The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-07-19
THE RANGE
The Local Market for Cattle and
Mutton.
Items Of Interest for Stockmen
Gathered From the --latest
Range Papers.

The local market is very dull, and trans
actions during the week have been light.
Mr.. G. w. SOules, of Mills county, sold
iifty-twO head Of cows Monday at $40 aud
Sl2 head, and Mr. Eblin, of Llano, sixty
head at S12. Yeariugs in good condition
readily bring So and aG, Mutton is very
scarce, and only one sale of twenty head,
at $2.75 per head, during the week is
noticed.
Ed Haigler is expecting 800 beeves this
morning from Llano. He will place them
in his pasture, south of the city, and feed
them for thu winter.
COLORADO CLIPPER.
A. w. Hudson shipped five cars of cattle
to the territory Tuesday.
John Carlisle, of Silver creek, has $50
fat beeves for market, but is waiting for
better prices.
The Jumbo Cattle company shipped
twenty car loads of beef cattle to Chicago
yesterday. They are said to have been IN
fine condition.
Bert Simpson last week brought from
l.. s. Mcdowell, of Big Springs, 1,162
mutton at 1928 per head They were
shipped at once to Chicago.
Sherwin a. Miller bought up herd of
about $50 head of mixed cattle from the
lower counties last week. which they are
holding for sale near town.
SAN ANGELO STANDARD.
$. j Blocker sold seventy-four heifer
calves and twenty-four COWS last week to
/ ID. w. Morris, at BalliOger, for s. and $40
per head.
The HEW brand of cattle, about
1000 head, that range on the Colorado,
are being gathered to move to Mexico.
Charles Chamberlain, of Ooucho county,
recently sold his $4,000 pound clip to Tom
Scollard, at II cents.
Ed. S. Lyell bought fifty head of fat
Pecos cattle from Bud Littlepage aad
Walter Harris last Tuesday at $13 per
head.
W. S. Kelly has received returns from
his cattle, which are as follOws Four
steers, averaging 1920 pounds, 81, %;
twenty six steers, 1,075 pounds, 1925; two
cows, 800 pounds, $3.50.
The Capitol syndicate will put $4,000
head of beeves on market this fall. Their
ranch is said to have Il capacity of sup
porting 10000 head of cattle.
II. b. and Will KennOn, Tom and Mat
Bartield and Willis Lawhon sold $50 head
of l, 2 and 3-year-old steers to j. Il. Frost
at 81, $40 and SIS.
W. II. Godair returned from NJ. II Smi5-
sens steer ranch in Hockey county last
Wednesday, where he delivered 1,5OO l.
and year-old steers at 49, Sl2 aud $40.
He says it's so dry up there that his outfit
was without water for SO miles.
G. C. Bradford, of Round Rock, VIII
hanson county, purchased the H W
brand of cattle aud ranch, on the Colo
RADIO river, from A. II. Webb, of Colorado
City. The cattle sold at $3.50 per head,
but we are unable to learn the price paid
I for the ranch.
Messrs. Brown d Rogers, of this city,
bought COO head of choice steers, year.
ods and up, from Philip G. Lee, at S22,
making total transaction of $4,000.
Three deliveries to be made at the nearest
/ shipping point; the first, 100 head-was
made at Ballinger on the 9th ult., and
the other two deliveries within seventy
! five days of the first The firm also
shipped a. head of steers, from four to
seven years old, on the ith, that beat any
grass fed cattle ever shipped from Balm
ger. They were bought from w. +.
Whitehead, of johnson Run. at $40 per
head.
TENAS LIVE STOCK JOURNAL.
Mr. $. u. Burnett came to town from
the ranch on Saturday last, having Just
sold a clean cut of 100 choice steers to
Ed East at Si5 arouud. These cattle are
very choice and will weigh 1000 pounds
in market Mr.. Burnett says the balance
Of his steer crop il not ready to ship just
now.
Col &. W. Fulton, president of the
Coleman Fulton Pasture company, was
here TO attend the convention, and while
here sold to Mr.. II. G. Clark, of Dallas,
1000 yearling steers ut $3.50 per head, de.
livery on the ranch.
Mr. John Hensey, one of the promi
nent stock owners of Jack county, arrived
in town on Monday. He reports very few
beef cattle in his district, but plenty of
stock cattle. Yearlings have sold recently
in Jack at $3.50 per head. Mr. Hensley
} says that the entire county is in a SPLEEN
did condition, there being good grass,
plenty of water and ample grain crops.
All they want is o railroad to haul their
products out.
The Texas stockmen have much to con
graduate themselves upon this year.
Throughout the northern states and ter
ritOries and extending in the same lati-
tude on the Atlantic seaboard the past
winter was exceptionally severe and now
comes cry of poor pasturage from the
eastern states. TexaF had compare
lively mild winter and has the most luxu-
RANT pasturage known for years. Thus
far our state has been free from insect
devastation that threatens other sections
of the country. The stock here is in ex-
cellent condition and everything points
to one of the most successful years ever
known in the history of the country. Let
Us rejoice.