The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-02

The movement locally in livestock
last week was strong, especially in
cattle There were large shipments of
cattle over the Union Pacific. The
movement of horses was better than
for several years. about 1850 head,
principally from Idaho, being sent east.
A few of these were from Nevada
There was also a shipment last week
OF eight cars of mules. THESE We're
shipped from Wadsworth, New
The market, local and foreign, was
strong and active during all of the
past week. While the receipts at KAN
sas City, Omaha and st. Joseph were
exceedingly heavy, nevertheless prices
remained at most satisfactory figures.
The past week proved TO be a fairly
lively one at the Union Stock Yards
In this respect il was an Improvement
over the previous week. which was
one of the most quiet ever experienced.
Manager James Leary, who knows
more about cattle, sheep and horses in
one moment than most people do in
life time, returned Friday from a trip
north. He has kept the nature of the
business that took him away a secret.
The receipts Of cattle at the yards dur
ing the past week was Liza.
Stock Yards Sales.
Knight & Co. received ten killers
from their farm at Kaysville. These
came in on Tuesday, and were in the
very best of condition for the block.
On Wednesday they were followed by a
drove of sixty-two cattle that We're
driven in to the same firm by j. Frad-
sham of Brigham City. This herd was
also in prime market condition.
A. Brossard of oxford, Ida, was
shipper on Friday of two cars of good
fat COWS, which are being offered on
the local market.
G. L. Edwards was a seller Friday
to BRADSHAW of eleven head of steers
and cows fit for the block.
DR.. Al Matthews of Galloway Neb.,
came in Friday morning with twenty
one cars of cows and calves. which he
loaded at Lund. on the Utah & Pacific.
He received these cattle from Joe Hey
wood and H. S. Jolly, the former of
the big Pipe Springs company. The
entire bunch viii be branded today at
the yards, while ali good people are
at church. After they have been prop
erly ironed they VIII be forwarded via
Oregon Short Line and Union Pacific
TO their Nebraska destinations.
Big Sheep Shipment.
The star event of the past week in
the matter of shipments was made by
the Union Pacific. Francis Webster of I
Cedar City shipped from Lund thirty |
seven cars of sheep to Chicago. There |
were over 10000 head in the bunch. (
They came from around Cedar City, !
and were in prime condition The ship |
ment was made over the Short Line, |
Union Pacific and the Chicago & North |
western.
Madsen Brothers and j. F. Munson
of Manti last week shipped 1,500 head /
of sheep to st. Joseph. With this ship /
nent were also some lambs. which I
brought $3.50, while the sheep top the
market at S4.10.
Good Prices For Lambs.
Austin & Webb of Lehi shipped TWEEN
ty-six cars of lambs to st. Joseph, I
Omaha and Kansas City. At st. Joseph /
the lambs brought $5.15; at Omaha I
$50, and Kansas City. $5.15. AT the /
latter market the receipts for the past
week in sheep have been so heavy that
the railroads nave been unable to {
handle them. There has been dearth
of stock cars. and some of the wards
have been unable TO get their feeders
out Of the way.
Mallory, Son & Zimmerman company
secured the sale of the first shipment
Of sheep that came out from Heber
over the Provo canyon read. The ship
ment was made by Lindsay & Jones,
Thomas z. Austin and Clotworthy Il
Murdoch. The major portion of this
first shipment goes to st. Joseph, where
it viii be sold this week.
Houtz & Rathbun went TO Mccain
mon last Tuesday and purchased for
Philbeck 6 Greenwood of American
Falls 5000 sheep ana lambs for range
purposes. The purchase price was not
given out.
Three trainloads of sheep were loaded
on Tuesday. One was shipped from
Cotton and one from Thompson's
Springs. Forty-one cars in all were
shipped
George Beckstead of Riverton, Utah,
loaded a train of seventeen cars of
sheep last Wednesday for the Chicago
market.
-Four cars of lambs were shipped from
Brigham City last Wednesday by the
WellsVille Coop. The lambs We're des-
tined for the Chicago market, and were
in fine condition.
Charles Rathbun will shortly bring
in from Oregon a bunch of 5000 ewes
for breeding purposes. They will be
fed hay this winter.
Good Reports From Ranges.
Reports from the sheep ranges in ]
Carbon. Emery san Juan. Grand and
Garfield counties, Utah, say they prom
ise TO be better this winter than for
many years previous. That the good
conditions viii be taken advantage of
sheepmen declare is a fact, because
very few sheep, comparatively, are be-
Ing shipped out Of Utah. The stock
men are buying them rapidly where
they can be had for anything less than
a fancy price, and are going TO feed
them this winter in some Of these
The range question for the past sea-
son has been a varied one. Near Mea-
cham it is reported that the fall feed
S better than it has been for twenty !
years, while range conditions in Web :
ster county, Wye, on account Of the /
ack OF rain, are very poor. Just at
present. owing to the fact that good !,
-ange conditions are scarce, the sheep ..
men are sparring for place to winter ;;
In central Wyoming, near Rawlins, the /,
conditions are different from in Web
ster. At the former place the winter
Iced is in good shape. :.
John Noonen shipped last spring sew
enty carloads Of sheep from oregon on
o the ranges along the Colorado Mid .
and railroad. He grazed them at Twin /,
Lakes, and they are reported to be in :
good condition, for the feed in that
section was in fine order.
st. Joseph Market.
]. B. Kerr of the st. Joseph Stock S
Yards company. who was in the city 9
asst week, talked most interestingly re-
yarding some important features of q
he livestock business. He is in the J
vest for the purpose of soliciting range I
business for the new market at ST.
oseph. He is principally after cattle !
nd sheep. His company has spent c
4 coo coo erecting new wards and mark !.