The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-23

49, The receipts for the week ending Jan.
IA were: Cars, 234; cattle, 1855; calves, 579;
sheep, 10,130; hogs, $685. These figures show
decrease in cars Of Q; an increase in cattle
OF 40l; decrease in calves Of 325; hogs, 1,270;
sheep. 2,717.
The killings by Swift & Co. last week were:
Cattle 500: calves. T. sheep, 1888; hogs 9,729
Inc Killings of the week previous were Cat
tie. 615; calves, IA; sheep, 1,OO6; hogs 10, 400.
Inese figures show an increase in cattle of
2l4 sheep, 9T; decrease in hogs of GIL and
in calves. 7.
There has been little change in prices dur
ing the week for any class Of live stock and
the trade has been satisfactorily active. The
quality Of the cattle showed an improvement
ana there was some stimulation to the trad
ing spirit There was q larger run of heavy
STOCK, but the heaviness consisted too largely
OF bone and muscle and not enough of pros
pective good cuts of meat to render them at
tracttve. 1t Is neither size nor weight, but
quality that counts. There were good many
outside buyers on the market looking for
calves 2s we'll as stockers and feeders, but
there was a decided lack of material with
which to meet the demand. The general run
OF prices was strong, and good line of offer
ings of all grades would have found takers.
There was little or no call for canning stock,
OF which this market usually has an over
and the supply is quite deficient. Poor stock
brings correspondingly poor prices. If they
are to be disposed of at all 1t must be at
sacrifice. Common and off colored steers
sold all the way from s2.25 to s2.75. The bet
ter stock of good color brought from s4Q4.35
The better grades of light stockers sold at
from $3.S094.1O; the bulk of fair 100 to 800
pound steers at $3.5043S5
The hog market has been fairly good and
the offerings showed some improvement. The
quotations at the close were, for the best
$3.571a; bulk, $3.521s@3.55; pigs. $31503.25
rough sows. s3.25Q3.35; rough heavy stays.
$2@225.
Sheep and lambs were steady. Best lambs
are selling at s4.5O94.75; medium s494. );
stock lambs, s3.75Q4.25; best sheep. sS25@3.5O;
medium. s3@3.25; stock ewes, $3@34o
SCARCITY OF CHOICE CATTLE.
With an apparent scarcity of choice cattle
it would seem more profitable to feed to a
better finish than many are doing at the
present time. No doubt there is more loss
entailed by paying high prices for feeders
then sending back to market habitat than
by making them ripe, even if feed Is COM
p6ratively' high. At the present time the de-
nland centers strongly on good to choice cat
tie, while anything below good is seriously
neglected Thus the extremes seem to be
drifting farther apart. 1t certainly would
look more sensible to produce the kind Of
cattle that the demand calls for rather than
the kind that Is not wanted.-Drovers' Jour-
nal.
VISIBLE SUPPLIES OF CATTLE.
The cattle buyers have seldom been con-
fronted with situation more unsatisfactory
to them than the that exists today. The
visible supplies of cattle are not only light
but the quality was never worse and they
are wondering how they will get ample sup
plies of good ripe cattle.-Drovers' Journal.
SCARCITY OF PRIME BEEVES.
in leading markets and command highly re-
posed to sell habitat cattle and hold their
keep their cattle and feed the corn. There
is great dearth of choice bullocks and val
ues for all such promise to hold firm at pre-
vaflpg quotations. Wel-bred and well-fed
means wel-sold in these days.-Breeders' Ga
Zette.
PURE-BRED BULLS IN TEXAS.
Texas cattle growers have reaped a rich
harvest from the use of pure-bred bulls
Average prices for Texas-bred stock are
higher now than they have been during the
past fourteen years. The Texans are running
more freely in this market since Jan.
than year ago and prices stronger.
Better blood and better finish tell the whole
story. Farmers of the corn belt may learn
a lesson. from this experience of the South
west--Breeders Gazette.
PRICES OF CATTLE AT CHICAGO.
Monthly range of prices of good to choice
steers at Chicago, weighing 1,200 to 1,5O0 lbs
1 1 O I 20 I coo 90