The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-01

of steers is to be made from the San
pete country to northern points and
dor the purpose OF handling these sew
eral punches the Rio Grande Western
is sending all of its available cattle
cars to the scene of activity.
From Milford and the several other
southern stations on the Union Pacific
some shipments are also to be made
VIII go north and east to practically
the same country as the other move
ments.
Suits at Law PrObobIe.
The Blackfoot Cattle company has
Just sued Preston Nutter, in the dis
trict court at Provo, for the possession
of bunch of cattle purchased by that
gentleman from +. d. Woolley. Of
Kanab, and claimed by the plaintiff to
be it's property. 1t is not at all I'M
likely that the filing of this suit will
bring on a series of litigation which
will be extensive in its scope. The
herd of the Blackfoot company was
held under lease by Mr.. Woolley until
the recent sale of the stock to Saun-
ders. Considerable dissatisfaction has
been expressed by the company re-
garding the number of cattle turned
out by the lessee, the claim being that
the herd was very much under its
proper proportions. On the other hand,
Mr.. WOolley also. has a claim of unfair
treatment, and he refuses to turn out
any more cattle to the agents of the
company. 1t is said that there are
over a thousand head of cattle in
volved in the dispute, and it may re-
quire law suits to straighten out the
tangle.
Prices Are Holding Up.
Late reports received from the prin-
cipal live stock markets are of q very
encouraging nature Prices are being
maintained regardless of the fact that
there is laXity of good beef or feeder
shipments. Every indication points to
even better prices when the season for
feeders fairly opens. Speaking of the
general markets, George, Burke &
Frazier in their last weekly report,
state:
The past weeks run of cattle was
the largest since the middle Of jan
uary, but like the week before, there
were but few native steers among
them, and only about twenty loads
changed hands, while prices were prac-
tically the same4:25 to 40 for fairly
good LOO to 1,3OO-pound steers and.
$50 TO 400 for the lighter weights and
off mediums, of which there was a
much smaller proportion offered. In
the main the market held close to
steady; there was a good demand for
y
dency of values appeared somewhat
lower toward the close of the week,
we think the real facts are that any
thing Of good quality would have sold
fully as well on Saturday as it did on
Monday. The appearance of weak
hess arose from the lack of supplies
to excite buyers into action. With but
two loads of native steers Wednesday,
none Thursday and only two on Fri
day it could not he expected that
slaughterers would make much of an
effort to trade, and as prices bid were
even then too high to admit of profit
able purchases by the shippers, trad
ing was slow and gave the market an
appearance Of weakness that did not
really exist. On Saturday we had
seven loads Of immature steers from
Iowa, some of which were quite ordi-
nary, but the buyers wanted them at
fully as good figures as they woead
have brought any day during the
week, and took fifty-eight head weigh
ing 1852 at $50. and sixty head weigh
ing 1,132 at 4.40 These figures are
right close to what the same cattle
we must agree with the shippers, who
looked at them and said they would
never pay out in Chicago.
There were about seventy loads for
warded during the week, mostly by
owners who enormously thought South
OIndud DlQS 100 low, anu we nave yet
the first load to hear from that made
money by going on, while, on the
other hand, we know of plenty Of
them that failed to pay out.
The most notable mistake in for
warding was in the Pratt & Ferris
the cows, weighing 1,052, sold here at
800, and sixty-nine spayed heifers,
weighing 1867, brought $50, Chicago
prices on both lots. Our buyers bid
4.25 fiat for the steers and were willing
to talk business at 4.35 if the owner
and went on. The steers sold in Chi
cago Wednesday at 4.25, or 10 cents
less than they would have brought
here.
The trade in western steers was in
fairly good condition, and those wise
enough to accept South Omaha bids
realized good figures on their offer
ings. Fair to good steers weighing $50
to 1850 sold from $50 to 400, with a
few choice heavy weights reaching
I 80 and 480; western cows sold at LIS
to 3.15, with bulk at 2.25 to go; west
ern feeders 2.S5 to $50, mostly at 800
to $50 for weights from 900 up.
Native cows were in good demand,
and prices held mainly firm, with the
bulk selling 2,25 to go, while a few
high grade cows and heifers, averag-
ing la, sold on Thursday at 500
The feeder trade had some appear
ance of dullness the fore part of the
week, and the tendency was lower, but
this feeling speedily gave way to one
of strength and confidence as demand
increased, and the close was strong at
an advance Of 10 to % cents The range
on natives was 225 to $40, with the
bulk at go to $50. Our supremest /
confidence is in this branch of the
trade Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and
Kansas will yield close to one-half the
total of this years corn crop. All four
of these states are short of feeding /
cattle as a result of last years drought
and will call for larger supplies this /
year than ever before.
CLEARINGS ARE JUMPING UP.