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Show MORE CONFIDENCE IN LIVESTOCK MARKET Kansas City Stock Yards, Aug. 23. Weather conditions have not exerted nearly as much influence on cattle prices as was expected and feared when the drouth in parts of the corn country set in the middle of July. Cattlemen in the dry belt have been resourceful in holding their cattle and avoiding any sacrifice. sacri-fice. Demand for stock cattle and feeders from those sections that have i?ood corn prospects, namely, parts of Missouri, Iowa, Illinois and other states east, has been greater here this fall than ever before. Cattlemen Cattle-men from east of the Mississippi say that their country is entirely bare of cattle, and that the desire for cattle there is greater than ever before, both because of this scarcity, coup led with good corn prospects there, and also because of the flattering outlook for the market this winter on finished beef cattle. In the pasture sections of the dry belt fewer of the cattle have become fat because of the short grass, and more are in the feeder stage. Owners are soliciting oankers for help, that they may fatten fat-ten the cattle on cottonseed meal, alfalfa and other feeds, and thus have a better chance to pay out on them. Money is easier since the first of August than prior to that date, and there is a disposition to extend loans. Thus from the native territory terri-tory there will be a quick finish to the run of fat grass cattle, and strong competition from killers for the smaller number offered, and also al-so a reduced number of stock cattle and feeders, with a maximum demand de-mand for them. Range cattle owners own-ers have every reason to expect a high market here all fall for their cattle of every description. The sheep and lamb situation has taken on a promising prospect this week. Prices are half a dollar higher high-er than a week ago, and the Westerns offered have sold high. Three loads of the Peery lambs, the first good Utahs received here this season, sold yesterday at $7.85. The highest price paid for Utah lambs here last fall was $7.50, and for Colorados $7.50. Fat Utah ewes sold at $4.25 to $4.65 here this week, and feeding yearlings brought $5.00 yesterday, feeding wethers $4.50. Account of the short crop of Arizona sheep and lambs received here this summer, and the reduced number of natives, Kansas City packers are in a voracious vora-cious mood for the reception of the Northwestern crop of sheep and lambs. Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois will require a large number of feeding feed-ing animals this fall, insuring a profitable pro-fitable outlet for the thin end of shipments ship-ments to this market. |