East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-02-02
SHIPPERS GET COLD
WELCOME IN YARDS
WILL NOT BUY UNTIL
LOWER PRICES PREVAIL.
Rhippcrs Forced to Hold Their Stock
Killers Say They Arc Following
the East--Fall to Give Advance
No Drop In Price of Meats.

Portland Union Stockyards, Stock
dale, Feb Livestock shippers will
Mold their cattle for few days in or
der to keep them off the market Is
the announcement made by an Off
sial Of the stockyards today.
Just how the shippers are going 70
sell them when there is absolutely no
demand at this time is one of the
mysteries of the trade, and therefore
shippers can do naught but hold them
over.
In addition to the huge arrivals OF
yesterday about Is more loads of cat
let arrive in this morning, -13 of them
being from Idaho Falls.
Buyers Keep Hands Off. Market.
1t is explained by some interests
that the present dullness and loss of
price in the cattle market here is due
entirely to the weaker feeling recent
ly IN the east and with the present
indications OF better feeling there
the local market will do better after
awhile Just what the eastern mar
fet for cattle has to do with Portland
demand and prices Is not explained
IN any detail by those who are intent
upon following every backward move
ment Of prices elsewhere, but fail to
look when the east is quoting an ad-
vance
Eastern cattle prices have naught
10 do with the local market, but there
rs not the falntest connection between
the two. Practically no cattle are
shipped from here to the east and vice
versa, and unlike the hog market,
ls independent Of what the east does
when Il comes to making cattle quo
tations
No Drop In Price of Meats.
Despite all this weakness and de-
cline in the local market for cattle,
there has not been the faintest sign
Of lower prices for dressed meats-of
lower prices for dressed meats-those
put out by killers who buy from the
stockyards. The public is still pay
ing the same old record values for
dressed meats.
This, too. is explained away by a
representative OF the packers, who
states that the meats now being offer
ed by packers are from the high-prlc-
cd cattle, and therefore II packers
cut values now they would be losing
money.
In this respect It is n notable fact
shat prices are boosted practically
every day on an advancing market,
and steers that. killers purchased at
low prices and were fed until the
market reached a high value are new
er sold at the low level.
Good Hogs Sell at $500.
While a number Of cars Of hogs
were received in the stockyards yes
,erday. only one sale fas made: Frank
M Lacey, representative Of the Cars
ten Packing company, a Puget Sound
concern. took that at $500. Local
suyers did not even make an offer.
Those Who Supply tho Market.
r. a. Campbell was in from Sheri-
dan. Ore, with load of hogs.
r. Richard had two cars Of cattle
Offering from ontario, Or.
Kiddle Bros had a load Of hogs
from Union, two loads Of cattle from
Ia Grande. and one load of hogs from
Imbler, ore,
From Idaho Falls w. H. Harris
shipped four carloads Of cattle II. H.
Plank five loads of cattle and calves
and ]. II. Thirman four loads Of cat
tie today.
Today's range OF livestock values
Cattle-Best, $5; medium steers,
;4.eO; best cows, 81; fancy heifers "a
6425; medium cows, 1915 poor
cows. SO: bulls, s2.5O@8.75; stays
s2.50@3.
Hogs-Best east of the mountains
,S.S5@9: fancy. sS5O6s.75; stock
ers, 81; pigs, IS.
sheep-Best wethers, SC; ordinary
$3.50; spring lambs, $500 6'76;
straight ewes, s52505.5O; mixed lots
$3.50.
Calves-Best, $5.75GG; ordinary |
,5G5.25.