East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-11

good stuff will readily bring the top
while the various grades have been
moved 10 to 15c above former figures.
There never was such a great scar,
city Of sheep as at this time and de.
spite the promises of higher prices
shippers continue to hold back. There
were no arrivals yesterday and the few
head that came forward during the
former "a hours were taken even be-
fore being unloaded.
Cattle market is stiff at unchanged
values.
California Cattle Are Coming.
There has been a loud cry from
killers for the past week or 10 days
for select quality Of cattle but none
have come forward from local places
I'VE are going to have 12 or Is cars
Of California stuff in the market to.
morrow morning. said Lee NJ Lacey
oe Hunt e. Lacey Demand for cat,
tie and other livestock is very good
and hogs are selling 10 to 15c higher
for ordinary grade while select east
of the mountains stuff is bringing
1925 or csc over former figures"
Everything is in good shape in the
livestock market" said Tom Benson
OF 4. c. Benson & Son. Hogs are
selling higher and best stuff will
readily bring the top and other grades
In proportion"
"All lines OF livestock are BETTER
said s. p. Gould of the Gould Com
mission company Higher prices
are ruling for hogs. with the market
very firm Cattle are bringing good
prices but they are not being booted
al the moment. They may bring
more later"
Following is the general range OF
values on stock running in the yards
for late shipments:
Hogs-Best east of mountains.
s625; ordinary, s5.75@6.OO; block
ers and China fats, $3.50 $50,
stockers and feeders. $500
Cattle-Best steers. weighing 1900
pounds, s4.25G4.5O; medium steers,
$4.OO@425; poor steers, 1925; best
cows, sS.25; medium cows, $2.50@
2.S5; stays. s275@S 800; bulls. $500
d225.
Sheep-Best wethers. $4.506475,
ordinary wethers, s4.25d 45O; lambs,
$45O@475; straight ewes, $3.50,
mixed lots. $500.
Veal-Choice young calves, $4,000
4.5O, heavy and rough, SS,5O@3.75.
Cattle Slow I'm East.
Chicago. Dec. 10.-Hogs, 10000; |
cattle, 5000; sheep, 10000. Hogs are
steady. left over yesterday, 1O,60o.
Receipts year ago. 1000. Cattle slow;
sheep steady.
Kansas City. Mo-, Dec. 1O.-Hogs, |
1900; cattle, 1000; sheep, 5000.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 1O.-Hogs !
9OOO cattle, 5000; sheep, 1000.
Bluestem I'm Demand
Portland. Ore, Dec. 10.-While To-
cal people are still freely offering |
&C a bushel track for bluestem wheat !
they are unable to secure it. The
recent sales at interior points on a |
basis of 81 a bushel track tidewater,
transactions. So little of this grade
of wheat is remaining out of the
hands of millers and exporters and so
much will be needed before the sea-
son comes to an end that holders eX>
pect to experience not the slightest |
difficulty in letting go at 81. Most OF
the small remaining supplies are held |
by big wheat growers who are In a
position to hold. Some of them are
said to be talking of s1.05 a bushei
There is practically nothing doing
in the local wheat market but prices
are firm for all grades
on the board of trade today there !
was nothing doing in option prices;
wheat scarcely receiving any atten,
tion. Barley was very firm here al
though reaction is noted in the
south. Two hundred tons of Deem
Der were sold at S26.75 track, this
being a fraction above former figures.
oats market is firm with values
about unchanged for both spot and
future deliveries. On the board or
lIdut lOudN lVV NuliS Ntit Splu lNl
January delivery at s31.75, track
Portland.
Futures Go Lower.
Chicago, Dec. 10.-There was
sharp dip in deferred wheat option at
the opening of the market here this
morning. May lost 5-Sc with the
start at 1O7, while July went back
3-Sc at 99h. The close was 1-SA
above to 1-Sc below yesterdays clos,
ing. There was no change in the De-
cember option at the end of the ses,
sion, opening and closing values both
being the same as yesterday.
Foreign markets were weak, with
tendency to sell everywhere. Absence
of reliable news of anykind from
Argentina is one of the principal
causes of the pressure to go short.
During the last few days there has