The Coconino sun., 1908-10-23
NEWS OF THE RANGE
Items of Interest Pertaining to the Live Stuck Industry in Arizona. Mar
 " ket for the Past Week.

Harlon Yaeger shipped ten cars oi sheep to Kansas City Thurs day.
 Al Beasly shipped $500 head of fat lambs to the Kansas city market Wednesday.
 The Black Cattle Co.,. made d good sized shipment of beef from Williams west last week.
 The Coconino Cattle Co.,, and the Black Cattle Co.,, shipped six cars of beef from here Tuesday to Los Angeles.
 Ed Thornton left Sunday for the Anderson Mesa country and will join the general roundup be- ing made by the Hart Cattle Com pany and others on that section of the range for beef, Beet buy CTS have been very busy lately >N,Ad undoubtedly large shipments will be made from this section fo the country this tall.
 Sixteen carloads ol cattle will pass through here today from Holbrook to Salt River valley pastures, to be iattened for the local and eastern markets. Four teen carloads oi sheep will be shipped to the Cudahys of Los Angeles from Del Rio, October Y. This shipment will be fol- lowed October 20 by twenty-sev- en carloads of cattle from the Up- per Verde and Big Chino valley pastures to the Kansas City mar ket. Prescott Journal Miner.
 Kansas City Stock Yards, Oc To. The cattle market was uneven last week, 10 to 25 higher the first half ol the week, but closed wsth all the advance lost The run to- day is 5000 head, almost as heavy as a week ago, market steady on steers, , to 10 lower on COWS. The main element of weak ness today is big run and lower prices in Chicago. Dry weather has hurt the demand tor stockers and feeders lately, but rains are falling in Kansas today and are also predicted for Missouri tonight which will benefit the market on country grades this week. Ship ments of stockers and feeders to country points from this market ,SaSt week were $50 car loads, sec ond largest week this tall in that Nrade, and packers are keeping up their heavy purchases of killing cattle, about g per cent greater than year ago.
 The high price of corn has kept d good many feeders out this sea son but there IS a strong belief m high prices for beef cattle this winter and many parties are gain ing courage and the number of cattle now going on iced IS greater than at any time previously this fall. Colorado beef steers are selling al $500 to S4.25, a few head last week at S4.5o, range stockers and feeders at S % to S+.3S, grass cows S2 so to 3.35, heavy Colorado cows up to S3.65, calves s. SO to So. 50, bulls S2.oo to $500.
 Receipts of sheep and lambs are smaller than a few weeks .tgo though good receipts from the range country are expected tor several weeks vet. Run today IS II ,ooo head, market about steady but 10 to sa cents under week ago, no ch nce lambs her today top S5.So top ycarllng- $40 wtthers S4.3o eve, 4.t5, fan to good kill ing stock 70 10 30 cents under tops.
 Demand from the countrv i $ large, prices about steady with q week ago, lambs at S4.25 to 4.SS, wethers and vearlingS S5 50 to 40 breeding ewes up to $4. 10.
 Packers claim the outlet for the meat is moi as good as week ago, but cooler weather will likely improve consumption demand and benchtthe demand on livc'nmals.
 J. A. RIcKART.