The border vidette., 1922-11-04
QUALITY IN WESTERN CATTLE

figured all the same in price, but now there is a price differ ence for while 800 lb. steers lag at s to s. .25, 10CO lb. feeders would sell readily at $50 and in some districts at cents. While 4 cent fat COWS F. o. B. ranges sell slowly packers are going as far as Kansas City for a few leads of the heavy cows that ! certainly cost them cent more or $11 extra for quality.
 Rains have started ip northern California. Indications are for a good year that finds ranges l with less cattle than any time in five years past. Twenty thous
 and cattle have already arrived on Imperial Valley alfalfa and ten thousand more are en route. Phoenix has probably as many and the rate is S3 per month per | head, with cotton seed meal high. As 1 write some cows are being weighed over here at s 50 but they average 1900 lbs. Los Angeles alfalfa hay is S24 to. S26 per ton and barley is SIP to S14 per ton. This shows just what the dairy business has done to hay prices around large cities of the southwest, for when the horse was a great factor years ago all grain hay was much highe: than alfalfa. Dudahy is loading out some of the Flagstaff steers at SC 50 r. O. B. Arizona with Hauser get ting the Duncan. Kingman steers at the same price. Fed steers are costing delivered up to $7.75 and cents. Feeder steers in Arizona are held at to 5 50 F. O. B. Feeder COWS at cents and feeder lamb a month ago brought 10 50 in Arizona and up to II 50 in New Mexico, while last week some fat Arizona lam os sold at ten cents F. O. B.
 The Globe yards have about 12OO cattle on feed. The total cattle being fed now in adjacent feeding districts to Los Angeles will not total 90 days supply for tue killers of that one city. There is operating a Federal State Livestock Market News Service with an office at 1928 Pacific Finance Bldg, Los An geles and another office in San Francisco. Application will bring the weekly report to producers of sales made now and on the stockyardS market when they open.
 There is also open to south west cattlemen and farmers who own lands, money on terms of twenty to 33 years, through the Association of Pacific Coast Joint Cand Stock Banks, which represent $6G0. .OOO. .OOO of com bined resources.
 These loans are on an amortiz ed plan at 6 per cent interest for long terms, are limited to $40, ,OOO to one borrower and based on 50 per cent of the land value Each 5000 on 33 year term basis would cost S35 semi annually which would pay off both iu terest and principal. It's very much the same as the bond loans only better and cheaper and safer and limited. They operate in California; Arizona and Utah, as we'll as Nevada, and have an office in San Francisco, in Salt Lake City and in Los Angeles. I will be pleased to advise re lative to any loans cattlemen may desire to enquire about. and your probable loan value. There are no commissions and any work of that kind would be a donation on my part through your paper to help producers. These loans do not apply to cat tie, but there is considerable available cattle money now in Los Angeles through other sour, ces but at higher rates of in tereSt.
 There is to be an Opening Day at the new Stockyards Nov. 1st, and it is probable fat cattle will bring good prices and feeder or stock cattle will find sale at prices equal to those prevalent at home plus freight. 1 will gladly furnish details to any prospective shippers directly or through the Los Angeles Cham Der of Commerce, as to demand, charges, etc.
 A. l.. SPELI-NIEYER.
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