East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-23
CHICKENS NEAR
HIGHEST MARK
LIVE BIRDS SELL FOR
TWENTY CENTS POUND
Scarcity Of Supply Combined With
Increased Consumption Causes the
Buyers to Bid Up.
wednesdays Journal.)

N'NNAiN'NbS
With live chickens selling as high
as zoe a pound in the Front street
market, today's values are within
notch of the highest price ever re-
corded here.
There has been a scarcity of offer
ings in the chicken market recently,
and this, together with the greater
consumptive demand, has caused the
trade to bid higher in order to get its
normal supply.
While chickens are roosting un-
usually high, there is stagnation IN
the turkey trade. Some supplies that
reached the street nearly a week ago
are still being carried over, owing to
the lack of demand. Prices have been
steadily reduced by sellers, but even
this has failed to attract the atten-
ton Of buyers. Live turkeys are now
slow and not easily moved at 20
cents a pound, while dressed stock
is but couple of cents above this.
There Is only a limited call Tor
ducks and geese, and in this line
prices continue nominal, with no gen.
eral change in the situation thus far
the present week.
Sheep Market Drops.
Some extra fine lambs sold in the
North Portland yards late today at
$5.S5 or l5c lower than the same
class Of stuff would have brought a
few days ago. The market for sheep
and lambs Is weaker and poor quality
Is hard TO sell even at materially re-
duced prices.
Additional strength is showing in
the cattle market and latest sales are
fraction above what the same sort
Of stuff would have brought day or
so ago.
While there was a big run of cat
tie in the yards today, as we'll as a
heavy showing of sheep and lambs;
most of the arrivals in the former
line were for through shipment and
did not enter the trade here at all.
The shipment that went to the north
consisted Of 10 cars and came from
California.
Four loads of cattle came forward
from Montana this morning. Three
loads sold at $685. and one load at
S610 They were not weighed up un-
I'll late hour.
No hogs arrived in the yards today,
and quotations in that line are NOM
inally the same as last Saturday when
the last shipment came forward.
Shippers are flooding the sheep
market with supplies and for that
reason most sales are made rather
low. Ewes sold around 81. while
some feed lambs went at s4.50Qso.
Holiday Observed.
Washingtons birthday was cele-
brated in the Chicago and other Am
erican grain exchanges and while
| Liverpool was open, the local trade
took a holiday and conditions remain
much the same as noted yesterday.
There is growing weakness in the
wheat and flour situation. Some OF
the smaller millers are again cutting
patents from 10 to 15c barrel but
the lists are being maintained by all
of the larger mills so far as patent Is
concerned.
While there is talk that some OF
the millers on the sound have beer
offering export to the orient at SS'oV
the reports are not given any cred
ence by the local trade. The orient
recently made an attempt to purchase
export here at $3.50 from a large
miller but the offer was rejected. or
the other hand flour brokers state
that they have been offered and solo
flour low enough to dispose of eXpor
down to s3.4O but the volume o.
business at this basis is considered
too nominal to base any quotations.
thereon.
Hay market Is very weak Ac
cording to buyers everyone In th'
country is seemingly anxious TO dis
pose of supplies at lower prices.
Oats and barley trade nominal an'
unchanged today.