The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-26

showed no material change from figures
ouoted IN Our last letter. There were no
such steers offered as we sold a week
ago Wednesday at 4.50, but it is quite
pronapie that with the same kind of
STUN We could have realized fully as
good II not slightly better figures. There
sppears 10 be some promise Of better
s1Ieiiglh IN good steers Immediately af-
IT the holiday season, and we do not
! LINK any mistake will be made in hold
iil5 the good stun back d few weeks.
aoout l6O loads, and during the fore part
ol TINS week there was quite a little
Doom In that branch of the trade. The
i nest Klnas sold UP to $50, pretty good
dotS at SW and better and the bulk at
z.4oQ5.Zo, but the advance could not be
sustained under the present deplorable
condition Of the steer trade, and seri-
e oIS stump followed, settling. prices down
e eS Genus and enclosing Fridays and
saturdays bulk between 2.25GJ2. 10. There
=. - no Iauit 10 be found with the demand
n noF COW stun; 1T is very good but it can
IiOl reasonably be expected that even
the best cows can hold at 5. 2513. 30 when
quito good steers can be had for the
same money
rms week year ago the bulk of good
steers sold between 1.0Gn450, while the
bulk OF cows went at i75G2. 50. How are
We 20 account for the great difference in
i,s yalues then and now? Foreign
p KY ana export operations being nearly
t tue Sa4ne, we must look for the cause in
ehe dressed meat trade and viii probably
ma the difficulty close at home
i, ne FEEDER market was in good, healthy
cohoinon; not particularly higher, but ac-
1fe ana firm at fully steady figures; spec
ulators appear to have confidence in the
trade that makes them free buyers, and
country demand is all that can be expect
eu a! TINS particular time, and especially
so Wnen the difficulty of securing loans is
considered. Give us an easier money mar
het: ana we viii probably inside of thirty
Gays have 1t, and there will be greater
demand for feeders than the market can
supply. Prices remain practically the
same as a week ago.
Hog receipts show decided shrnkage,
as compared with the previous week, but
without resultant improvements in price;
on the contrary, prices slowly declined.
and the week c.osed ~ -,
bulk of sales at 3271503.30. Western
slaughterings show a decrease of 95, 000 as
compared with last week. but an increase
of 9o,U90 over the same time a year ago,
putting The total slaughterings since No
Ve1nbsr ], very close to last years figures
at this time. The provision trade was in
a dull and lifeless condition, in spite of
good distribution for home consumption
and an liberal exports. 1t appears to be a
speculative disposition to arouse it into
more animated action.
Prospects just now appear very gloomy.
Packers are talking about cent hogs,
receipts or greatly increased demand for
product, neither Of which appears very
probable Ter q little While yet, the new
year win find hogs mighty near to the
cent mark
Sheep receipts We're comparatively
light. TIE week opened with a good feel
ing in Chicago; local demand was strong,
and exporters were doing some business,
but rainy weather and wet feeces made
the latter part of the week rather duh.
though prices held comparatively steady.
South Omaha received less than 5000 head
and maintained a steady market up to
near the close, when little weakness
crept in and sales had to be made at
slightly lower figures.
War talk is throwing a baneful influ-
ence over all our markets, and until our
with Johnny Bull' is set
tied, we have scant hope for Improvement
in commercial conditions. Johnny" is
one OF the Bulls we need on the mar
ket, but if he is determined to be OBJ
streperous we will have to sacrifice his
good influence long enough to give him
a little castigation and gather some of
his herd onto our own ranch.