East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-12-02
SHEEP AND LAMBS
RANGING HIGHER
PREMIUM OF CSC
PAID FOR GOOD QUALITY
Situation Daily Growing Better-Good
Demand for Cows-Great Many
Goats Used on Puget SOund-Hogs
Firm at $50.

Union Stockyards, Stockdale, Dec.
Further advance is shown in the
sheep market as a result of the i'm
proving demand at Stockdale. Run
of sheep and lambs was improved
ing even faster.
For real good quality a premium
of about Csc is being paid over form
erly listed values. Spring lambs that
are of best quality can be moved in
the yards as high as So. according TO
most prominent sellers, although this
price has not as yet been secured IN
the open transactions of the Union
stockyards
General run of lamb offerings in the
Yards will range around $3.50, and
this has been the highest price obtain
able in the yards. sheep and lamb
situation is daily growing better and
few of the late arrivals have been of
tcppy quality.
Run for the day was sos head, COM
pared with none a week ago, 23
year ago, 629 two years ago, 32O head
this date in 1906. and 251 head for the
same date in 1905.
Demand for Cows Is Best.
OF the entire cattle market, much
the best demand at this time Is shown
for cows. Sales recently in that line
have been as high as 1915, and ad-
dltional transactions could be made
at that figure without the least fore
ing, provided the quality was peing
offered However, no TRANSACTIONS
were reported during the "a hours
above $3.50. This is due entirely to
the lack of suitable animals for the
best trade.
Total run of cattle in the yards to-
dav was small, and therefore the
showing of steers was not satisfactory
ONLY one lot was sold and that was IA
very moor one and did not bring above
81.
While the market for steers stands
in a very good position it has not as
vet shown the great strength noted
in the call for cows, although a change
In these conditions may be daily eX-
pocted.
Using Goats on the Sound.
Puget sound cities are using n
greater number of goats at the time.
4 carload which came to the local
market sold TO northern buyers dur
ing the past "a hours at 2 l-2c a
pound. The shipment consisted OF
126 head.
Goat meat is used in some sections
whenever there is a scarcity of sheep
or else the price Of the latter has
reached very high figures. Goat meat
is necessarily a cheap meat and pri-
ces paid are seldom in line with those
on other animals.
Hogs Established at $50.
Local market for hogs is firmly es-
tablished at $50 at Stockdale for the
best stuff. While, according to the
eastern market. a slightly higher price
would he justified, still very little OF
the local stuff lately received has been
or quality to demand an unusual fig
ure.
Run of hogs for the day was quite
fair and there was no change in the
general standing of the market.
year ago today there was firm
ness i'm all lines of livestock but val
ues were unchanged
Those Who supply the Market.
~. Newland brought in car of
hogs from Bertha.
p II. Farmer sent in mixed load
Of sheep and hogs from McMinnville
George Ziggler had a load of swine
offering from Gervais on today's mar
ket.
Taylor & Cummins of Halsey sent
in n mixed bunch Of stuff. One load
consisted of hogs and sheep, another
~ sheen and still another of goats.
T. p. Patton of Halsey brought for
ward a mixed load Of sheep and hogs
for today's market.
A. r. Ford of McMinnville, brought
in two loads of sheep from Carton.
A. ]. Waterman sent in car OF
calves from Echo.
]. II. Gray shipped three loads of
cattle from Shaniko to Stockdale.
The following is the general range
of livestock values in the yards:
Cattle.--Best steers, weighing 1900
hounds. $455 a 4.65; medium steers
S4.25@4.50: best cows, s3.75; medium
cows, $3.50. bulls. $2OOQ2,75; stays,
$2.5Om3.00.
Hogs-Rest east of the mountains,
$50; stockers, $500 600: pigs, Sc
900.
Sheep-Best wethers. $4.5O@ AIS;
ordinary. $3.50: spring lambs, $500
C 90. straight ewes, S4.00 a 4.25; mix
ed lots, s4256 4,50.
Calves-Best, s5OO@5,25; ordinary,