East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-10-07
SHARP ADVANCE
FOR FANCY Steers
SELL AT $3.50, 40 CENTS
ABOVE FORMER PRICE
One Lot of 25 Head Sells Yesterday
Afternoon at Advance Of 4Oc Above
Previous Quotations; Hogs Drop a
NiclSle.

Portland Union Stockyards, Port
land, Ore, Oct. 6-Extra select steers
sold at an advance of 4oc in the
stockyards this afternoon, 25 head
being disposed of at $500. The ami
mails that brought this figure averaged
1910 per head.
Hogs dropped another nickle and no
sales were made above SO
While local hog values have drop
ped to the basis OF South Omaha pri-
ces. the cattle market here continues
to draw under the values in effect at
Nebraska points even after deduct
Ing the shipping to the yards there.
For instance, the best price available
here for cattle is practically s5.25.
while at South Omaha sales were
made today as high as $3.50 On the
basis of prices there, this market
should be at least 81 higher than at
present.
Local interests make the assertion
that our cattle are not as good as
shipped to the Omaha market, but at
the recent displays here 1t was shown
that no better cattle are produced in
the entire country.
The sheep market here too. is far
out OF line with what shippers are
getting at South Omaha and It is
known positively that Oregon and
Washington sheep as well as those of
idaho are among the hest in the en-
tire country. At South omaha today
wethers were quoted top at s6.25
which would mean practically $50
$40 here were the local market to be
as good as trade is elsewhere in sheep
at this time.
Says Stock Not SO Good.
In an interview an official of the
Portland stockyards said that the
class of cattle that sell at the high
prices listed at Omaha and Chicago
are entirely out Of line with cattle
here "There is no. comparison that
can be made between the two grades"
he states zone is grass fed and the
other is corn fed. We do not get
that class Of stuff in this market at
all and therefore comparisons are not
In line with actual facts. The mar
ket at Portland pays more for grass
cattle than Chicago"
No reply was made to the charges
that sheep and lambs sell higher in
proportion at omaha than they do
here
"Tf packers here bought the high
priced stuff they do In the east II
would mean that the price on the
dressed stuff must be materially ad-
vanced." further replied the yards
official
Little Doing In Livestock.
While there was n fair run OF cat
tie today, there was only a nominal
showing of either sheep or hogs Both
of the latter lines show less than a
carload each today.
Trade in cattle started slowly and
there was practically nothing to re-
port up to the noon hour.
E. J. Brown was in from Baker City
with five loads OF cattle
J II. Phirman had n mixed load of
cattle and hogs on today's market
William wachter brought forward
two loads Of cattle from klamath
Falls.
j. c Davis shipped a mixed load Of
sheep and hogs from Shedd.
Ed Ansler drove in five hogs.
Official range Of livestock prices as
shown by latest sales.
Yards Official Sales.
Following are official sales. They
represent demand supplies and quail
ity offered.
HOGS
Average lbs. Price.
3s hogs .............. 277 $1,000
II hogs .............. 24l lO'VV
STEERS.
25 steers ............lS4s $500
"a steers ..........1199 4.5O
STAGS.
stag .......... ... looV Sf'oV
Cattle-Best Oregon steers, $3.50;
fancy steers, s5.25; fancy, s4.25; poor
s3GS.25: helfers. $3.50; bulls, $50
3.25: stays, s3.7514.25.
Hogs-Best east of the mountains,
s1O@1O25; ordinary. SO; stockers
and feeders, s10.50.
Sheep-Best east of the mountains,
wethers, s4@4.25; old wethers, "a;
spring lambs, Willamette valley. $50
525: eastern washington, 1925;
ewes s3@315.
Calves-Best, s6.75@7; ordinary,