The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-17
Twelve Hundred Head of Horses
Handled Last Week.
TO THE EASTERN MARKETS
ANIMALS COME FROM NEVADA
AND MONTANA.
viii Be offered at the Great Sales of
Work Horses at Omaha and Kan
sas City-Quiet Week In Cattle
Shipments From Southern Utah
Outlook For Traffic Promising.

Records were broken at the UnioE
stock yards last week. They were not
only broken, but were smashed all to
pieces, according to the statement of
Yard Manager Warren. The great sale
of work horses that is to take place at
Omaha and Kansas City this week was
the cause of the breaking of the rec
ordS that have so far been established
upon the shipment of work horses. On
Thursday thirty-seven cars of young
horses were received at the yards, and
on the entire week a total of forty-one
cars were registered. This meant that
1,200 head Of horses were handled at
the yards Manager Young states
that this is the. greatest number that
has been received at any one time
since the stock yards have been in ex-
istence.
From Nevada and Montana.
These horses were shipped from Ne
vada and Montana to the two points
names. They were consigned by small
and large dealers, which indicated that
a number of horse dealers are specu-
lating on the two mammoth sales that
are to take place. Ali of the horses
were young and unbroken. They are
mainly destined for farming purposes
in the great middle west. Manager
Young said that this shipment did not
mean that there was any especial
furry in the horse market, or that they
would command an unusually good
price, but was simply a movement
upon the part of the horse dealers of
Montana and Nevada to take advan
tage of the two sales mentioned. Be
ing able to ship in such large num-
bers greatly reduced the expense of
transportation, and would enable the
dealers to dispose of their horses to a
greater advantage than they could do
by sending them east in small consign-
ments.
Quiet In Cattle Market.
1t was very quiet week in cattle,
only ten cars being received, with a
total of 800 head. Some few of these
were for the local market, but the ma
jority were sent on to the eastern mar
kets. The cattle were off the western
ranges and were in good condition for
market purposes. Manager Warren
says that the cattle market is holding
it's own, although little quiet just at
the present time. There is every in
dication, however, that it will begin to
improve in the near future.
This is borne out by the fact that
the Utah & Pacific will this week ship
east $50 head of range cattle for the
market. These cattle are from south
ern Utah. In that section of the state
it is reported that there has been a
decided improvement in the market,
and there is a lively demand for cattle
B. f. Nevins, one of the general rep
resentatives of the Denver & Rio
Grande, who has only recently re-
turned to Salt Lake City from Denver,
reports that there is decided inn
provement in the livestock market
There has been a recent increase in
the shipments over his line Some lit
tie time ago there was a lull in the
market owing to a break in the price
of cattle, but this has been adjusted,
and at present the outlook for a lively
traffic in livestock is promising.
THE sheep industry out our way is
setting the pace for all the others, min
ing and sugar beets included" said
Sheriff Jensen of Sanpete county last
night. There are about $4,000 head in
Manti alone, and an equal number in
Mount Pleasant. In the county
L should estimate the total number
at 100000. The herders and feeders are
getting good prices for both lambs and
muttons, and the profits this year will
be worth counting; the prices are con-
stantly advancing"
Seventeen cars of top Nevada cattle
were received at the Salt Lake yards
yesterday afternoon. They are said to
have been the best received in a long
time, both in flesh and in quality.