Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-15
OF INTEREST TO STOCKMEN.
KANSAS C1TY's MARKET RECOG.
NIZED AND APPRECIATED.
Cattlemen From the west Much
Pleased with Local Faci1itiea
and COurtcsies-Other Live
stock News and Gossip.

There has been a number OF cattlefnen
in this week from Idaho and Wyoming.
and they have returned home much pleased
with the market. and surprised at its
magnitude and brlskncss. AS a stocker
and feeder market Kansas City has no
equal. easily leading all others in the
country.
In speaking of 1t in this connection the
Drovets' Telegram says:
when we speak of Kansas City selling as
many feeders as Omaha and Chicago COM
bined. some persons may think We are
stretching the subject to suit our con-
venience. and yet we have reliable figures
before us which practically prove what we
Chicago Drovers' Journal announced that
shipments of feeders from chicago during
year we're nearly 1900 head, the
largest years business ever done in the
Lake City. That was a big business, GER
sainly; AND then we and ma, The omaha ~
the year as s53,Sc head. That was a big
business; too; hgt when yeu pvt those n.y.
During 1925 there were taken from the
and feeders. the largest on record by 900
sars. The actual s al number Of head sad cv ,ns %s;;
What do these immense figures mean?
They. mean tina, Kansas City Is the larg:
for feeders at Kansas city during a year
is more than twice as large AS at Chicago.
not quite twice as large as at Omaha,
those sHa ." Two Il points. Where IS Kansas city
into the nav "a, of Of his ,.s vo sa,s SsAt ae%anRd is
Answer: From Montana. Dakota. Iowa,
Nsss.st Gs,or o5ss0n New SeS Mssiso, wXs fi,ons.
Texas; Kansas. Missouri and possibly 9th
srs; He sSoI Is the Ms sspp ply, in m, Tsxa sp t Ant
shortage Answer; TIL. Western states.
MOT only is there a big demand for stock
cattle. but the supply Of native killers Is
ern steers are selling .up with som good
quest than common natives"
w Among .he tonpy Sstile In Yesterday
". F. Prismo iSa% ( Som 50 tH sweet 's sppinss. 'i No.
They were heavy. averaging 1,SOl pounds.
hut smooth and beefy. They were bought
pounds. They were .ronghed through tho
winser and put % on f fnli r feed in APErril; ;. They They
.oid by S sSe 8 sies re- sSnaaTs c TasH N wHse
The DAY, Eastman took them for the es.
one of the biggest punches of fine cattle
here for some time was brought in yester-
s Mo BY Tb w: K r; sch s,ass. e JASPER COUNTY OF
own feeding-lS9 Of th~em-smooth and we'll
Msis sold They be- ca sy mpssIi H i;slI gosqas = and
Eastman got them for the export trade.
They also sold for II. q. Earl, of the
same county, 10 dry lot steers averaging
1862 pounds. at $4.l5.
Nebraska, as well as Kansas and Mis-
souri,, had some fine cattle here yesterday.
i. L.. Bennett, Of Pawnee City, came in
with thirty-three smooth and we'll fieshed
steers of his own feeding. They averaged
80. pounds and were sold by Ben L..
Welch & Co. at 1870. next to the highest
price of the day. Swift & Co. took them
for their dressed beef trade.
Baby beeves and white faces led the
market here yesterday. NJ. II. Brooks, of
Anthony, kas., having in seventeen choice
2-year-old Hereford steers of his own feed
ing that averaged 1910 pounds. They We're
a choice lot of youngsters and We're sold
by George. II. Pierson & Go, at si.3s. the
them.