The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-17
THE SALT LAKE HERALD. THURSDAY. OCTOBER H. 1895

tie We're loaded yesterday afternoon.
Another shipment is to be maze IN
the very near future, there being sun
LOO head of the steers held on me
Blackfoot ranches. Mr.. Farnsworth
etates that the country in the north is
very dry, although stock keeps IN
good shape.
j. N. Whitney has purchased the
Pierce cattle at American Fork. He
will ship the marketable stuff and feed
the remainder at Evanston, or near
that point. The purchase involved 600
head
In their market letter. just out,
George Burke & Frazier, of South
Omaha, take very favorable view of
the markets and advise the early ship
ment of livestock. Their letter says.
AS compared with year ago, cattle
receipts at the three principal western
markets for the week just closed,
show decrease of $4,000 head, the
total loss occurring at Chicago. The
chicago market opened strong and
scored an advance of 10 to 90 cents
the first two days of the week, but
some of her export and eastern buyers
dropped out on Wednesday, lessening
competition on the heavy corn fat
stuff, to such an extent chat by Fri
days close the advance was all lost
and little more with it, leaving
values on that class of stuff a shade
below the figures Of a week before,
and closed firm with gain of 10 to
20 cents for the week.
Our market opened with a good de-
mand and firm feeling on all classes of
cattle, but there were not enough beef
steers on sale Monday to excite active
trading, and prices paid did not re-
fleet the real strength Of the market.
Tuesday, with slightly better supplies,
showed an advance of 10 cents and
the remainder of the week was char
acterized by a substantial firmness.
week. Saturdays close found the pens
well cleared and demand unsatis-
fed.
More native steers were delivered
during the fore part of the week than
have showed UP in a long time, and
prices realized clearly indicated the
pressing need of such stuff on this
market. Thirty-seven head. averag-
ing 1858, sold on Tuesday at S., and
one load, averaging 1885, at $50; on
Thursday another load sold at S.,
weighing 1872, and two loads only fair.
weighing 1887, sold on Wednesday at
$3.50. Good beef from the ranges was
quite scarce. but in good strong de-
nand, as indicated by prices paid for
the few loads offered. a bunch Of
Wyoming grass steers weighing 110&
sold Oh Thursday at 81, and another
weighing 1,4G4 sold on Saturday at
$500, The bulk of western beef, on
account of its ordinary character,
went t S.. % to $3.50. These latter fig
ures may look low on paper but when
applied to the cattle they cover, and
when compared with prices of like
stuff at other points, they show up
good and strong and cannot be bet
tered. \ train of Idaho cattle was
split between Omaha and Kansas City
during the week to again test the
matter, and one Of the old-time results
was achieved. The Omaha end was
sold and weighed in the forenoon on
the day of arrival at 1923. while the
Kansas City end was carried over on
q bid of $40
The movement of feeders to the
country was not so heavy as for the
previous week. but sufficient to keep
the yards pretty we'll cleared and to
advance values - to % cents during
the week. The close found the bulk
of natives selling at $3.50 to 1926
against $275 to So a week ago, while
the bulk of Westerns of which but few
were offered, went at $3.15 to $3.50. as
compared with $2.S5 to 1910 a week
ago. The trade appears to now be
on footing that makes it safe for
sellers to come at any time and ad-
monishes buyers to hurry up. Liberal
supplies can hardly be expected from
now on and strengthening beef values
will surely have a tendency to animate
demand.