East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-14
HOGS DOWN 5 CENTS
At PORTLAND MARKET
BIG RUN OF CATTLE
WITH PRICES STEADY
~ High As ss and 80 Cents IA Bush
cl Is being paid for Bluestem-PO-
tato Famine Is EXpected-Chicl1-
ems Are High.

one of the biggest runs OF cattle
that has entered the yards during re-
cent days came forward today and
this will be followed by heavy run
tomorrow.
Today's showing of cattle was gen.
orally of unusually good quality-in
fact, n good portion of the shipment
would take honors from some Of the
winners at the recent fat stock show
at North Portland.
In general the cattle market was
very slow to open this morning. Sc
lection was so varied and so much
stuff did not come together for a long
time. So far as the mornings trade
was concerned, there was no change
in the general cattle ctuatlon from
yesterday.
Hog market is freakish here. While
one portion of a load of very light
stuff went at $3.50 and the other por-
ton which consisted of stockers
went at IS, average hogs could not
be sold at North Portland today above
s7.25. and there was doubt in the
minds of some that anything over 81
was obtainable.
Hogs Down Nickel Here.
While there was a drop of sc in
the high price here today. an ad-
vance of a similar amount was show
ing in South Omaha a. the same
time. The range on swine there to-
day was $3.50 to s6.15, which means
1925 to land at North Portland or
other Pacific northwest points.
With hogs on a lower basis in South
Omaha than here, packers continue to
get practically all their supplies there
and the few odd lots that are sold
here at the higher figure generally go
to the smaller killers who do not
have the facilities TO bring stock
from the east at the lower figures.
Eight loads of Nebraska swine are
due at a local packing house tomor-
row.
No sheep were received in the
North Portland yards today Require
ments OF spring lambs by packers
for the Easter trade have been we'll
filled and the market Is down to 81,
or 50 lower than first sales. Sheep
market is in general is quoted with
a showing of strength here, but prices
Offered are practically the same as
yesterday.
Sheep quotations printed in the
Journal hereafter will ha on the ba-
sis of sheared stock and wool offer
inge will therefore be about soc high
er than quotations.
Following is the average range of
values in effect in the North Port
land yards:
Cattle-Grain fed steers, 81; best
hay fed steers, $6.S506.90 fancy,
$3.50; cows, best. S5.25@5.50: ordi-
nary, So; poor, 1904; stays and
bulls, 1904.
Hogs-Best light, $7.5O@7.6O; or
dinary, S725; heavy, 81; feeders, sS.
Sheep-Best yearling wethers, $50
5.25; old wethers, $4.75; grain fed
lambs, $5.25; ewes, $4.25; sheared
! wool sheep and lambs, soc higher
Calves-Best $S@S.50 ordinary,
81 pure, $3@45O,
Wheat Is Firm
Views of farmers are unusually
| firm in the wheat trade and buyers
| report that growers are asking S5c
for bluestem in the Walla Walla
country, which means practically 96c
| to land at Portland, freight and ware
house charges paid.
For bluestem as high as SS@S9c
a bushel is being offered here, but
supplies moving are nominal. Club
wheat is quoted generally at $50
Sis a bushel, track delivery, Portland
Some small lots of club are report
ed taken around this range.
Local millers are inactive at the
moment, but buyers for California
and outside milling account are max
ing stiff offers at the advance.
While the report is unconfirmed, 4
Is stated that $50 ton was paid foi
one lot Of fancy valley oats during
the past "a hours. The trade in gen
eral continues to offer s29@29.50
but the lower price is utterly out O