The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-25
CATTLE MARKET SATISFACTORY.
Breaks in Prices Caused By Flood
ing of Common Stuff.

ing of Common Stuff.
An interesting showing is made by
| George Burke & Frazier of South
Omaha in their weekly market letter.
The gentlemen say:
/ With only about twenty loads of ma
! tive steers on sale, the past week, and
none of them good enough to attract
any particular attention. there is scant
! opportunity, so far as South Omaha is
concerned, for comment in that branch
of the trade.
During the fore part of the week a
declining tendency seemed to have
taken hold Of the buyers and the mar
ket was generally quoted lower. but
when quotations were traced down TO
the cattle that made them, it was
usually found that it was poorer quail
ity rather than poorer market that re-
dUced the figures, unless in the poor
and common stuff, which showed d
decline of 10 to Is cents.
Fair to good native steers, weighing
I 100 to 1922 sold at $4.25 to $3.50, but
they lacked fully the difference in price
| of being as good as the $3.50 to So cat
tie Of the week before. Poor and COM
mon stuff, weighing 500 to LOO, scat
tered all the way between So and 81;
/ it was in this class the decline was
IldullESltu- Oll ll6 NIltd1O market
real good dry fed cattle of all weights
held steady to strong throughout the
week, but that kind were in very mea-
ger supply, and while choice offerings
were in demand up to Sc, there was
nothing on sale good enough to bring
over $3.50, and the bulk sold between
$3.50 and $50.
The prices paid for good to choice
corn fed steers exhibit much strength
al IL.
must meet with strong competition
from the very good westerns that are
promised in liberal supply at an early
day, we are inclined to the idea that
| their present value viii be pretty well
sustained.
a fair proportion of westerns came
in this weeks regular receipts, and
while prices were generally quoted a
shade 20 10 lower tne hetLrr ofrertl.S
held fairly firm and realized quite sat
isfactory figures. The bulk of the beef
steers weighing l 900 to 120O brought
350@400; bulk of feeders 3.25GS. 50:
with a few up to 3.65; the bulk of west
ern cows sold between $50 and 300.
with common to fair kinds going at
z0O9240.
Native COWS came in very liberal
supply-125 loads for the week-but de-
mand kept pretty well up with the in
creased supply, and after a break of
10 to Is cents on Monday. the market
held fairly steady on all above canning
grades and closed firm with the pens
well cleared. The offerings, of course,
are mainly from the pastures and our
higher quotations apply on but a
small proportion of the receipts. The
bulk sold between 2.25 and 500, with
tops at 1926 and the poorer kinds at
1.25G2.00.
Bulls were generally weaker and low
er. Calves sold strong the fore part
of the week, best kinds again reach
ing 800 but the close was weak and
lower.
Native feeders came in only moder-
ate supply, but demand followed with
hating steps and did no pushing at
all. Supplies accumulated in dealers
hands. taking the snap out of them
and sinking values IS to % cents. The
bulk sold at 3.0O6S40 up to Saturday.
then fell in between 2.7503.25; a few
choice 950-pounders and several bunch
es of good heavy weights ranging
from 1850 to 1.250 sold at 3.5503.70.
Considering the comparatively very
heavy receipts for the past week, ag-
gregating for the three markets. the
heaviest run since the first week in
January. we think a strength has been
shown that promises we'll for the fall
trade.