Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-03-06
OF INTEREST TO STOCKMEN.
TENAs CATTLE SELL HIGHER HERE
THAN IN ST. LOUIS.
The Casey Cattle Dressed 65 Pounds to the
100 Pounds Live Wcight--Good Rains
In Kansas and Texas-At the
Yards with Stock.

That Kansas City continues to receive
more Texas cattle than st. Louis is not
surprising when prices here are running
5o cents higher than in that city. The
thirteen top sales of Texas cattle here
Monday averaged 30 cents higher than
the thirteen top sales taken from the
ST. Louis Live Stock Reporter for the
same day.
1t is said that the Casey cattle that
sold here last week dressed out sixty
hNe pounds to the 100 pounds live
weight, which makes them exceptionally
beefy, as 1t takes good steer to dress
tifty-slX pounds. Even at $3.50 per cwt,
they cost only 10 cents per pound
dressed weight, while the same day
steers dressing fifty-seven pounds sold
at $5.1o. which would make their net
meat cost within a fraction of cents
per pound, so the Casey cattle were not
so high after all, from the killers stand
point.
John Kelley, of Fort Smith, Ark, is..
here after mules.
w. L. Wright who mas been ont in
Finney county Kas,, buying mules, says
they had good rain there last week
and the country looks fine.
;. X. Warrensburg, Bailey, Kas was
here yesterday with cattle and hogs.
j. Nj. Chittim of San Antonio, Tex,
writing to the Evans-Hutton & Hunter
Commission Company, under date of
March l, says good rains We're being had
all over Southern Texas and the cattle
of that section would be sent direct to
market this season.
Frank Hobart, of Glen Elder, Kas,
came in with hogs yesterday.
The breaking up of the old Mccoy
Commission Company made number
of changes at the yards. b. II. Nuckols
who has been so successfully selling hogs
for the company for the past few years,
goes with Lazarus & Peters and George
II. Hidy, who for so many years was
bookkeeper for Mccoy & Underwood,
and afterwards with the Mccoy Com
mission Company, goes with the same
house as office man. Mason $. Peters,
an od-timer in the cattle pens will sell
the cattle, making this firm one of the
best equipped in the yards.
II. w. Johnson, Horton, kas., was in
yesterday with cattle. He says there are
but few fat cattle now on feed in his
county. Hogs in fair supply. Good rain
last week.
one of the ripest punches of cattle on
the market here for some time was
brought in yesterday by Thomas Ed
monds, of jefferson county Kas. They
We're of his own feeding. Not especially
smooth. but very fat. The forty steers
averaged 1.451 pounds and were sold
by Emmert, Ehrke & Co. at $3.50.
Notwithstanding the scarcity of corn
in Nebraska, the best lot of cattle on
the yards yesterday was from that state.
Hastie & Combs, of Pawnee City, had
in thrty-siX steers averaging 1.4S1
pounds that Thomas Trowers Sons sold
at S5.65 the highest price of the day.
II. q. Carr, Vernon county, Mo-, had
in hogs yesterday.
Captain $, II, Corn, Clinton county,
Mo, was here yesterday after feeders.
He says there are quite number Of
cattle feeding in his county for the April
and May market. Corn SO to 40.
Cavanaugh Bros, of Ray county, Mo-,
bought stockers here yesterday.
$, G. Duncan, Clay county, Mo-, got
feeders here yesterday.
Robert Dougherty, Howard, Kas.,
came in with cattle yesterday. He re-,
ports cattle in Elk county half short and
fat hogs scarce, but a good many young
ones. Wheat looks fair.
V. II, Cooper, Table Rock, Neb., was at
the yards yesterday with cattle.