Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-10
LIVESTOCK,
FAVORABLE INDICATIONS FOR
THE FUTURE OF CATTLE
For The Next Few Weeks Arrivals In the Live.
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so,es- colorado's Action.

terday.
Jot ]. Smythe. the well-known Itaska
caltle-feeder, Is here.
Charles Mcfarland. the weatherfori
eattleman, is In the city.
g. Miller. n big cattle simmer of
Aledo, Parker county, is here.
George Beggs, agent for II. strawhorn
q Co., left yesterday ON trip.
Captain Goodwin has returned after a
months absence on his rauch near Mid
Colonel Carter. a eowman Of Marshall.
on the market.
Berry Gateman. a cattle feeder Of
prominence, who halls from Ennis, Is
among the new arrivals.
Charles French is back from Burnett,
from which place he shipped out a big
bunch of sheep to Chicago.
l.. w. Knke. the affable representative
OF the National stockyards. East 1t.
Louis, is in the city. He says the yards
are 100000 head Of cattle ahead of las,
year.
Kansas City was represented here
yesterday in the person of Colonel Tom
Allen, who represents the Union stock
yards Of that city. He is jubilnnt over
the splendid business being done 10y the
yarls.
a great feature Of the markets Of
Chicago, Kansas City aud st. Louis
last week was the Immense movement
In sheep. They are being marketed by
the tens OF thousands and Notwithstanding
this the break in prices has been very
small.
1T .t... - ,,t,t, arn nrni,,h ln
all this week and prices will moi show
much IL any change. The decline the
past three days will be- recovered unless
unexpectedly large runs shonll bc hhd
Cattle marketed this month will probab-
ly bring fairly good prices.
The heavy losses to sheep-owners Of
Wyoming In consequence OF The cold
snow storm of last week Is directly eharg
able to the haste of l0ckmasters ~ be-
ginning the work Of shelring There
is no economy aud much less humanity
In denuding the dumb hrutes before
the warmth of the summers sun comes.
Charles Coppinger. the Scurry county
cnttleman, has returned to hts ranch.
He was accompanied by his wife.
The New Mexico Maverick has sought
to obtain a truthful account on the loss
from the different sheepmen IN the
northern part of the Territory during
the winter pnSt, and from the reports
of different sheep owners II firmly be
lieves that the mortality Is smaller than
for many years. No storms OF severity
have occurred and none of the serious
accidents which are likely TO injure the
tiocks have been recorded.
A rather favorable indication OF the
future cattle market is the fact that
for several weeks past The dressed beef
aud lighter grades those kinds that are
popular with the local killers-haye been
selling freely with most cxcellpn; demand,
while the choice ripe export grades have
been comparatively little waited. Last
week. however, local killers bought with
less snnp and at lower prices, while the
export men were better buyers nj slight
~ higher prices, That would Indicate
better foreign meat markets, which y
has been believed for some time would
have 10 improve materially before any
marked advances could be expected 10
general values Of cattle. IL Is difficult,
however, 10 be very hullish beyond pres
cnt prices With the financial situation
at critical point. md money scarce
with which to enable the dealers 70
handle the products aud feeders 10 hold
their cattle. il is hard TO predict any
Improvement IN the near future. On the
other hand clttlcmeu report good cattle
sufficiently scOrce TO ut least Insure the
nrrsrnt good prices Most Of them re-
port the bulk Of fat cattle as having been
marketed.