Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-23
LIVESTOCK.
A Matter of Fact View of Beef
Cattle and Prices.
MARKET TEMPORARILY WEAK.
List of Texans With Cattle on the Markets
Abroad-A Drive from Albany to
Quanah-Range Gossip
Gathered.
General Notes.

General Notes.
Yesterday was a quiet day at both the
yards in this city, very few transient cattle
being handled. A bunch of beef cattle
were driven in for the packery, but were
not weighed up last night.
The Union stockyards received four dou-
ble-deck cars of hogs for the packery at a
late hour last night from Kansas. They are
reported as being fine ones.
although some of us will be kept out of
our cash while longer than we expected to
be, those of Us who bought beef cattle for
shipment recently, by the off market East
for the past few days, but by holding our
cattle we're adding to their weight at no
loss, and will tap the market when we place
them there, " remarked prominent trader
yesterday. -.
-Four Of the most prominent traders have
left the city within the last three days for
various parts of Texas for the purpose of
buying beef cattle to ship to Eastern mar
kets. They do not propose to ship next
week or the next three or four weeks, per-
haps, but will buy choice stock, and ex
pressed themselves as being thoroughly
enough satisfied that the market would go
up again, and that soon, to risk their money
on 1t, but q lot of inferior stuff must neces
sarily be worked off the markets at Kansas
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beef cattle would be in demand. Some
shippers, they say, have learned a lesson
about putting inferior cattle on a beef mar
ket that will be worth dollars to them in
the future. ~.
Chicago on Thursday reported Texas cat
tie 25c TO 40c lower than one week ago.
-
Texas cattle received on the Chicago
market from Saturday night last to Tuesday
night numbered 49, 0O Texas can furnish
ZEN. -
Thursday morning Chicago reported To-
900 cattle, including 5000 Texans. Market
steady for good cattle and lower on COM
mon grades. -.
The Chicago Drovers' Journal says grass
Texans are coming freely and are naturally
making it bad for owners of inferior ma
tive cattle. This, however, is the season
for Texas grassers, and as far as possible
they should have the field
The National Livestock Reporter of
Thursday says: ''The Texas cattle received
here since II a. u. on Monday amounted to
217 cars. OF these $50 We're at the yards
this morning. The quality was not even so
good as yesterday. Statesmen having the
better class of cattle reported the market
steady, but the inferior grades and grassers
generally were sold at reduced prices, and
were 10 to Is cents lower than Monday
The Texas Stocknan and Farmer, San
Antonio. says: Meyer Half Of San An
tonic held u long string of steers over last
year because he was able and the sign was
not right to sell, and now he is GLAD of it.
All things come to those who have time to
watt -
keenan,. the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy rustler, was only a Methodist elder
before his late trip to the Northwest, but
owing to his sanity ways in that pious
country, he comes back full fiedged bishop,
convincing tenderfoot that the snow on
the mountains was alkali, which was the
cause of his promotion Texas
Stocl1nan and Farmer.
The Seymour Sun claims that at least D.
900 pounds OF wool have already been
stored there during the past three weeks,
and the amount shipped from that place
this season will reach the enormous sum o.
800, 600 pounds. -
Cattle are being moved onto the summer
ranges throughout Colorado. Last week
large number were moved onto the upper
Rio Grande. -
Wednesday of last week bunch of
twenty-three steers We're disposed of at the
Denver yards for 1906.
A large number of cattle are reported as
dying in the Dakotas from blackleg.