeral run
of natives may not keep up but there are
no signs of any falling OH
Asusual AT this season OF the year, sales
- orc troubled a great deal with parity
fat natives, which will not bring nearly
wba, thew are held at Cattle, unless good
anorgh n class as export, must take 'nelr
chsnces with range stock. The latter are
bate, dres.ers, and as a rule, during the
shining season, can be bonght cohsluera'
blv cheaper than natives. Inc pest thlne
for owners of such stock to DO now IS 10
make mn their minds 10 take about the
same prices which rauge cattle oil as llRnt OF
Eghter weights are bringing, or else Keep
tb.m az home until properly htteneu lor
merl,eT. This latter is the course 10 pur,
s,,a % there'wiil undou btedly he ildod oil
cheap range stock on the market uatii aver
All calculations based upon shortage IN
tbe hog crop have collapsed with tDe cor
nars which were based upon them' Fienty
Of corn has insured great plenty OF hogs'
Ar the same time the summer hOgs us
nosed of at this and other markets nave
been so heavy as to heavy as 10 cause a
Great scarcity OF bacon hogs suitable lor the
Ec~I;eb markets VI the present corn crop
,eacbes expectations, the outlook for cheap
roc PRODUCTS will have seldom been SO clear.
o., hscoonnt however, of the facilities Ior
handIing and shipping beef, through the
;n,rSdnc,ion of the dressed meat system,
the price of beef is kept at comparatively
biSher Il gures than in the instance OF other
nroyision products. Once more catlie VI
choicest quality have taken their position
In market value in advance oil hogs; me
choicest heavy hogs are selling AZ 20 W anu
sso5 and the corresponding qualities oil
csttle are at least 81 per 100 lbs. higher. =,