East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-11
PORTLAND TO Be
MARKET FOR HORSES
TRADE IN EQUINEs
GROWING STEADILY
General Review OF Weeks Stock Mar
ket-Have all Been Fairly Good
Call for Good Stuff Growlng-Calf
Market Becomes Important-Sbeep
and Lambs Firm.

Union Stockyards, stockdale, Oct. 0,
If anyone does not believe that
Portland Is destined to become one OF
the best markets in the country for
mules and horses, as well as hogs, cat
tie and sheep, a good look should be
taken at the daily arrivals OF that line
at Stockdale.
While Portland has always been
looked upon as the leading market for
livestock slaughtered on the Pacific
coast, 1t was only recently-in fact.
since the new yards were established
that the horse branch of the market
became at all prominent.
so much success has been attained
In the sale OF horses and mules in the
Portland yards recently that the man
agement of the yards have before them
proposition to construct suitable
sales places for that line alone.
AT present the horses are confined
In the regular barns or in the outer
stalls, and therefore the sales are
made under wrong conditions; but de-
mules has been growing steadily, and
within a short time It is expected that
official announcement will be made by
yard officials regarding suitable quar-
ters.
Would Centrallze Horse Trading.
BY operating regular horse mar
ket at the Stockdale yards, It would
centralize the trading in those animals.
Instead Of having the business scat
tered as has been the case up to this
time. Capitalization would mean to
the horse market Just what the same
thing has meant to producers Of hogs
sheep and cattle. II would create a
regular location. where buyers and
sellers would come together. Buyers
would be able 70 do business at less
expense and with more satisfaction
than heretofore. because under the
proposed conditions they would not be
compelled to travel over a great ex-
panse Of country in order to get what
they needed Sellers would, by the
same method, be able TO command
better prices, because of the compe-
tition between buyers, and altogether
the trade would be conducted or a
more satisfactory basis.
Weeks Markets Are Good.
During the past week the tone in
livestock was generally good While
at intervals there were displays OF
weakness brought about by contin-
ued dullness. all good stuff command
ed real good values and the only neg
lect was shown in those lines where
quality was inferior.
Call for a better class OF livestock
than the Portland market has been
receiving has been growing more pro-
nounced each week. During the past |
six days the demand for toppy hogs |
remained extensive, even under the |
press Of continued heavy arrivals. |
Good, prime. well finished hogs sold |
as high as SS during the week. but |
there was a tendency to soften values |
somewhat for anything that did not
come up to the scratch. This was due
TO the heavy arrivals here and the
weaker feeling with generally lower
values in the east and middle west
Eastern values will regulate prices
in the local hog market more than
ever although 1t Is not likely that the
differentlal between Portland values
and those in Nebraska will be less
than the added freight to bring ship
ments to the coast.
Calf Market Becomes Important.
Market for calves is becoming very
important in the Stockdale yards. Re-
ceipts are increasing and many who
formerly shipped their stuff dressed
to the Front street markets are now
sending them alive to the stockyards
because they say prices are more suit
able and the tendency to lose is less.
Cattle market in general showed
small arrivals during the week but this
was the best thing that could have
happened. Wants of killers have been
rather limited and while the conditi-
on existed It would scarcely be wise to
flood the market with supplies. On
this account there was little change
In cattle values from those that ruled
Turing the previous week.
Run of cattle during the week was I
730 head compared with 1892 last !
week, 944 the previous week and 1910 /
/ month ago However, the latter two /
iates include arrivals of calves
sheep and Lambs Firm. Il
Considering the big run of sheep and !
ambs in the yards during the past $
week the market has held remarkably f
we'll. Lambs have been selling at h
practically the same figures as Week
lgo with top stuff at $3.50 while the "
hange in the sheep market generally c
has not amounted to more than 10 to L
&c. Then, too, this was principally s.
made for poor quality. V
on Wednesday the receipts of sheep d
md lambs in the yards were the heavi-
st since record has been kept or ar "
lvals. A total of 477S head arrived
uring the "a hours as compared with
rrvals of 6426 head for the entire
TX days. Wednesdays arrivals were 81
lmost as great, however, as the pre- Fl
ious weeks total run, when 1897 Of
cad appeared in the pens. This COM or
ares with 2S22 the previous week and l.
007 head a month ago. st
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