Show I I LIVE STOCK 1 > I I I Tilt year O hiS been something or to stoclt ncn In tin disappointment A dlsPJolltment for their pro of prices way prlco wn The year began with duct here In Utah of that In excess the demand largely prcvelant In other years and the dlspo for cattle and sheep to contract cattc altlon among both old manifest decidedly was cecldely During January last and new buyers ers made In this city for contracts were contrcts the Utah and all over In herds of cattle ctte Northwest that numbered neavjly l 100 this season it i Is doubt 000 head So far scnSOI 00 of that number have Jul If 10 per cent This r local operators been tied up by let demand that the I Joes not mean of course that 0 to the extent I mand for cattle IK lessened thclaek oC sales nor tent indicated by the f1lcS to have gone Imply that prices Ionc It docs wholly In the twelve months pieces wholy believed that a year ago Speculators limited steer product qf the North the lmited ltecr would be early exhausted western ranges wotld feeders needs In supplying thl hausted supplyinS taking In and accordingly they began accoldlnrI contracted steer that could be contralcd every months of the year These I In the Call10nths were made at an advance Ir purchases of the previous the figures price over fgures prlcc averaging probably 2 a head 0 avcI year oC the best quality and In most cases qual mot were these purchases cattle Included In 0 0 resold before the date of delivery came of from 50 cents to round at a premium n with the I 1 on each head As compared wih s of aS5S and 1S9D last years purchases 18Sand represented but a minor per cent sales felt that the of the stuff Speculators 0 o slur the steer demand would readily use up It product hut lhay did not reckon proluct the chances on ivoulti justify taking I heavy transactions In thc breeding klnds of cattle and their contract pur klnds accordingly limited to lmltcl were cliascs cattle alma doals in the male persuasion catl st exclusively Subsequent events 0 ma pro vcd the wisdom of this sort of fig urlJI SALES DISAPPOINTING market during the sum Sa cs on tho and In fact throughout Tionths nnd fnct met i 1onlhs when cattle go from the season callc tho S country were decidedly disan range rangc which The drought prevailed g I polntln throughout the corn States vailed H kinds of stuff on the market forced 3 1 to a volume I receipts there up VOIUBO and kcp equalled before A big percent never e ualed receipts could only go out or tibese rceints ould age and the sawing cox in try again in the co and i orth of the tons of thousands back of cattle cused by the unusual physical cllc n of the country made an abundant cal condltlo s pply ior each days trading close to t the speculators ing and kCt cose inr whore trading could be thc centers trcng centeS were few buyers there done There > conc the corn fore during Ihe jar from during big markets to bo seen tlm or f states blg on the Western ranches for supplies The cattle sod by our Utah producers Ihe exclusively V and dealers went almost cxcusivcty people wHo piii them on other to and Wyoming Colorado hcs and olIado Yyomlng ranc5hes ran got the big end oC the turnoff Montana t blg this na rcgk Utahs best steers from rel 011 22 brought as high as duringtI1e yea r during broubht for yearlings ai idl l 32 for twoyearolds But an Incons Ul 1 crable portion of our output was goc Id enough to realize prob these prices UK bulk averaged named respectively ably 510 and Z or the ages nhl sales Thcr 1 have been no spectively llte vorth mentioning In steers jvoilh mClloninr of aged The demand four years three or fouL for Utah kinds has kept yotmger mand for the YO mgel I 0 Jand pace with the pr4 < duction and produc n 1 of the cattle and ers have dispose onestrind twos 1 vhere they formerly < longer two yet irs them held i cows made in this 0 The few sales o were Induct 4 because of the condition I State than because more of the rangejs I dition Cs llon profit to be Vcrlved through such disposals proft draught in the southern 0 ilsposaI5 State Hd 1 been so longcon I part that breed irs in some sections I tinued tmt continuance despaired of a su cessful the business i > nd they therefore of buslncS o thqlr hold ings with a view of bunched cleaning up and go g out of the business cleaninJ nade under such a The pales I ness condition of sale things were not very satisfactory condilon of cousc And the prices paid isfactory do not indicate the real value of the Many holders who felt stock dealt in that the conditions wee against ranch conditonS their gathered localities ing In such localtes gathercd herds and moved thorn to other ranges 0 outside lld of the State i The Big Horn in Wyoming oaught a number country < oafht of countrv these people and several herds were shifted Into Canada I Comparatively few cattle were sent Comparatvcly Northwestern rn range States directly upon tho market dliecl shipments from Utah of this I kind were far below those of other years In volume and the price realized much lower than from such fairs was rueh 10wcI that obtained in 1899 I 0HOME SONSUMPTION Beef stuff of all grades for hQmc con Eumpt slHf however has ruled high 0 throughout the year and buyers for the local market have been paving better 0 bet-ter prices 10lal for iat stuff than tLie killing kinds of call have brought here in I many years At few times during the summer and faJl have fat cows brought less than 3 cerils a pound fat steers have been selling at from 350 to 1 l I higher on this market The supply 0 locally has been diminished by coast locall sound killers who have been In evidence here this winter more largely than usual Several trainloads of sheep and cattle have recently gone out from the valleys that usually supply II the demands of this center to San 0 Francisco and packers agents in the latter city are continuing to exhaust latcr tho local supply of beef and mutton 0 It seems probable now that Salt Lake I 0 will be forced to obtain more dressed meats from the Eastern sources this I 0 winter than she has hitherto secured j t 0 and already shipments in refrigerator from the river I 0 cars have been begun rvcr 0 points Cattle values are lower in Utah where sales are being made by J a hend han they were a year ago The k sales as yet arc not numerous and no 0 contracts worth mentioning have been 0 entered into for spring delivery A 4 few dealers have been buying and re cclvlng stuff for shipment to southern ranches and their purchases J have been made at the decline indicated At Nephl l two weeks ago Saunders received re-ceived one train load of mixed cows and yearlings that cost SU and 20 These cattle are to be transferred to his range In Dixie and adding the charges for carrying them through the winter to the prices paid the cattle will cost 0 approximately 3250 less than the same cattle sold for last year i The prices are lower but the feeling among stockmen and cowbreeders generally gen-erally 5s one of confidence in the business busi-ness There never h been a time In the memory of the writer when the disposition to raise good stuff and get in shape to take care of It has possessed pos-sessed cowmen more than at present Within the last year more good cattle have been brought into the State than I were imported since 1S84 and higher prices have been paid for these 1anci I importations V EXHIBITS AT THE AI J The exhibition of the D A M sod 0 ely this fall was some Index to the feeling feel-Ing on that score and tho widespread interest in the forthcoming show and sale to be held here In January durIn the convention of the National LiveStock 0 Live-Stock association discloses that asoclatoI closeq th cattlemen of this State are keenly din posed to increase the number of their quality cattle holdings The confident exhibited by our home people and the 0 people or cattlegrowing States about 0 us Is due somewhat perhaps to th xtraordlnary success of the breeder 0 of flue cattle In Eastern States durlnj I the last two or three years l of the 0 toted beefbreeders have made such 0 selling records within the time namei I 0 us to make the business breeding fin 0 cattle more prolitablo than ever before nnd the recent sales at Chicago am ant t 0 0 V2 ansn8 Oily JP ilir > suiptiim vancrfis an L I t I fcvcrbrcedlng In the figures realized Few of the averages at theac big events where the offerings were made rom Whcr the bestknown herds In the countn have run below 5200 and In the Hereford hac Here-ford combination sale held during the exposition at Chicago the averages expositon realized on a very large number sole rea1zcd was approximately 500 Our cattlemen these all war ace that prices like al rant the Improvement of their herds by the Introduction of the best blood to Introducton be had and many of our breeders during dur-Ing the year have skirmished the Eastern East-ern States for the best types of different differ-ent breeds to add to their herds BETTER STOCK The tendency In Utah as all over tin West Is to handle few cattle but bcttei ones The people arc beginning to think that they can make more money out of the business If the herd Is kept down In number to 1 haycutting and feeding proportion When owners can be as surcd that all of the stuff can be not only successfully wintered but thai the cattle can be vigorously pushed In growth from lU youth forward the herds of the Stale will he again but up numerically numcrJca1y There Is still considerable draft made upon the breeding end of cattle In Utah for beef purposes but the sales of she stuff have not been so heavy durlnS the past year and the production Is measurably I meas-urably Increased in the seasons crop of calves Few sales of heifer calves I were recorded throughout the year People who are in the business fee confident that the growing of cattle In Utah can be profitably conducted and they arc laying their plans to continue In the business 0 The oldtime cowmen believe In the cow business as much as they ever did probably but not L few of them have included in their stack operations something some-thing of an Interest In sheep as well SHEEP AND WOOL The tilt in prices of fjhecp and wool early last year induced the Investment of large sums of money in sheep in this Slate Speculators began early in thlt year to contract wool clips locally at prices j or 5 cents a pound higher than were prevalent In 3S99 and before the shearing season came around many clips had been sold to Kaslern buyers at from 17 to 22 cents a pound l of the Utah clip might have been disposed dis-posed of at prices ranging from 17 to liC cents but our flockmastors were generally gen-erally confident that values would gc higher before the end of the season and it is doubtful whether more than 23 per cent of the product in this State was sold at the highest price Later in the year values dropped to 14 or 1C cents a pound and many of our people sold at these llgures The upward trend of wool values advanced the prices of sheep proportionately and In tho early months of the year all sorts of wellbred ewes in this State sold before be-fore shearing time at from H 1 to r per head The buyers were largely local people aid many of them were new Investors induced to go Into the business busi-ness because of the fancy values put on wool and sheep representatives ot Eastern establishments and especially the agents of such big concerns as Knollln Swift were not considerably in evidence as buyers last season and their absence from the field of competition competi-tion was noticeable later on when the selling of wethers and lambs became general Therefore the aggregate sales of tho wooly tribe were hardly as extensive ex-tensive as usual In the first place the 0 SALES OF LAMBS on the market did not return a profit able prices as wer realized from the sales of the previous year and the feeder feed-er buyers in the Eastern States were disinclined to fill feed lots on the prices demanded by the sellers here at home Corn prospects were not good during the fall months and the pastures did not justify extensive buying In the expectation ex-pectation of being able to do much with the pasture end of deals The llockmastcrs of Utah however Poi ably sold as numerously during the season sea-son as they have of recent years but their lamb crop last year was considerably erably larger than the year before and sales should have been greater There Is J no question but that Utah Is peculiarly l pecu-liarly well adapted to the successful growing of sheen The business has always been profitably conducted here The fiockowncrs of late years however aro forced to figure more and more for range privileges that insure a variety I of pasturage for their holdings and In these calculations their deals extend oel this and adjoining States I Is estimated that fully 30 per cent of the sheep owned by Utah men arc herded in other States now and several hun c < lcd thousands of Utah flocks are ta ken out of the Stale for several months feed during each year Most of those are sheared on the summer ranches and the clips thus taken off are forwarded for-warded to market from their temporary tempo-rary ranging grounds The wool clip of Utah was estimated last ycar at lV 000000 pounds 5000000 pounds addi tional should bo added to POlUS represent the l shearing outside of the State which would pounds give Utah a total clip of IS000000 0 FINE SHEEP There have been a great many sheep brought in during the year for breed Ing purposes and among these have been some of the most noted prize winners df the United States and Can ada The ilamboullet merinos have also been numerously imported al though many other types have also been introeluced Mr John H Seeloy of rt Pleasant has made several ship ments during the year from Ohio and one or mere from Canada and he has a representative now In Europe who is I arranging to send over a large Invoice of breeders from the best old country flocks The Aliens of Draper and Hanson Han-son uji in Cache valley have made several sev-eral importations and throughout the year past the demand upon these local I breeders for rams and ewes has been greater than their flocks could supply It is safe to say both as to sheep and cattle that in the next five years there will be ready sale for every good breeding animal our people can pro jr duce here at home at r piolitable price Yearling bulls brought into the State during the last year on the highgrade order sold readily throughout the Cat C-at from 75 to 100 and fair thorough bred of the shorthorn and Hereford types brought from 125 to 150 Vt Mnuv sales were made of indiId ian n s I of a more or less fancy family history at prices ranging from 300 to 600 and many of this kind of cattle could have been sold if buyers hud been given a chance to make selections near home The livestock Interests of this State I are beginning the new year under more favorable auspices Values are not as high as they were a year ago but our stockmen are confident that the prices on the market wH look up between now and spiVTig and as they are in good shape financially they = > in a position to await developments nor make hasty deals which would have L tendency to bear values The hay crop of the State was very light last year and few cattle or sheep are being fed this winter There will be light selling between now and spring spring in consequence and the 4 sence ° t trading should favor bullish tendencies if any effect Is felt from limited trad ing transactions 0 L1VE5C1 ASSOCIATION Tho meeting Tn annual session here In January of the National LiveStock association may result however In the I closing of many contracts for the purchase I pur-chase of both sheep and cattle This of course would mean deliveries to be I made after grass comes In the spring I any considerable amount of trading I is done early however 10 i must lradlng n L basis of last years worst prices as L the financial condition of fnancJal oqr sellers physical condition of the ranges c and I all other surrounding circumstances L are of a oharaclor tp encourage thc hlno nr their live stock unless 1 ha 1 I H I prices are good enough to Induce early selling The stockmen are looking forward c1nJ will not be ward to a good year They 1 Inclined to make n bad one of 190L ban b-an premature Indications of nervous ICKS as to values Following Is the comparative statc meivi of receipts by the lessees of the Union stockyards at Salt Lake Receipts by the Salt Lake Union 0 0 Stockyards I 0 is j 0 a r 0i o 0 0 0 r i i I 1 f I I 9 0 < r ff > 0 0H i January 1th S 1 rs 1l 71S 71 12 February 73 31 lrch 5H 16 2 31 7t3 icco E2 3 1liriI ro Arl itl 761 iTO tTh fT 2 3 11 12115 1007 3 31 1 72 2113 IQil August so 4S0 21 29 Antust r ir1o ° l 7J 2 October 4i9 211 SHI 1 II OCLohCr Nocmhcr rM2t 2121 1919 6 fG 110 HI December 2fSI 66 Gj Total 35rl 18i fi 5 1 i O 00 0 0 Zn S 5 = l p r T E r 0 0L 0 i 0 j f r 0a 0 January bruary 301r n 71 10 March lr ISI 81 W A prIh 11 3 130 it 72 pJI n 13011 3 1 t1 Nay ISIIIGrl 03 61 runc 9621 1 21 1011 38 317 Jul3 3 6173 S95 3 6 August 1173 lm 97 3 IN September 9 October 10i3O 7007 C7 2S 417 November 111 310 1I5 707 2i1 31 10 December 1311 ISj J ISI 60 36 I J101 l6 lotus lite over 1S3 6 5151Gl2fllJ 515 CG 1S3S 1 0 ti 0 S 0 f > f r r 0 r E L 0 I J I I I Tinhiaiy 1WSI 22 25 57 I TalHlT Iobriinry 8001 3 JI 1 171 112 larch 1uO 300 I iii 9 1S3 ISO Airll Ims 11873 15 13 llj 11 5767 7t WI 30 rH 309 runo f 1637 1 7i Ii r2 J1 > 690 July hI5IS 2I I 415 309 August 5600 2Il7 LS 131 12 AI18 i0 12i 30530 iio 1162 70 Sentember 315f II0i 116 SCltembcr lI li 21212 1301 32 12 November I 10711 H7Q 213 III I 236 December 10301 2637 Wi lOa Ii > 1 i 492S 3ISJ 3S Totals OS1Ii21 3J 37Sj Inc over l6 15W9 13517 15 3m 270 lnc oc 159727602 MlSGI 37132652 2HO 1599 0 w h g 0 f c 0 0 ill 1 < 2 I 0 0 0 r f rt I I I I r I I January 31 1 2 lO 3131 lrebruary SS 525 114 2 25 Fobrual 2161 2G 21JS 2 52 April 1G 75Tfl 3 71 Apri 1101 427 21 m t 2S Juno 9673 36362311 3 July 972IJ J981 563 tH 176 f 76 AUgust 3iO J7S 13 ln I OCLohcr i629 7S 7 10 S November 1263 iSOj 172 1032 I 10 Dcccmbel liII un S G Totals 0331 1171 1Sil000010l3T3 4355 5295 m Inc over 435 OVC1 1I0001373 0 Inc over lSI 7997k 81012 11 1750 22 Inc over 153S3SSOI It I23J 20tS2203 19CO I 0 In n 0 0 0 P 0 0 0 0 0 0 i t 1 I f J fl S70 35 January 6 February Jl1H 107 ii2i lG IS I Iii licbJuan 2369 J 75 laJ 17i 1 iirll S192 031t199 I 1 2m Aprl 1152 122 2 June 19 23175260T1 1 t 36 luly 17i 352111899 1 J r t 2008 21 171S 10 Selt0m1or Ail 1 O 27301517 102 October 23j 1 a531 31 131 0 November 222G 6425 10 121 7 1fl3i 63 69 ccembcr GI 2ill Totals 3jS1GI15lt 211211 1G I |