The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-25
LIVE STOCK MARKET.


There were 154 carloads of live stock re-
ceived at the Union stockyards South St.
Paul, last week. as against III the week pre-
vious. being gain of 81 cars. The RECRUITS
were: Cattle LOGO, calves 3S1, hogs 1921
sheep 4.619 horses 81. The receipts durino
the previous week were: Cattle / .23O. calves
49, hogs 3,736, sheep Ills. These figures
snow an increase in cattle Of $40, hogs 645.
sheep $500. and a loss in calves o. 343
During the week Swift & Co., killed of cat
tie, 1872. calves 30, sheep SOB. hogs $500. The
killings of the week previous waee: Cattle
o37, calves u, sheep 500. hogs 2,G91. These
figures show an increase IN the number Of
killings of cattle AS, calves 2, sheep JOB, and
hogs 1,525. :a~
Business continued dull at the Yards
throughout the week, with offerings Of TICS
day, Wednesday and Thursday tarly liberal.
considering the season of tie year The
quality CT the stock was mainly Inferior yery
few fat cattle of first quality Offering Prices
We're steady to strong, and the equivalent of
the Chicago rates were realized ty al ship
pers. 1t is not likely, in view of the ex-
IRENE heat and the advent OF The harvesting
season, that there will be much immediate
Improvement in the way of Shipments The
first large instalment Of fat sheep from the
ranches compris ed IN the receipts by
Rae Bros, of about 15 carloads IL of which
were forwarded to Chicago. The rre} ala-
tons for the sheep feeding season are en-
a very much enlarged scale over the facil
ties of last season, and it is expected that
there viii be a considerable addition to the
number over those fed during the winter of
1S97-1S9S.
The demand for stockers is coed, but very
few desirable lots are as yet coming fer
ward The shrinkage in the number of
calves received is indicative of the fact that
about all the spring lots that farmers care
to dispose of have been marketed Enquiries
amongst shippers. result in ijustifying The re-
lief that larger percentage of these young
animals have been retained for rearing and
feeding by Minnesota farmers than ever te-
fore, Notwithstanding a great many hare
found their way to the market. The high
prices for cattle which have been, and still
are, prevailing will likely he an incentive to
a good many to hold on to their young stock,
as well as to make additions thereto VIII
the range cattle begin Their movement next
month
Information has been received at the stock
yards that shippers are punching considerable
numbers of ranch cattle for immediate ship
ment to this point. The stock yards manage
ment has pretty thoroughly made known the
fact that large quantities CT stock of all kind
can be marketed here with equal advantage 20
rather interesting incident occurred in the
matter of the shipment of some hogs from
New Brighton to the Chicago market The re-
suits were certainly far from expectations in
that the hogs sold for much less than they
would have brought at South St. Paul. The
idea prevails in the minds Of some shippers
that the Chicago prices are largely in excess
of those paid here. They fail to take into
account the fact that much of the stock nav
being marketed in this locality does not stand
up well against the higher grades in Chicago,
and when these hogs are thrown back upon
their actual grading in that market they fare
far worse than if sold here Occasionally some
fine lots come in during the summer season
and they have invariably brought the TOP
prices, compared with Chicago; but that
was because the stock was really worth what
paid for 1t. The farmer who sends poor
hogs to market no matter what the point Of
destination may be, has no right to expect
other than a poor price. The point which
should be most particularly noted is not only
the desirability, but the necessity. of breed
ing a better grade of hogs. inasmuch as top
prices cannot fail to be realized when these
grades make their appearance in the markets.
Shippers are gradually educating the farmers
up to an appreciation OF the Importance Of
this fact. The complaint is that there is not
sufficient care taken of the animals during the
progress Of their growth and development to
sales Den.