The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-02
EASTERN BUYERS
TAKE OFF A DIME
Cattle Men in Eastern Centers Ask
Another Concession From
Shippers.
VALUES STIFFEN IN WEEK
LETTERS OF WESTERN COMMITS
SION co. TO UTAH SHIPPERS.

The weekly letter of the Western
Commission company to local cattle
and sheep men reads as follows:
The receipts of cattle at the three
big selling places last week were ISL
300, compared with 1873. 500 the week be-
fore, and. as over a third of this num-
her landed in Chicago, Kansas City
and Omaha Monday, buyers took off
a dime from the closing prices of the
week before and then went after Oma-
ha shippers again Tuesday for an
other 10-cent concession.
Statesmen at Chicago and Kansas
City were able to get steady prices
for the best with receipts of 4500 and
10000 respectively, and the lake SELL
ing place with 10000 on the market
Wednesday. did it's business on basis
Of 10 cents higher" evening up for
Mondays loss.
Values stiffened a little throughout
the remainder of the week, and the
close was an active demand at a
shade better prices than the previous
weeks selling. But the Improvement
i'm tone is not what was expected in
volume bv local operators. They hoped
for q positive advance, as well as
signs that the country people who
have corn and prospects Of grass, and
perhaps the money, would be more IN
evidence on the market to mix with
nasty feed lots kept them away, prob
ably: but of course they may be hS-
uring that they can't use these west
ern cattle at higher than present hg-
ures If so. it's a cinCh that feed
ers will have TO ship out the remain
der Of their holdings themselves.
Sellers Prices Too High.
Spectators can't buy and ship east
on the prices local sellers are asking,
-FrT TEa I0ll III -
ing end of the best sorts left in the
country VIII not bring better than a
half on any of the river markets.
All of which goes to show. in view
of the fact shrink and mark
citing costs 81 per hundred. that it will
take a noise that sounds like % to AZ
cents higher back east to start any
thing among speculative shippers out
this way. Some selling goes on, how
ever. 10 local and western buyers, al
last weeks figures, 3A to cents.
The Peterson pulp steers at OBdei
and another local string of good killers
we're bought by Ralph Myers at the
latter figure and shipped to san Fran
cisco early in the week; and Charley
Beason passed the Gentle valley cat
tie and the Strong steers from Mont
De1ier through that busy center We'd
nesday. 2S carloads strong. The for
uner were said to have cost ga cents
and the latter "eVen money, ana they
N9ll Went 10 the western meat Gull pailS
a San Francisco.
The Potter & Secrist steers and the
earns steers. also from Bear River
valley. came in Tuesday and were SOLO
bv tins company 20 the local Killers
AT 4 cents. Two loads. on the feeder
"rder out Of the string. were shipped
on to Denver. where they Will sell
Monday at from $3.50 to $500 per.
Were Unable to Ship.
The began Bros were unable to get
their Bighole buy out of the Basin
for shipment on the 29th. They had
forty car. ordered for that date, and
loaded but nine loads because of the
depth of the snow. 1t is understood
that the remainder of their purchase
IN there Will run about April
90. when trails are expected to be pas
sable. The nine loads shipped went
to Denver. where another Montana lot
the j. f. Brown cattle, sold for $4.N
early in the week, and bunch OF
ColOra do-fed steers were good enough
TO bring $500 per hundred on We'd
nesday.
only one sale of any size in the
stOcker line was reported during the
week. that of 700 2-year-Old Idaho
steers. to be delivered April Z. NJ X
Parsons sold them. for his combina-
ton. to Norman Ballantine, whb vii
take them to the old "Y t. ranch
The prices were not given.
Sheep and Lambs.
Receipts Of sheen and lambs on the
three markets we keep cases on rar
15S. 500 last week. compared with $780,
400 two weeks back. but the lessening
of supplies had no strengthening eff
feet on values. Chicago reported heavy
receipts tine first three days, tO-wit.
Monday, $4,000; Tuesday, 5000, and
Wednesday, $4,000.
The unloading at the big place looked
like getting out from under to deal
ers every place else and trading wa: