The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-10
RUN OF CATTLE CONTINUES.
Markets of the East Are still Very
Unsettled.

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There is still a feeling of great uncer-
tainty in THE principal live stock mar
kelts Of the couptTy, due to the nature
and volume of the shipments made
from the several producing sections of
the west and middle west. Notwdlh-
standing this feeling of uncertainty,
however, some good shipments of Utah
and Nevada cattle are scheduled for
the next few days. Comparatively few
head of the Stuff being moved ait this
time of the year are of the prime va
Tiety and in consequence the prices
are not Of the very best. In their re-
view of the cattle markets for the
week, George, Burke & Frazier have
The following 10 say:
The cattle market during the first
half of the past week was very unSaJ-
istactory ito sellers of both beef steers
and feeders. The opening was in line
Wllih THE dull and mean close of the
week before, receipts were cornpara-
lively liberal ait all points. killers We're
careless as to whether they got any
Steaus or not, country buyers We're
scarce and the SPECTATORS pens were
g0Iged with Stale stock. These local
conditions, made still worse by weak
adViceS from the east, COlfd not but
have q depressing effect. Beef steers
suffered a fuIuher loss of 10 to 20 cents,
feeders 10 TO 10 cents and COWS to 10
cents.
The quality of beef steers offered was
of rather Indifferent character, so that
our market had but small opportunity
to show its possibilities ON good to
choice stock. a few fair natives,
weighing close to 300 sold ON Tuesday
and Wednesday at $40 and $500 the
balance of 0he week was practically a
blank, so far as natives were con-
cerned, and showed only one really
good bunch of westerns-a bunch of
eighteen Wy0mingS, weighing 1900,
that sold ON Friday at $4.05. Cows out
of the same herd weighing l136,
brought 1925; sixtyy-eight Swan
COWS weighing LOO sold on Saturday
at $780,
Beginning with Thursday the market
took on a stronger zone, killers mani
Tested more interest, country buyers
again became conspicuous in fhe feed
ing division, and a good share, if not
all, of the weeks losses We're regafned
The final close was strong on all kinds
with the bulk of sales at right chose
to the figures of the week before.
On Friday and Saturday we sold 90
Utah feeders averaging 853 ait $2.95;
81 COWS averaging $50 at $3.50; Sc heif-
ens weighing no, alt $3.50; and IA coarse
steers out of rlhe same drove at $3.05;
% Nebraska feeders, averaging 80, ait
$50; Is avera ging SCI, at $2.65; 80 cows,
averag aging 927. alt $3.50; 20 stockers, av-
eraging 500, att S3.05; and IS nice calves,
averaging 1913. at $5.25.
Shipments of feeders to the country
were the largest of the season. footing
up 326 cars, the greater part of which
went out the lal1der part of 1.-THE week
Iowa, Missouri and Illinois are still
the principal buyers, but Nebraska is
showing a better inquiry and promises
q, fair demand for the remainder of 1.-The
season, NOT what was expected earlier
in the season, but enough we think to
lend good assistance in maintaining
feeder values.
Cudahy has closed his Chicago beef
house and will now do all his cattle
killing at South Omaha. This viii
materially enlarge the demand for beef
stock at this point, liven competition
and strengthen values. But, to draw
out the full strength of cur market,
we must have more beef steers. Ship
pers should remember that while Chi
cago and Kansas City are depressed by
over-supply, South OmaIha's market is
weakened by under-supply THAT is.
we are not getting enough to go round
and buyers are reluctant to enter THE
field for short killings. Make up the
under-supply at South Omaha and
the over-supply at Chicago and KAN
Bas City and all three markets will
be benefited.
Export demand is now very light
ON account of low prices abroad. and
Chicago has to depend upon home
demand, which can be as well supplied
from here as there. In ehe light of
present shortage cattle, improving in
dustra1 conditions and cheap feed our
home demand should be sufficient Ito
bring profitable returns, even for, the
high priced feeders THAT went out early
in the season. We are now over 800. 900
CATTLE short of last year, 100000 short
Of two years ago, and $50. 900 short of
three years ago. That surely means
something, that will be developed later
on.