Show record price for range steers one steer brings there were twenty one head of grass fed steers sold on oil the omaha market august 20 at an average price of 9 12 1 2 cents per pound the average weight of the cattle cattie was 1760 pounds one steer weighing 2290 pounds sold for 10 cents per pound pour bringing for his owner in both instances the prices are the highest ever paid for range cattle and maya may never be exceeded the steers were horned and branded mixed shorthorns Shor thorns and ranged neal nea r t alcova wyo W A W weaver the owner it is was good breeding and ai of course good feed that brought these cattle to such a size but it is claimed that the breeding is largely responsible it would be a great advertisement for our local cattlemen if they would pick a car of their best s steers and send them to an eastern rn market this would be the means of bringing our cattle and county count to the attention of a large number of buyers and keep the price of cattle attebe at the top there was a Z G C M L I 1 salesman in kanab monday who i informed athe the editor that a cattleman i of coyote had received 4 1 lra 2 anti P per pound hia itce 1 claiming they aye averaged raged him 50 per head to get a aad at 4 12 1 2 cents a pound his hig cattle I 1 wu w u A only have to average 1100 pounds which is no better than kane county 3 year aids will do this is 1200 a head better than the highest price paid for kane bounty 3 year olds and 1400 better than most of our cattlemen received I 1 it does not net seem fair that such a large difference in price should prevail within such a short distance in fact there is no reason for f or it per head would be more than ample to pay for the drive between piute diute and kane counties piute diute cattle being no better than kane cattle there must be some other reason and it is probably because local cattle men are not hanging together murray ut aug 20 1912 tile the independent kanab utah gentlemen enclosed find for which enter our name on your subscription iia for the ensuing year we are more than klad glad to see that the independent has taken up the brand advertisement business it is a great help to cattle buyers to know the brands and the name and address of the owner and will be a big benefit to the owners as it will put them in direct communication with the buyers we hope to see the name and brand of every owner in your section of the country in the independent in the near future yours truly mcmillan son by neal mcmillan |