Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-09-04

Near famine receipts have result /
ed in hard to Judge beef market.
Packers, while RUNNING the course
40 they will, finding it a big job to
fill their waiting orders. Just where
1t will end is a serious question.
Only one thing is certain and that is
desirable beef cattle. worth $S and
up, will be no lower while chances
are bright for the lie basis before
fall.
AS for the kinds that are and will
be in larger supply the market car
ries little encouragement. AS fast
as advances are earned by moderate
or light runs, the same are lost, be-
cause of hurry-scurry to market
which has followed almost every
slight improvement registeded in
the past several weeks. The grass
cattle are Just about where they
were pegged year ago and yet the
first costs are considerably greater
on those carried over. Stock cattle
right now are valued about The same
as they we're last August Southwest
ern markets have been UP against a
poor deal because Of the scarcity of
good bullocks.
The best that Oklahoma has got
ten is just some decent cake-on-
grSss steers which are selling as
~ as 81 to $3.50, the best basis
o.-~d past two weeks. Anything
that has quality and finish is worth
SO while choice fed cattle will bring
close to Sy
Killing forces have been reduced
because Of the serious shortages in
the receipts ,and this in the face of
the biggest demand on record at the
klahoma plants. Not one-third of
sufficient number of cattle or one
fifth enough hogs are coming, and
the prices as a result have been
held at a high note throughout the
summer. breaks being slow and the
advances many and substantial
Inasmuch as there has been no
offer of fed cattle the market was
not tested on this class, but few
loads of good cake fed steers, aver
aging $50 to 1850 pounds, have sold
at 81 to 7 so as the best range. The
fair type, of around 900 pounds are
selling at 1925 at $6.75. while the
half-fats and trashy grades range
from SIS to So
She stock has gotten the benefits
of plenty of outside composition, es-
pecially of hals-fat cows and heifers
which might do we'll as breeding
poses. The demand has bee nurgent
for this class, both packers and OF
der buyers getting into the game.
Good fat cows and heifers are worth
1925 to $7.25. cows stopping at $6.-
rs, while range cows and heifers
of desirable sort and good weight
bring So and Sc.
The class which is too heavy for
. the feeder buyers and hardly fat
enough to kill, which at the high
time were selling at SIS have drop
ped back and are selling now at $4
at $3.50. The best heavy cake bulls
are selling at $3.50 at Sc, while the
bologna grades of medium weight
which compose the major part OF
the runs sell at $3.50 to $3.50.
Cheap Gamers and cutters are doing
better now than in weeks. and II
does not take much of COW to sell
at $4 while decent kinds with plenty
of fat go at s4.25.
Oklahoma,s tonic for slow stock
er market is rain. Several good
soakings, especially in the Western
part of Oklahoma braced the market
the closing week in August. Every
body was looking for bargains but
when they could not be had good
stiff, prices prevailed. All kinds
Iwere given spirited competition
Good calves. if not overly heavy are
worth $6.25 at $6.75 and possibly
81.
Yearlings with the same condition
and weight are selling at Sc at Sc. .2E
but could command $3.50 and pos,
sibly better figures. Feeders around
500 pounds are selling at $3.50 al
$3.50 in both divisions There is a
high tone demand for southern stock
cattle from southern territory.