East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-30

Portland, April 29.-There is mucl
weakness in the sheep market an(
values In effect today at the yards
are about 25c lower than yesterday
Buyers continue very bearish as to tn,
Immediate figure of prices because
everyone Is expecting a very liberia
run of sheep within the next week OF
10 days. Therefore for that reason
IL for no other buyers are inclined to
look askance at present values and
are not buying more than their inn
mediate requirements would Justify.
Best shorn wethers. while ranging in
some instances as high az $5 are gen.
orally selling around $4.75 and lambs
are down to So as the top in most in
stances.
Receipts of sheep for the day were
rather light but following the very
heavy run of yesterday, the small
number did not at all favorably i'm
press buyers so far as prices are con-
cerned. For the day the run was 221
head compared with 1916 yesterday
43S Tuesday and 375 Monday A week
ago today the arrivals in the yards
did not include any sheep.
Few Potatoes Remain.
In the state OF Oregon at the pres
ent time in the hands of shippers and
growers, there remain just 143 cars
OF potatoes. while seven additional
cars are held in Clarke county. Wash
iupton Ac thasa ara frihutor,, . .bte
city and invariably enter the Portland
market, there are included in the gen.
eral estimate which gives q total OF
$50 cars OF potatoes in this territory
in the hands Of shippers and pro-
ducers, A.. few cars are held by COM
mission merchants, but the total
would not amount to more than a
dozen cars, most Of these being held
by two Front street houses-Dryer,
Bollman & CO., and Davenport Bros
Potatoes Advance.
Because of the extreme scarcity OF
supplies and the inability of the trade
to secure more, the price is advanc-
ing steadily everywhere. In the Front |
street markets the price of best stock |
is stiff at 50. and even at this figure |
dealers are not anxious to unload |
Some OF them believe they will secure |
at least S2.25 in the very near future, |
and are therefore not pushing stocks |
on the market. On the other hand, |
as high as $3.50 has been paid at |
country shipping points for small lots
during the past "a hours, this putting
the buying price for best here up to |
s1.90 per hundred pounds and maxi
ing It practically impossible to sell
such stock under s2.1562.25.
No Wheat Offered
Wheat growers are not offering any
supplies on the market at this time
and the only business of late has been
between dealers.
Buyers have secured the interior
for wheat but say there is none to Of
fer there. because growers have none
to sell at any price.
Oats and barley markets are firmer
but business in these lines is nominal
on the board of trade today, how
ever 90 tons of No. / white oats We're
offered at s41 a ton T. o. b., but there
were no takers at this price.
Wool and Hides.
Wool-1909 Willamette valley,
ia 21c eastern oregon. 17@22c.
Tallow-Prlme, per h., 3G4c; No.
2 and grease. 2d2kc.
Sheepskins - Shearing, 10 a 15c,
each; short WOOL 25@4Oc; medium
wool. 5Oc@$1 each; long wool, 75c@
1925 each.
Hdes-Dry hides, lao Ice h.; green
a 10c ID: bulls, green salt, &c per
ID; kips, &c; calves, green, 16c per lb.
Mohair-19Os, 2Sh @24c.
Grain and Flour.
Barley-Feed, sS3.5O@34; rolled
s35 a 80; brewing, s31.
Wheat-Buying price, new-Track
$1.20; bluestem, $3.50
red Russian. $1.17; Turkey red, s1.20 /
@1.25; Willamette valley, $1.15 a 1.20. "
Misunderstanding price Bran, C
1850; middlings. $4,000; shorts, $50; a
,hop, $2S@31; alfalfa meal, $40 per e
on. 4
Flour-Selling price-Eastern Ore t.
ron patent, s6.O5 @6.1O; straight, $40 n
Export. S4.70; /bakers, $6.O5; valley, n
$3.50: graham. las, $50; whole e
wheat, s5.4O; sye, 5s, $3.50; bales, SO. a
Oats-Producers price-Track No. a.
white, $40 1850; gray, $40. C
Potatoes.
Potatoes Selling, $1.75 a 200;
,uying for shipment, per cwt., country II
,xtra fancy, $1.65@1.75; ordinary W
hipping, buying, $1.50@1.6O; common Il
i1.5O@1.6O; sweet, $2.5O@3.O0. Il
livestock. "
Hogs-Best east of mountains, tr
i7.75: good, s725@75O; blockers, CT
.7.25@750 stockers, s6.75 @700. I'll
Cattle-Best steers, weighing 1900 W
,ounds, s5.65@5.75 medium steers W
5.2565.4O; poor steers, $5.25; best sc
ows $3.50; mefium cows, s4.25; f
,ulls, $2.5O@3.5O. "
Sheep. sheared-Best wethers, $3.50
$500; spring lambs, 5000; yearling,
ambs, $500; straight ewes, $4,000
so; mixed lots, $4.00@425. or
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