Show LIVKSTOCK MARKET IS OFF I 1 Light Slump in Prices on All r i Classes > I r HEAVY UTAH SHIPMENTS ATURIi GAS PEOPLE RESTING ox THEIR OARS Only ATrailiiipr Favorable Action By the City Council Before Coin ncncins Operations They Arc I Ready to Put the Project Through Tcaatlcls Sale Assumiiisr Mum moth Proportions Latest reports received from the three principal live stock markets are to the effect that prices have slumped Bomewihat on account of the heavy receipts re-ceipts of all classes of live stock but the indications ore very favorable to another advance within tlhe next few days It Is more than likely that those shipments w3iich are now being made tto any one of the three markets whose quotations govern in the sale of cattle sheep and hogs throughout the United States but especially the west will arrive during the time of the anticipated anticipat-ed improvement The previous week was one of notable reverses and the general opinion among Chose on the in tide was that the past six business days would be marked by a still further rdvance all along the line but the heavy influx of all classes of live stock iprecluded biirh action and instead tii ere were considerable reverses This territory is just now sendin oat great numbers of sheep and cattle and the railroads are being hard jiresscd for rolling stock wiuh which to transport iflie stock to the markets fOme of the cattle being moved out are fur feeding purposes in Wyoming Kansas Kan-sas Colorado and Nebraska The drafts toeing made by Wyoming are heavier Ifhan ever before Throughout Utah tattle and sheep aro in good condition and those which are not sold will go iTto winter quarters in firstclass shape It has been a splendid week With thC TTnion Stock yards the greatest increase l > ing in the receipt of hogs The commencement com-mencement of operations at the pack ling house of the Utah Slaughtering company created a heavy demand for porkers and a carload a day is The average received at the yards Cache and < Sanpete are the leaders The form er opened the season with about a dozen carloads of fat hogs and rather took the pole but now Sanpete has en ttered the race and tine honors are about evenly divided Davis Weber Salt Lake and Utah counties are sending in small consignments The total number of head of cattle sheep horses and hogs received at the yards was 1084 and of these the local slaughterers took 929 head Of cattle there were 326 head ihogs 480 head sheep 200 head and horses IS head The latter went to Houston Texas All of the hogs 172 head of cattle and 150 head of sheep went to the UtahSlaugh tering company while 77 head of cattle and 50 head of sheep went to Stephens Co Messrs Saunders and Tisdale have gone south from Milford to Cedar City in their search for contract cattle It is very probable that they will go still further down the country Southern Ttah has a large number of marketable market-able cattle this fall and the holders are ready to sell at prices which the stork shouli command On the 25th A D Hudnall will ship in a train of cattle from Mapleton Utah county to Kansas City The gentleman has just purchased the cattle cat-tle in Utah county Messrs Rowland Wood and Trues dale of Newton Kan are in the territory ter-ritory intent upon making up two trains of young cattle The last two named yeaierday secured 500 head in XTtah county and the delivery will take place on the 26th at Provo The gentlemen gen-tlemen will feed at their home ranches this winter and place the cattle on the markets next spring Within the next few days some heavy shipments of sheep and cattle will be made from Gunnison over the RIo Grande Western Manager Robertson of Fred Har veys grant Kansas ranch is here and wants 1500 bead of feeders Samuel Carrol will on Monday ship fifteen cars of cattle from Westwater on the Rio Grande Western to the Kansas City market and T W Parker Par-ker will leave Pleasant Valley Junction Junc-tion with sixteen cars of sheep on the same day H W Cresswell of Colorado is also here for the purpose of making some purchases of cattle Up to date he has received no favorable propositions |