East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-19

day and conditions In general show no
serious changes one way or the other.
The strength of the sheep market Is
| attracting some attention, but the
strength Is not pronounced enough to
force buyers to pay an additional
price.
Until grass sheep come forward II
Is not likely that the trade here win
be overloaded with offerings, there
fore 1t Is quite apparent that the
price will hold practically stationary
| While buyers would be perfectly
willing to shade their quotations on
cattle on account of the unusual
height that the local market has
reached, there seems little chance at
present for any serious mishap to
attract prices downward.
| Cattle run this morning was mostly
OF good to ordinary quality. Some
fancy steers came forward from Cali
| fornia but they were rather heavy
and at the moment somewhat less de-
sirable than lighter stuff of equal
quality.
Thus far this week there have
tbeen no arrivals of swine in the North
Portland yards. Quotations in that
line are therefore on a nominal basis.
Among the Shippers.
Cattle-H. r. Peacock, Palma, Ida
no, four loads cattle and calves; A.
ID. Goodale, Granada, Cal, one load
Sheep-C. c. Ketchum & Son, The
Dalles Ore, one load.
Following is the average range OF
values in effect in the North Port
land yards:
Cattle-Grain fed steers. s7.O5
best hay fed steers, s6.75; fancy
S625; cows. best, s5.25@5.50; ordi
nary, $500; poor, sS.OO@4.OO; stag
and bulls, s3.O004.OO.
Hogs-Best light, s7.25; ordinary
500; heavy, s6.75; feeders, s7.75.
sheep-Best yearllng wethers. $50
25; old wethers, $475; grain fe,
lambs, $5.25; ewes, s4.25; sheareC
] wool sheep and lambs, soc higher
/ Calves-Best. sS.OO@s.5O; ordi
nary, $500; poor $3.00@4.50.
MIillstuffs Higher.
There was a further sharp advanc
in the price of milstuffs in the loca
, market today, shorts being moved t
$25I25.50 and bran to s23.5O924
r ton. This is practically 81 a ton abov
previous quotations and $3.50 a to
. higher than ruled a week ago.
The advance in millstuffs has bee
marked during the past two weeks ow
ing to - Increasing demand from tn
California markets Few mills are no,
} being operate 0-1 most OF the stuff
, are in the hanus oi u few of the large
; mills.
, Oats market remains very stron
, and high locally. There are fear
, that II any further advance is force
; here by local spectators, eastern oat
; will be imported. II is stated tha
, during the past few days Minneapo
B lis firms have been offering oats her
= at $2I50I2S per ton. While tn
. eastern oats is not as good as the lc
y cal product. still the great differenc
10 In the price asked will throw som
= OF the demand into the outside pro
: duet
Wheat market is firm with littI
business showing here, although quit
= a few sales have been made at stretch
ed prices I'm the north.
d Flour market is firm with no chang
q Ab llINtS-
= Egg Market is Mixed.
Price Of eggs is mixed n the loc'
d market, but throughout the trade III
Z feeling IS not quite so firm as It wa
y n few days ago. While dealers repoi
:; an occasional sale Of a case OF eggs
I zoe dozen, the transactions at tn
It price are so few that it can scarcel
: be- considered the general trade.
g Euk of the business in the ee
e market is around is to is 1-2c a dol
on: although quite n lot OF small OF
= dyrs are Willed at 19c.
Chicken Market Lower.
Chicken market is lower along Fror
' street for the first time in man
weeks. The receipts have been quit
4 fair for the first two days of tn
week and buyers therefore held bac
a their purchases. Fancy coops of her
are no longer selling about 21c. an
= ordinary lots generally range aroun