El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-07
CATTLE MOVING
FROM ARIZONA
Dealers Report the Range
Movement Brisk. Selling
Slow; Mexican Cattle.

Between 5000 and 1000 head OF
cattle a week has been the movement
through the local stoekyards, and with
importations from Mexico coming in in
volume, the past months cattle move
ment is characterized as heavy to
ranges and slow in the selling market
Moving From Arizona.
good movement from Arizona
ranges to the eastern markets is re-
ported for the last month. and move
ments to ranges in west Texas, New
Mexico and the Panhandle section OF
the state are recorded in satisfactory
volume. Sales are slow, however. and
from the point Of view Of cattlemen
wishing to sell to packing houses for
slaughter, conditions are not any too
favorable.
H. G. Sadler of the FL Paso Live
Stock Commission company. outlined
the situation is as follows The selling
market is slow with heavy move
ment to ranges. Quotations are weak
and lower on cattle for butchering.
nients to the packing houses from this
section are light, but restocking OF
ranges is going on generally satisfac-
torily, with COWS gong al sood prices
Tor restocking purposes
Packing Houses Control.
The packing houses still control the
situation as regards prices, and out
here some 500 or more miles from the
nearest packing house. the looks OF
things for the seller Of beef on the
hoof is not so fine as it might be- But
range conditions are excellent, and
prospects for the future are up to the
scratch with steady demand LOT re-
stocking ranges general hereabouts-
Cattle To Ranges.
r s. Hughes, of the Cameron Cattle
company said: Mexican cattle are
moving through the stockyards, mostly
TO ranges. The west Texas, New
Mexico and Panhandle ranges are
stocking up well. and the buying OF
cows for these districts is first class
I cannot say that prices are strong,
but the demand is good for this re-
stocking purpose
Many Terrazas Cattle
Or the importation Of cattle from
northern Mexico, believed TO be prac-
tically all from the TerraZas ranges
under forced contract, what comes
close to a record list of shipments Tor
these times totaled y .4S9 head in the
month of November, valued by customs
house officials at 1861, sos This com
pares with an October total Of SO1S
head valued at S154,066 by the same
accounting The November 1mporra-
ton of nearly $4,000 head chalks up
new record for the year to date
The activities Of the Villa agency
across the river have been conferred on
the bringing out Of hundreds upon
hundreds OF cattle, SAID TO be Ierra5as
animals. Since the beginning Of 1913
a grand total of 1O4,0 5S head of cattle
has been exported from Mexico
through the FL Paso customs district,
with valuation according to federal
statisticians of S2.3O5 III.
Great 1915 Movement.
With the rushing of cattle out OF
northern Mexico TO the ranges Of west
Texas. New Mexico and the Panhandle
sections, the scale is being tipped in
favor of the American cattle raisers-
While it is figured fairly accurately
that the northern Mexico ranges must
now be practically stripped Of cattle,
with the last herds being rounded up
for export across the International
line the opposite holds true of the
United States border cattle raisers in
1915 The ranges on this side OF the
Rio Grande are in good condition, with
grazing and general water conditions
favorable, and with a tendency TO
move cattle to the long grass lands OF
the north. the situation is said to be
satisfactory.
1O4.O5S Head.
The importation figures for the |
eleven months Of 1915 to date are as /