East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-22
CATTLE MARKET
SHOWS WEAKNESS
HEAVY RUN ADDS TO
KILLERS OVERSTOCK
Hog Receipts Limited and Market I'm
steady-NO Sheep or Lambs Rcceiv-
ed and Market Is Eirm-Wheat
Trade Again on Nominal Basis.
(From Thursdav,s journal J

Trade Again on Nominal Basis.
(From Thursdays Journal)
Today's heavy run of cattle in ad-
dition to the heavy supplies in the feed
lots of killers. added materially to
the weakness in the cattle trade at
North Portland today.
The general trade is quoting lower
prices and in fact the bids are so much
lower than formerly that quite a large
amount Of the stuff was carried over
from yesterday because killers were
unwilling tc accept the figures quot
ed.
The run of cattle today at North
Portland included 953 head compared
with 437 yesterday, 333 Tuesday, 1914
Monday and 141 head last Thursday.
AT Chicago there was a steady tone
in the cattle trade today, with no
change in prices.
Cattle shippers: S. C. Oxman, Soda
Springs, Idaho, loads; A. F. Hamp-
ton, Huntington, Or. loads; r. F.
Dixon, opal City, Or, loads; w. H.
Harris, opal City, loads; L. w.
Bennett, opal City, loads; John
Kennedy, Norris. Mont, 5 loads; L.
V. st. Clair, Mckay, Idaho, loads.
North Portland range:
Best steers $5.400 $50
Choice steers ....... $40
Feeders ............... 4.65
Common steers ........ 4.OO@4.25
Fancy heifers ....... AIS
Fancy cows ........ 450
Feeder COWS ........... 325
Fancy bulls ............. 800 a 4 90
Good ordinary bulls ..... 2.00@2.50
Common bulls ........ 2.0O@2.25
Fancy light calves ... $50
Medium calves ...... 5.5O@65O
Ordinary calves ...... 4.OO@5.O0
Hogs FIactionalIy Easier.
While the chonge in the swine trade
at North Portland was nominal to-
day owing to the very limited offer
ings, the market was not nearly as
firm as during recent days, owing to
the lower prices ruling recently in the
Missouri river territory.
The only load of hogs mat came for
ward to the local market during the
past "a hours was from Endicott,
| Wash, John Branbert being the ship
per-
At Chicago there was a steady tone
in the hog trade today with prices
ruling the same as yesterday.
Nominal North Portland hog prices:
| Extra choice light 81 .90QS. 90
Medium light ,......... 7.90
Smooth and heavy ...... 100
| Rough and heavy .... $50
Sheep and Lambs Firm.
There were no sheep or lambs in
the mutton division of the North
| Portland market and general expec-
| tations are for a better market while
the trade is still quite literally sup
| piled with mutton. the holdings are
much less than usual and stocks are
again getting down to the danger
point.
In addition to the absence of sup
plies in the market this morning,
there was only limited run yesterday
and as whole the late movement has
been more limitd than during recent
weeks
At Chicago the sheep and lamb
trade was weak with a run of 10000
| head.
North Portland sheep and lamb
| ranges:
| select lambs ............$ 500
Ordinary lambs ......... 4.35@4.5O
| Yearling lambs ...... 3.0O@3.65
Old wethers ............ 3.00@3.50
! Common lambs ....... 2.75@S.OO
Best ewes .............. S.00@3.20
Ordinary ewes .......... 2.OOQ2.75
Grain and Hay.
Wheat-Producers' price: Track
delivery club, soc; bluestem, S3@S5c;
fortyfold, Sic; Willamette valley. sic;
red Russian, 79c; Turkey red, sic.
Barley-Protlucers. prices 1911
Feed, $3.50; rolled, $3.50; brew
ing, S36.
Oats-Producers' price-Track No.
l white, $2S@2S.5O; gray, s27.5O@2S.
Misunderstanding price-Bran, $25
q $3.50; middlings, $31; shorts. $26 a
26.5O; middlings, $31; shorts. S264
26.50; chop, $19025.
Hay-Producers' price-1911 crop
Valley timothy. fancy. $14015: or
dinary, $3.50 IA; eastern Oregon, S16.-
5O0 II; mixed, S12; clover. $9@1O:
wheat, $40; cheat, $40; alfalfa, new,
11.5O@12; oats $40.
Wheat Trade Marks Time.
Chicago, Sept. 22.-The wheat mar
ket was marking time yesterday and
trade was on a nominal basis. Open
ing was unchanged to lac lower and
the, closing unchanged to S-Sc under
Wednesday,
There was slightly improved tone
at Liverpool with the closing un-
changed to 3-Sc higher. but the trade
on this side was inclined to await the
settlement of the reciprocity treaty
which was being voted upon in Cam
ada.
Cash wheat: No. red. 90 Lea
9Sc; No. 8 red, 90@9l i-2c; No. hard
winter, 95 1-2@99c; No. 8 hard VIM
ter. 99c a I02: No. 3 northern spring.
$1.O1; No. > spring 96c0$1.OO:
No. spring, S5c@$1.OO.
Nearly As Good.
Il thought you were going to take
day off and enjoy "Trip into the
country