East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-25
REVIEW OF WEEKS
STOCK MARKET
ALL INTERESTS HAVE
RALLIED TO MARKETS SUPPORT
Swine Has Been Too LIght-$S Hog
Market Re-cstablished - Cattle
Market Breaks Records - Calves
Nominal In ArrlvaD-Sheep Havo
Been Very Scarce.

Hurhct brcukS records - Calves
Nominal In Arrlval-Sheep Have
Been Very Scarce.
Union. Stockyards, Stockdale, Oct
23.--All interests have rallied to the
support of the local livestock mar
ket and this action augurs good for
the immediate as we'll as the distant
future Of values.
It's now up to producers to put
Portland in the very front rank as q
livestock market for buyers are al
ready doing their share. Stockdale
Is today the highest primary market
for all grades of livestock in the en-
tire country and will remain one of
the best If producers do not fall down
and force killers to go elsewhere for
their supplies.
Bringing hogs from Nebraska is
not the best paying Investment that
Pacific northwest provision men can
think Of but they are forced to bring
in the bulk Of their packing stock
from that state.
Quality Altogether Too Light.
The trouble with this market is not
so much the very light supplies of
swine generally offering, but the light
ness Of the swine themselves. Good,
prime packing stock is hard to OBJ
tain here at most periods Of the year
and that is why packers have become
accustomed to send elsewhere for
hogs and depress conditions here when
all OF sudden local people begin to
find that there is such thing as a
livestock market here.
While the run of hogs in the Port
land yards during the past six days
was more liveral than during the
preceding period, still only 1899 head
came forward. This compares with
1898 last week. 1900 the previous
week ending october 2.
SS Hog Market Is Established.
During the past week the local hog
market was again firmly established
at IS. This price was paid for quality
that would not be considered "top"
in any other market. Real toppy hogs
are scarce-in fact entirely absent at
this time Prices obtanable during
the week for the general run ranged
around $3.50 and S7S5 and buyers
greedily took hold Of everything they
could get around those figures
II begins to look as II there will be
no real low hog prices in the Pacific
northwest during the season, for the
time for cheap hogs is rapidly ap-
preaching and still the price holds
very close to the highest figure ever
obtained.
New Records for Cattle.
New high records for this period
of the year were made in the cattle
market at stockdale during the past
week. steers sold as high as S475,
several transactions being closed at
this figure. while for straight cows
OF quality the price went to the rec
ord of $3.50. Even at these high
prices the market could have stood
even greater arrivals than shown dur
ing the six days. While there was
quite a fair run OF cattle in the yards
during the week, few Of the cars COM
ing forward contained anywheres near
top stuff. so the trade had to be con-
tent with paying advanced prices for
inferior quality.
Run of cattle in the yards this
week was 2O55 head compared with
eq7 last week. 750 the previous week
and 1892 head for the week ending
october 2.
Only Nominal Showing of Calves.
So far as the arrivals Of calves
were concerned this week there was
scarcely enough in evidence to es-
tablsh q regular market. All tolu
but 10 head appeared at stockdale'
compared with l27 the previous
week.
Portland has become quite a good
trading center for calves and all snip
pers TO this market during recent
months have gone away we'll satisfied
with the returns received. The sup
ply of calves here has never reacheu
the demand and so long as that con-
dition exists shippers need not worry
over quotations.
Sheep Holders Arc Not shipping
Those who now hold sheep are not
disposed to let go of them unless CIV
en- an advance in quotations Con-
sidering the Importance of the Port
land market there were no sheep ar
rivals here during the week A totai
Of but 7O5 head appeared; this oemg
not enough to supply the wants Oh
single killer, not alone giving sheep 10
III the packers of the Pacific coast
During recent weeks buyers nave
,een stationed at Stockdale to buy
sheen and other livestock for Califor-
,ia as well as from Puget sound firms
md more sheep would therefore DC
Welcome.
Past weeks run Of livestock COM
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