The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-07
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Cattle receipts dropped uoMh ditei
the rains came middle of last week.
and the market made some gains be-
fore the close of the week. quaran-
tine steers making net gain of IS
to 25 cents for the week, cows also
little higher. calves at the top
prices of the season. Quality has
been lacking for a week or ten days
in quarantines, and the run Of 100
ears in that division yesterday con-
tains only few lots of decent steers.
balance highly mixed and generally
of low grade Top steers last week
brought $3.50 Tor small lot, top
loads at $3.50. some Of the Halsell
steers from the Usage country,
weighing 1910 lbs, sold today at $4.4O
but bulk Of the steers are light weight,
and sell at $3.50 to $41O some range
up to $685., but most of the cows are
small lots, from 1925 down to $2.25
occasionally odd head up to $4OO,
bulls $2.75 to $500. prime veals worth
$500, although quarantine offerings
rarely go above SIPS. purely account
of lack of quality. The reduction in
cattle receipts is because the dry
weather cattle have been shut off
and the moist weather benefited the
market in another way by increasing
the demand for stockers and feeders,
which demand is at its height and
prices IS to % cents higher than
week ago. Shipments Of stockers and
feeders to the country last week were
heaviest of the year. at $40 car loads :
Hog markets have favored sellers
during the past week, and opposition
from packers, is less vigorous than
formerly, and indications appear plain
that September average prices fol
hogs will be higher than August aver
age. Runs are slightly larger than
few weeks ago, and nearly up to the
volume coming at this period last
year, $4,000 last week. $500 here to-
day. The market is steady today, al
though the top at $500 is cents
above Saturdays top, bulk of sales
today $3.50 to $S15. Heavy hogs are
approaching close to the top, and light
weights have dropped down a peg
since week ago Consumption Of
pork product continues to gain on
manufacture of same, and by the time
winter runs start in, packing house
floors will be bare.
Sheep and yearlings remained
steady to strong last week, lambs of
about % cents. Yearlings' sold up to
$3.50 last week, whethers worth $4.5
to $500 ewes $425 to $475, best
lambs today $7.2o. bulk of lambs $500
to $7,l5 Feeding stock is not in such
keen request as few weeks ago.
Prospects favor heavy runs from the
west from now on, and feeder buyers
will have things little more their
own way. Feeding lambs sell at
5000 to $6.25. wethers and yearlings
s4s5p. to ss.oO. stock ewes around $500
breeding ewes zap to $500
Run of quarantines yesterday 95
cars. market steady to 10 lower
Sales rs
Halsen, rHominy ~. 2Os 1l6l 4.55
Halsell, Hominy ....1SSS 1912 4.4o
HalselI, Hominy -. 9TH ss7 $50
Anderson & L..
Nowata .... 25s 1923 42F
Anderson & L..
Nowata ~ s6s 1923 4lo
Countryman. Talala. PAS 1868 Ar
Noble, Davis . IT'S 1881 4lT
Noble, Davis ... lac 702 1925
Williams, Ft Worth 1890 242 Ale
Palmer & D..
Bluejacket .. 19S S75 3.75
Payne Bros & G.,
Foraker PATS 914 4.O6
Mccall, Talala ~. 96S 976 $3.50
Cumley, Talala +. 72S 96S 800
Camp. Davis .. ooh $50 1886
Florence, Comanche 17H 71S 3.65
Florence. Comanche. 1B 1880 2.S0
Roddy, Ft Cobb T.. i1H $50 $40
Roddy Fl Cobb M 3B 1908 2.S5
Hoover, Okla ~ 1B 1850 300
Beckett. Centrahoma. 2lC 671 2.S0
Nall & NJ. Okla - 14H 647 3.15
Hall & NJ. Okla. &c 1855 $50
Hall & NJ. Okla. M 1B 1880 S.25
stubbs, wortham s2C 755 1886
A train of the Halsell steers, same
as thelot noted above from Hominy,
here at s440 today. sold in st. Louis
today at $3.50 considerably lighter
than the ones here. account of greater
shrink shipping the longer distance
to ST. Louis Freight was greater
also. making more net money at Kan
sas City.