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Show MARKET REPORT. Special to the Garland Globe: Kansas) City Stock Yards, Nov. 5, 1906. Cattle receipts have been moderate since last Monday, including today, with a run of 17,000 head. Total supply sup-ply last week was 70,000 head, including 10,000 calves. The market has been firm nil the time, steady to strong today. A large shnre of the supply has come fiom Colorado, New Mexico and the panhandle, and salesmen are a unit in saying present condition of the market is about the best of the senson 011 the range cattle. Country buyers have been taking the Colorado feeders readily at 3 75 ln 4 20 an3 New Mexico Blockers have sold up to 400. Five car loads of panhandle calves cal-ves sold at the highest price of the season, Friday, the steer calves cal-ves at 4 50, weighing 38 tlb, the heifers at 3 70, weighing 3761b Other sales of stockers ranged downwards to 3 00 and calves down to 2 5o, but as a general thing range cattle are bringing 3 00 to s 00 per head more this fall than last. A feature last week was the sale of sixteen cars, 375 head, of Baer Brothers beef steers, 11451b, at 4 20 without a single animal being cut out. They were from the White River Riv-er country in Colorado. Colorado Colo-rado cows are selling at 2 65 to 3 35 panhandle and New Mexico cows 2 40 to 3 00, bulk close to 2 75. Railroads claim they have enough business from the range in sight to last u month yet. Sheep supplies are gradually growing smaller, 27 000 head here last week, run less than 3000 today. Prices advanced 15 to 25 cents last week, market strong to 10 higher today. Utah and Colorado lambs are selling at 7 00 to 7 40, but ore not very good, choice natives selling at 7 50 to 7 60. Some medium Arizona lambs sold lately at 6 85. Good to choice wethers bring 5 75, yearlings up to 600, ewes 5 15 to 540. Feeding lambs sold freely last week nt 6 00 to 6 10, but other grades of country stuff is poor quality and sells at 4 00 to 5 00. Prospects favor small runs here for some time, and a strong demand is inevitable. J. A. Rickart, L. S. Correspondent. |