East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-02-19
STEERS AGAIN HIT
HIGH Water MARK
FORMER HIGH PRICE
OF $5.75 Is OBTAINED
EItra Good Quality in StoclSdaIe Com
mands the Limit-Demand for
Sheep Incrcasing-As High as 81
Offered for Wethers.

Portland Union stoclyards. Stock
dale Feb. 18.-Taken is a whole. the
livestock market Is holding its own
quite well. The demand for sheen IL
Increasing and higher prices are be-
hg offered for strictly AL quality
There IL quite a wide discrimination
between even good and select quality
and therefore shippers who do not
have the best need scarcely expect to
secure prices out Of their class at this
ame.
Stockdaie commission merchants
are quoting as high as 81 for wethers.
but TO get this price the stock must be
nrst class and yearlings at that No
higher price Is at present offering for
lambs, in fact sales of light wethers
are being made as lambs at this time.
Ordinary wethers are in demand ar
sund 36.25. For straight lots OF ewes
The trade is today quoting $3.50
$50 at Stockdale.
Some Steers Sold at S5.75.
Select steers are still selling as high
~ 1915 in the union stockyards here
although this price is obtainable only
1Or lots that will top all other quality.
One sale OF 76 head that averaged
1929 pounds was made at the high
point during the past "a hours.
A sale of two heifers, very light but
Of excellent quality, was made during
ne same period at 3465.
Market for calves is quite firm, with
receipts small and prices showing
practically no change for recent weeks.
Better Run OF Hogs.
Better run OF hogs was shown in the
yards today. a total of AS head being
received. Dealers say that buyers are
not offering over 1926 for the stuff
now coming forward. While it is be-
heved a slightly higher figure would
be obtainable for selected quality,
still none OF the latter IS coming for
ward.
Fact that $40 has been received
for hogs at Chicago, did not excite the
local trade In the least. Hogs that
brought the top at Chicago were OF
excellent quality. "Thc same class Of
hogs that are now bringing 1925
here" says william Burke Jr., Of
fetal censor or the Portland Livestock
Exchange "would not bring more than
about $3.50 at Chicago even though
they were getting as high as $40 for
best hogs"
Among the shippers.
G. c. Day shipped in two loads OF
hogs from Lewiston, idaho.
r. NJ. stanfleld. after whom the
town NJ Stanflcld was named. ship
ped ir load OF sheep from that grow
ing center today.
NJ r. Yates. another Stanfield ship
per. was in the yards with q load Of
cattle
Joe Raymond sent in car from
Bcho.
Kettle Bros. supplied the market
with two loads OF cattle and calves
from Union and two loads of cattle
from North Powder.
George 4. Gerwick sent In two loads
- higs from weiser, Idaho.
Nesterson & Wiley shipped in a
load Of cattle from Joseph.
c. w MCGOWAN came in from Kla-
nath with two loads Of cattle.
Today's range OF livestock values:
Cattle-Best steers. s5.60d5.75;
good steers. 5000 $50; common
steers, s350@4.0O; medium, $3.50;
fancy helfers, sA5094.65; best cows
345OG4.75; medium cows, $500 "a
425: poor cows, s25O635O; bulls
325O@3.75; stays, s2.50d 800
Hogs-Best east of the mountains
1925; fancy, $500; stockers, $780,
pigs. $500.
Sheep-Best wethers, $500; ordi-
aary, $3.50; spring lambs, $3.50 a $40;
straight ewes. $5.75@6.O0; mixed lots
$3.50.
Calves-Best, s5.75G6.OO; ordinary
i50005.25.
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