East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-22
SURVEY OF Weeks
STOCK MARKET
INCREASING DEMAND
SENDS PRICES UP
Toppy Stuff I'm Cattle Not Plentiful
Big Call For High Quality-Hog
Market on the Rise-NOt Much
Fancy Stuff-Sheep Supply Is
Scant

Union Stockyards, Stockdale, Nov.
21.-Stuff that could be called top
sold at higher prices in the stock
yards during the past week, and in
practically every line demand for best
quality was better at the higher prices
than supply could take care of.
Among the lines principally affect
ed by the increasing demand, were
cattle and hogs, but this should not
be taken to indicate any laXity in the
call for sheep.
Those who held back their ship
ments when the market was over
burdened and sento them in this
week were rewarded for their patti
ence by cattle buyers during the past
week. Sales of toppy steers were
made as high as $4.65. and II has
been intimated by the trade that stuff
could be good enough to bring an
additional 10c per hundred pounds
during the period.
Little Good Stuff Comes Forward.
But little real good cattle came
forward into the Stockdale pens dur
ing the past six days, but what real
good stuff was offered found no lack
of encouraging demand. When steers
sold at s4.65 the trade was not sur
prised. for this had been expected.
Portland cattle markets import
ance is growing broader each day.
Several new firms have been organ
zed in the stockyards to take care OF
the increasing demand during recent
weeks. Portland stockyards now has
representatives for practically all the
big hackers of the Pacific coast, from
San Francisco to British Columbia
Better stuff Being Called For.
with the growing importance OF the
Union Stockyards as distributing
center for cattle, comes an increasing
call for a better class of cattle. The
bigger the market the greater is the
want of the trade for real good quail
ity. When Portland Stockyards was a
very small institution and catered
mainly for the trade of one or two
butchers there was only a limited
demand for real fancy cattle and
therefore feeders did not find 1t pro-
fitabIe to supply the market with bet
ter stuff than it was willing to pay
suitable prices for.
Now with an ever increasing de-
mand for good stuff-something bet
ter than the general run-some OF
the leading feeders are beginning to
turn out as good grade Of cattle as
can be found in any part of the
world.
Cows Sell Up to S3.1o.
Cows sold as high as 1915 in the
Stockdale yards during the week, and
NJ that price receivers of toppy stuff
found no difficulty in securing buy
ers. While the general run of good
cows did not bring above $3.65, still
the stuff that sold at the latter figure
was not worth any more. The 1915
COWS were better and therefore de-
manded more.
Market for calves showed very good
tone during the week. but there were
only limited arrivals and few that
came forward were OF proper quality
to bring within sight of the top pri-
ces quoted. Many more calves could
be easily taken care of by the live
stock trade without in any way in
fluincing prices.
Hog Market Goes 10 $50.
Real good hogs sold up to $50 in
the Stockdale market during the past
week and number of sales were
made at that price. More swine could
have been moved at the top If they
had been offered and had the quail
ity. Few OF the hogs that came for
ward were of fancy quality, and rr-
ces in the main did not range beyond
IS. Considering the price of good
hogs, values are not very high or poor
quality. butchers are discriminating
against the poor stuff with the hope
of forcing producers to send forward
better grade of hogs. That they
are willing to pay a very good price
for the Improvement in quality is
shown by their purchases during the
week.
Run of hogs during the six days
was quite heavy, but prices held firm
despite this. In the east there was an
inclination toward lower prices dur
ing the week.
While in comparison with the pre-
vious week there was good run OF
sheep and lambs in the yards during
the week still the total number of
head that arrived was very limited
Because of the recent absence OF
sheep from the market, trade here Is
showing slightly improved tone, and
for Al stuff values are practically
Csc higher than those of last week.