Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-11
PARSONS SELLS CATTLE.
Utah Man Markets a Trainload in
Kansas City--Good Range This Year.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Kansas City Mo, Aug. s.--M. X. Par
sons, one of the best known ranch
owners west Of the Rocky Mountains,
brought to this market on the 5th from
Rife, Colo, a tralnload Of cattle. In
tho shipment were steers and cows
the latter selling at the top price OF
the day In their class The steers also
sold strong. Mr. Parsons resides at
salt Lake City, Utah, and In addition
70 his ranch he operates In the north
west corner of Colorado near the Utah
line, he Is interested in cattle raising In
Oregon and Nevada. The shipment re-
ferred to was the first Of a string Of
about 1000 head Of cattle that he VIII
market this fall,
'All depends upon the condition Of
the market as TO when we will bring
them in" said Mr. Parsons. There Is
one thing certain, and that Is this. we
are not compelled to ship this season
on account Of a shortage of feed for
stock, as the range feed was never bet
ter, and cattle are doing well. We
are not over stocked either, although n
good many steers have been brought
over into Western Colorado from Ore
gon We handle steers almost exclu-
slyely, and as We do not raise many Of
them, we have TO import them from
Nevada and Oregon"
The cattle supply last week was 81
600 head, quite an increase over the
previous week, and too many TO main
tain prices The first straight colo
RADIO grass cattle Of the season came In
and had to sell around 81, and $50 pound
panhandle grass cattle sold at SO 81 to
$3.50. The stocker demand was slack.
and fair 10 good western stockers sold
at $3.50 10 S3.95 The feeder inquiry was
better than that for stockers, but a
good many sales We're at SO to So So
Good heavy westerns or panhandle
steers. 1850 10 1850 pounds suitable for
short feed. sold at 1915 to 81 2b. There
Is plenty OF forage In the country and
there Is a good prospect for corn IN
the great feeding section, which leads
dealers here to think the demand viii
improve, and prices make some gains In
the near future The packing situation
IL gradually clearing. and this should
not have any further influence ON the
stocker and feeder business The best
kinds of killing cattle sold steady last
week, and the market Ia steady today
on nearly all kinds OF cattle, ms the sup
ply is light at all points, and only 5000
head locally. Fed western steers sold
from 1915 10 1915 for extreme top,
Grass she stuff, fair to good, brought
sails to 49, while Gamers We're hard TO
sell az all, and veal calves dull. up to
$3.50. The prospects for this week arc
good for a steady to strong market,
The sheep that have been coming for
some time consist almost entirely OF
small punches Of natives. Choice lambs
sold the past week at $685.. Very few
western sheep have made their appear
ance here, but the market Is In oondi-
ton now TO take care Of fairly liberal
runs OF same, Western wethers are
quoted at $3.50 to ST. yearlings at A,2O
ewes at $S25 to $3.50, feeding sheep ~
$3.50 TO $3.50, yearlngs 1915. lambs, "
10 Aa6. orders are held here for a
large number Of stock and feedlne
sheep. waiting the arrival Of stun suit
| able TO mn them The markets have
| ruled strong the past week on all xmas
and is strong and active today.