The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-26


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THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
The receipts at the Union stockyards, South
st. Paul, for the week ending S:p. "a, we!e
Cattle. $3.50: calves, 1885, hogs, 5b76; sheep
1858. The numbers received the week pre-
vious were Cattle, 8,511; calves, 1,149; hogs
1865; sheep, 1875. These figures show a
gain for the week Of Cattle, 321; calves, 1H;
hogs ZOOS and a loss In sheep of 5,095. The
number of cars arriving was 517, against 535
the week previous decrease OF IS.
The killings by Swift & Co. for the week
were: Cattle, 646; calves Sc; sheep, s2S; hogs,
421. Those of the week previous wore:
Cattle, 1,O75; calves %; sheep, 413; hogs,
1905. These figures show shrinkage IN the
number of cattle killed OF 429, and gain IN
the number of calves Of SO; OF hogs, 972; and
of sheep, 413.
The market for cattle during the weak was
not up to the standard of the week previous
In quality offered. There was compare Vely
little butcher stock coming here, and that
received was inferior Prices were steady
for all that was worth buying, however. The
Western cattle are being run through to
Chicago with the result that the market Is
flooded there, while buyers here go hunting
and with readiness and willingness TO pay
the equivalent Of Chicago figures. Thsre
were some lots of this Western stock switched
off here during the week, and the prices real
lied netted more than THE offerings Of SIN
liar grades shipped to Chicago. The South
st. Paul commission men would like to
have a chance in connection with the di:po-
sition OF this stock just to show what the
market is capable of doing. 1t is apparent
that Swift Co. are not killing anything
like the number of beeves which they should
be killing at this season Of the year. But
they must kill when they buy, and If the
stock is not offered they cannot buy, and
consequently cannot kill. Shippers are dis
posed to food this market at the present
time with their native cow stock, which no
body wants now at any price, and the effect
is simply to stock the yards and keep better
offerings away. Why cannot this stuff be
Withheld until colder weather arrives? Ger
tally no loss will accrue, and much benefit
may result.
There Is a good demand for feeding steers
of the higher quality. There were some
very satisfactory sales reported of North Da-
kota steers, prices averaging about APO.
The purchases were for shipment to Illinois
as we'll as Southern and Eastern Iowa. An
increasing tendency is being manifest among
farmers in Southern Minnesota and Northern
Iowa to buy this young stock for feeding
and return to this market. This Is epcourag-
ing.
1ue IOllOWlnS are some OF the more reliable
quotations for the week:
Good choice beef steers, $4.25Q4.50; fair to
medium, $9.8504.25; good choice cows and
heifers, $S.4003.75; fair to good 81. sos. 25; ;
carners and medium cows, $150Q2.50; fat
bulls $S.O0Q8. rs; Bologna bulls, $2.0OQ2.75;
feeding bulls, $2.50lS.00; good stockers and
feeders, $S.S5Q4.15; fair to good, $9.50Q3.75;
scrubs, $2.6OQ3.25; stock heifers, $2.75QS. %;
steer calves, $4:5OQ5.0O; heifer calves, $500
400; off colored calves, 5O@75c lower; veal
calves, $4.7oQ5.25; mixers and springers
from $40 for commOnzto $45- for choice cows
In the hog market there have been a good
many rough sows, and considerable short
age Of good hogs. 1t is argued by commits
sion men here that the range in South St.
Paul and Chicago, respectively, Is very wide
between good and common hogs the former
bringing there $4,000 and common rough
sows selling down to $94GQ3.5O, while some
carload lots sell as low as from $3.50 to 1855 /;
and the claim is being maintained that the
same grades Of stock which are selling In
Chicago at $40 are bringing $3.50 here. AS
one Of the South st. Paul dealers says In
his weekly letter: The straight facts of
the matter are we are getting Chicago prices
for our hogs, comparing the quality of the
goods and anybody within 200 miles Of here
who passes st. Paul and goes to Chicago,
loses money by so doing. We want more good
hogs, and want them bad"
The sheep market was somewhat uneven.
tuesday good lambs sold around sc, while
Wednesday the same class of lambs were hard
to sell at $4.75. Sheep sold more steadily,
mostly around $9.75Q4 for muttons. There
is a very good demand for breeding ewes
two to five years old at $4,000. rs a hundred
There are lots OF buck lambs coming in,
and some days they are hard to sell at $500
90, as nobody wants them to feed on
count of not being trimmed Good feeding
lambs that are trimmed sell quickly at S4.50@
4.I6. steady market is looked for this week
on everything. These are some quo
tations: Good mutton sheep, SO. 75@
400 good fat lambs $465@4. 80; trimmed feed
ing lambs, $4.50@4.75; good straight breeding
ewes, SS.4OqS.75; throw-outs and old skates
$2.50GS. 90.
One firm gives these figures on sheep:
Fat sheep and fat lambs are in good de-
mand. Good fat sheep, $S.90@415; fat year
ling wethers, $420@4.4O; good feeding weth-
ers, $S.S098.SO; fat lambs, ST. 8O@525; good
feeding lambs 81 .S5G5; good young breed
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK
In Chicago, receipts Of live stock for the
week to the close of Friday, compared with
the week previous, showed a gain of 10 900
cattle, 1880 hogs, with no appreciable
change in sheep. As compared with wear
ago, there was a gain Of $4,000 cattle. Is. 900
hogs, and a decrease of 1900 sheep. Market
for cattle was steady to lower, hogs were
apout DC higher and sheep 1Oc higher.
LIVE STOCK IN MONTANA.
Up in Montana the sheepmen are taking
advantage Of the shortage in cattle, which
gives them more territory to range on. The
abundance Of grass and water has caused
the relations between the cattle and sheep
raisers to be somewhat amicab,e this wear
for each has had plenty of grass In the
Dakotas 1t has been different for sheepmen
in many places have monopolized the water
holes and driven the cattlemen to other pas
lures. AS long as there is open range there
stockmen, but the time seems to be coming
when there won't be much open range TO
dispute over.-Drovers' Journal
CHICAGO HOG MOVEMENTS.
The following statement from the Cinctn-
natl Price Current will afford clear view of
the situation of thecmarket for hogs at Chi
cago during the past six months The fig
ures show the receipts of hogs for the
week ending Sept. II, as compared with
the corresponding week last year, likewise
the shipments and the packings since March
1, 1898, as compared with the same period
In 1897:
Week ending Sept, II. 1898. 1897
excerpts; .'.'' .......' 80. 149,S00 11S,650
Shipments; 49,. -. -. S1,799 81, 495
Packing since March la, 1853, 900 $780, 900
SHEEP FROM WESTERN RANGES.
This Is the timaN OF Ntha van, -uho. A.