Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17
LIVESTOCK GOSSIP.
Yesterdays Round-Ups Among
Traders Here and There.
FAT AND FAIR FLESH CATTLE.
Hog Receipts for the Pac<ery-Pleased
with the Forts Market-Buyers to be
Here Next Week-Stockyard
ImDroveEsents
Genera, livestock Notes.


H. NJ. Coma, "a prominent cattleman,
is in the city. Mr.. Coma owns
10000 acres il ranches in Tom Green
county, and has shipped over 5000 head OF
cattle into the Territory this season.
Col. w. c. Young received 1l3 head OF
krhoice steers Thursday, in fine condition,
ing pensnorth OF the city preparing them for
the market, and says that in few weeks
they will rank as AL.
Texas cattle declined 10 to Is cents at
Chicago on Thursday. The cow market
was very dull also, and prices were lower.
If the poor skin and bone cattle that were
half starved during the spring in some sec
fons could now speak out, what chorus
of gratitude one would hear of their appre-
citation Of the ever-welcome green pasture
as change from the woody, indigestible
things they were forced to swallow.
Look out for black leg in the young stock.
This season the pastures are luxurious to a
large degree, and great number of calves
and yearlings have been Stunted last winter
kafd this spring. Salt, sulphur, saltpeter,
copperas and air-slaked lime should be
mixed and kept within their reach at all
times. They should also have pure water
Avoid the stagnant pools, and if possible
keep the young cattle on the highest and
shortest pasture.
Texans at the National stockyards, St
Louis, Friday: Coffin Bros Of Itaska mar
keted two cars of cattle.
NJ. Q. Lynn of Palo Pinto was visitor at
the yards.
w A Poage of Waco, was at the yards
|sSith four loads of cattle.
Y
Farrow had in nine cars of Texas cattle
from Commerce.
Elliott & Hackett had cattle on the mar
ket from Arlington, and Mr.. w. F. Elliott
visited the yards.
George T. DOMAIN of Mckinney was at
the yards with three cars of cattle for
DOMAIN 4 Pierce, Waxahachie.
The National Livestock Reporter of
Thursday says: 1.-THE highest price for
Texas cattle at St. Louis this year was
s. 80. 1t was reached second time on
Tuesday of last week for some fat and
well bred steers 115S pounds average. On
the same day other good steers, 1902 to liza
pounds, sold st So O06l5 40. other steer ST.
10 1890 pounds, sold at 81 25(G4 so. On
Wednesday the prices were somewhat
lower, and steers 81 10 1865 pounds, sold at
81 00Q04 60, and graSserS at So 81. The
cattle we're quotable as follows:
Choice 100 to 1250-pound steers, s. 600
. 5 50; good steers, $50 to 100 pounds, 81 80
"a 50; fair, 81 00@4 40; inferior, 50 ESQ
3 10. This is wide range of prices and
may not be exact, but it is sufficient to
show that the difference between common
steer prices and choice steer prices, and
that difference is pa cents per pound The
class of cattle which sold last October at
s. p, are now worth So %; and
the class of cattle which sold Il
year ago at So %, are now worth about
81 IS, and the class of steers which sold
last spring at 81 10 were worth about s. 25
and possibly more. 1t is the hardest thing
for men to understand that cattle which are
simply in fair flesh cannot command fat cat
tie prices -