Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1902-06-26
THE CATTLE MARKET.
she Record Of Prices Of Live stock
Has Been Shattered This
Year.

been melting away al Kansas City
tho past few days like dew before
the summer sun. Practically all
the top prices Of previous years
except that Tor heavy packing hogs
have been relegaled to the rear.
First it was the beef cattle record
price that was shattered-shatter.
ed mol. once but many times. Then
a whirl was taken ct the record
/ hog prices, and former State Trea.
surer Htflebower ofKansas wiped
out oil top prices back to 1898 last
week by selling a load at s777 10
a hundred The latest record 10
be turned TO the wall is that for
soulhern cattle. Yesterday W
W. O'Bryan Of Welch. I. T., sold
a load Of 30 steers which averaged
1927 pounds for $500 hundred,
the highest price ever paid at this
market for southern cattle.
While he was at it Mr.. O'Bryan
broke the record good and plenty.
The highest previous price for cat
tie in the quarantine division va
So so, which was paid last month
The highest price paid previous
to this year was SO a hundred.
The top Price for June Of last year
was $3.50, and for June of19OO, 85
The record breaking price Of $500
was received by Mr.. O'Bryan IN
the face Of a heavy run Of Southern
cattle aud a fair run Of natives.
When The question Of additional
freight and shsinkage and feeding
is considered, this is the highest
price paid anywhere in the coun-
try for southern cattle this year.
The heavy run OF grass cattle
which was predicted a few weeks
ago is not .malerializing, and in
consequence prices are holding up
well for good stuff. The fact is
that cattlemen are holding back
sheir stuff to await the outcome Of
the corn crop. If the present fat
tering prospects for the crop con.
tinue, thousands Of head Of cattle
will be held back to be finished or
on feed this fall and winter, while
If there should be failure Of the
crop, they would Dc rushed from
grass to market. Shippers be-
lieve that the packers want them
to feed theiralufi The fact is
that the grass has been 80 sappy
this year that the grnssers have
been "washy" and have not com.
manded good prices on this &C.
count.
Conditions at present are emf.
neb y satisfactory to cattlemsn
and farmers alike, and lis to be
hoped, in their interest, that the
Lbovo program will be carried out.
a big corn crop means that the
supply Of grass cattle on the Kan.
sas City market will be limited,
and that those shippers who have
good cattle will not have to 60 on
the market in COMP etition with q
big run Of grassers. Better prices
will be the result. Then 1t meanl
a big demand and good prices for
feeders this fall. i. also means
good prices for corn and cotton,
seed products, which will be in
good demand for feeding.
Native cattle have sold on the
Kansas City market this year al
$3.50 a hundred. This is so cents
a hundred higher than was ever
paid here prior to this year. It il
freely predicted by local experts
that cattle will sell here this weel
Tor from IS 10 to IS %. In fact i
the former figure is not reached
number of wellkpown catile aalea-
men will have to forfeit goodll
portion Of this months salar,
which they have mogigaged Il
back Hp their conviction that i
will berealissd.
When tho prios Of potatoes get
high everybody raises potsloes an,
the next years crop isn't woril
the digging This cannot be don
with cattle, however. Il take
more than a season to replenish
depleted cattle supply Last year
droplh lnok thousands OF oaill
outol kansas CITY e territory neve
to return. The supply cannot b
restored TO lie normal proportion
this yeey or pexl In the mean
time prices must continue high b
cause the supply is inadequate q
the demand, and paokersaro ship
pirg h'lled Csuis 10 ifom oihe
mafkeis.
Fresh basonand hard al Baleullao'