The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-04-27

|, ST.. 932 mules, 9a3 go oxen, l2.4IS. sos
milch cows, q, ASS. $50 other cattle, IS, l9l :
l6 sheep, and AZ Csc, sol swine.
Albany GA special Several Texans
have been buying up cattle in the wire
grass region around here for several weeks
Ton shipment to Texas. IL is said they have
thus tar pro1ured about 1900 head at an
average oi 81 20 per head. The rates Of
shipment will be $50 per carload.
Nothing so well shows the enormou:
growth Of the live stock business in many
parts otthe west as figures, although thes,
are often so sIupendous as TO be beyond
actual comprehension. Ten years ago tn,
Wyoming Stock Growers association Wa,
organized with ten members, representing
5000 cattle, worth $4,000. The mem
bership now numbers about one hundred
representing 100000 cattle, worth s. COO,
600. Last wear 10000 head were sent L
market, netting the owners about 81 600, 600
These figures relate TO only single section
while in other parts OF the great DOMAIN
stretching from the British possession
to the Rio Grnnde an equally wonderful
growth has taken place.
The DTOvers' Journal. contains the fol
lowing: Prices for cattle are Just 81 per
cent. per hundred weight lower thar
one year ago. This. coupled with the fact
that current receipts are heavier than at tn,
corresponding time last year, makes not 4
very blight prospect for feeders and iol
dealers who have been calculating upon
last years prices or better steers selling a
So to $l3 per head less than last wear /,
something which most people had not pN
pected, and something which few are pre-
pared to meet. In u great many cases now
coming to notice, the difference In price,
between now and one year ago represent,
the amount per head which people wht
have contracted cattle are losing. 1t is ssiC
by some that the present year is liable Il
prove most disastrous one to cattle shin
pere, because the bulk of the cattle in Ia,
country has been contracted, aud very lev
it any contracts have been made 1T price.
below last years rates.
According to a western operator IL an
pears that during the last lew years Ia,
E.gliSh have invested heavily in American
stock cattle, and are now Teaping rich re
ward for their adventures. II is estimated
that nearly one-slxth nt all the new herd
III the country are owned by English CAPT
tai. That the English have hit it 80 IA
there is not doubt, but whether their goot
fortune will continue is quite another mat
ter. Many say that the present hi.h pr,c,
| OF beet is due TO the large body of cattl,
Withdrawn from the market to raise herds
The enterprise of the English has aroused
the Americans, and American capital il
now seeking Investment in cattleraisn!
out west. 1t is the large amount OF foreign
capital seeking Investment in cattle that
has driven the price up so high. Cattl,
this spring are higher than ever before fo
stock purposes, ana S2S, $50 and $50 pc
head are not considered too high prices I,
ask. The cattle business has been so Ion,
neglected that it cannot be picked up o
once in the face OF Il population OF So, 600, 0O
of people and their enormous demands.
TODAY @ QUOTATIONS..
sEfs UATrLE-ButcRers stock, grass fed, Az
corn fed. 5@51
BARREN ooNr-Fat 5a5Ss cents.
bHIPPING-5HG5A cents,
STCCR-Per hoad, tl56Ok20
Mich cows--with calves, s350SS61.
Hods-Corn-fed, &c gross; timber fat
stock. 86eSS.
sHKEr-Mutton, 4Sih cents; stock, per head
e2OOc1Ss 90
HoRsEs--Kxtrs nne, per span, s3OO@s5O0 fame,
harness, sl504s2O0, livery harness, s75QDsl7i
farm, s5ODSl25; ponies, t25GpS5O.
MULEs-Extra heavy sl25Qa2OG medium s5CQ
100 small! sS0G6O