Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-11
CHICAGO MARKETS
Western Season Is Now Open


on Monday, about thirteen car loads of
Wibaux and Stacy's cattle which sold
at $3.75, $3.85 and $500 but today's
receipts consisted of nearly 1000 cattle
made up of the Oscar Stephens cattle,
who had nearly half the number, and
which were sold by Rappal Bros. &
Co., the remaining cattle belonging to
=. J. Hysham and S. H. Hardin &
Co. The first mentioned cattle belong
ing to O Stephens were in rather poor
condition as they had been trailed over
a hundred miles before loading, as
we'll as delayed two days in fording
the Yellowstone river. The river was
over foot above its usual level and il
required two days time to get the cat
tie across, during which 4S hours the
cattle did considerable ginning and
milling which naturally reduced their
weight as well as selling quality, saws
Rappal Bros. & Co. of Chicago in a
special letter to the News, under date
of August 6.
The Stephens cattle were intended
for Mondays market of this week but
owing to the delay in crossing the
river, and "a hours wait to learn what
chances there would be of putting them
on the market owing to the butchers
strike, delayed their arrival until to-
day. AS a natural consequence of
these various delays and rough usage
enroute, the cattle were packed on the
market in such an unfavorable condi-
ton that prices were not up to the
standard of what they would have been
had conditions been normal. We sold
Mr.. Stephens cattle at the following
prices: 81 steers averaging 1888 lbs.
at $500, SO steers, averaging Ills lbs.
at $50, SO tail end steers averaging
116O lbs. at $3.25, 4o cows averaging
$50 lbs. at $500, and As COWS averag-
ing 92O lbs. at $500. The Hysham
Texas and natives were in excellent
beef condition and sold at $4. 20 for the
Texans, averaging 1850 and $4. 90 for
the natives averaging trif1e over 1900
pounds. The Hardin cattle were even
in better shape than the Hysham cattle
both punches in fact were almost equal
to load of corn-fed steers, these latter
cattle were somewhat light but they
were enough better to command a Is
cent premium, selling at $4.75.
Live mutton trade was generally
active and daily supplies were readily
absorbed at steady prices. While
natives enjoyed considerable popular
ity, westerns were on the best request,
and even thin lambs met with a vigor-
GUS demand. Swift was the most act
i've buyer, taking lot of stock for
shipment to New England points.
Choice western sheep went at Sal to
So.65, and best range lambs at Sc. IS.
MIR. Stephens is generally considered
to be the largest individual cattle,
sheep and land owner in the state of
Montana, all the result of his own
brains and efforts, and his views are
worthy of consideration. He says that
he is starting his cattle a month earlier
than usual this year for the reason that
he realizes that there will be probably
$4,000 to 100, 900 more cattle marketed
the coming season from the range than
were sent in during the fall of 1908,
and he wisely Figures that the early
markets are going to be the best. We
have advanced the same opinion in our
recent predictions to you and we are
satisfied you will see the same verified
before the middle of the season.
The corn prospects look very f1atter-
ing at present and are going to be the
one factor for determining values of 80
days hence, if the corn crop proves a
success as it promises, it will eliminate
the one disturbing factor for causing
decline of prices, inasmuch as it will
make market for the lighter weight
steers, which under opposite conditions
would have to go as Gamers and in
this way help out the general average e
of values by reducing the amount of
steers to go direct to the p ackers.
Cholera Infant
This disease has lost it's terrors
since Chamberlain Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy came into