East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-04
SHEEP MARKET
IS PROVING.
NO GENERAL CHANGE
IN QUOTATIONS., HOWEVER
Lower Prices for Sheep I'm the South
May Bring the Prices Down Later
So Little Wheat Remains That II
Is No Longer Quoted on the Mar
kct-Potatoes Are the Highest
Price for Many Season-Scarce
on the Market

Portland, May 3.-The showing of
sheep is improving and for that rea-
q slightly steadier feeling on Saturday,
owing to the very light run, was again
travelling at snail like pace today, al
though so far as quotations were con-
cerned, there was no change in the
general situation.
The fact that sheep are lower in
the south may possibly have some ad-
verse effect upon ruling figures here
and after a while cause lower
range. Some very liberal lots of
dressed sheep are being brought up
from the south by one local packer
from a branch in San Francisco 80
in sort of way this takes just that
much demand off the livestock in the
yards.
Wheat Not Quoted.
So little wheat remains In the Pa
clfic northwest that Is available for
market that quotations are scarcely
obtainable. There is wide differ
ences of opinion among millers and
sellers as to the value of the various
grades. but as no actual business is
passing at the moment former quota
tlons are still retained as nominal.
According to wheat men there IS
only one mill in the three states that
has any quantity OF wheat on hand
and in fact most of the other institu-
tlons have closed shop for some time.
oats market is flrmer but buyers
are paying from $40 to S4O.5O.
While the barley market Is very
firm no late business Is reported.
Potatoes Still Advance.
So scarce are potatoes at county
shipping points and so anxious are
buyers to take hold of what's left
they are offering the highest price
for many a season and every day
seems TO add to the bullishness Of the
situation. At the country shipping
points shippers are offering as much
as s1s5 per hundred pounds for Sc
lect quality. This is within frac-
ton OF 81 per hundred pounds Port
land. Several small lots are reported
taken at the highest figures, but gen.
orally seeking holders who still re-
tain supplies are waiting for an ad-
vance even above present record fig
ures.
Livestock Summary.
Hogs-Best east of mountains,
$775; good, $3.50 $50; blockers,
1926 T5O; stockers. s6.75q7.
Cattle-Best steers, weighing 1900
pounds, s5.65G5.75; medium steers,
s5.2595.4O; poor steers. s5.25; best
cows, $3.50; medium cows, $4.25;
bulls, s25Oa3.5O.
Sheep. sheared-Best wethers,
$45OQ5; spring lambs, Sc; yearling
lambs, So straight ewes, s4q4.5O;
mixed lots, s4@425.
Wool and Hides.
Wool-1909-Will! valley, 1S
Tallow-Prime, per lb., 3 q &C; No.
2 and grease. 2Q2hc.
Sheepskns Shearing 10q 15c
@21c; eastern oregon. 17q22c.
each; short wool, ESQ 4Oc; medium
wool, 5Oc@s1 each; long WOOL 75cQ |
$1.25 each.
Hides-Dry hides, 14@16c lb.; |
green, SO 10c lb.; bulls, green salt, &c
per lb; kips, &c; calves, green. 1ec
per ID,
Mohair-19O9, 231a Q24c.
Grain and Flour.
Barley-Feed, $39.50QS4 rolled,
$35Q36; brewing, $31.
wheat-Buying price, new-Track,
Portland-Club, $1.20; bluestem
$3.50; red Russian, s1.17 Turkey
red, s1.2O9l25; Willamette valley,
$1.15.
Misunderstanding price - Bran,
$3.50: middlings $50; shorts, $780,
chop, s2SdS1; alfalfa meal, $40 per
ton.
Flour-Selling price-Eastern Ore
gon patents, s6.O5@6.1O; straight.
$40; export, $40; bakers $6.O5;
valley, $3.50; graham, Us, $50;
whole wheat, $40; rye, 5s $3.50;
bales, SO.
oats--Producers price-Track NO
/ white, $40Q40.50; crap, $40.
Potatoes-Selling, s2Q2.25; buy
ing for shipment, per cwt, country
extra fancy s1.S0Q1,s5; ordinary
shipping, buying, $1.15@1ISO; com
mon, s1.70@1.75; sweet, s2.5O@S.
Meats and Lard.
Hams, Bacon, Ete.-Portland pack
flocaD hams 10 to 13 lbs, IA &c To-;
boiled ham, 21c; breakfast bacon
1914 @21hc; p!cnics, 1Oc; cottage
roll. lie lb.; regular short clears
smoked, 1870 lb.; backs heavy
smoked, 13Ikc; light, smoked, 1870
ID; picked tongues, Coo each.
Dressed Meats - Front street hogs
fancy 1Oc; ordinary, &c; veals, extra
1oc: ordinary, 9@1oc; neavy, 7@Sc;
mutton. 701Oc; lambs, 1Oc.
Local Lard--Kettle leaf, los, IA
s-sc per lb.; 5s, IA 7-Sc per h.; 6o
lb. tins, 14Ac per lb. steam render
ed. los, 1870 per ID; IS, 1S 5-Sc per
lb; compound, los, 9hc per h.