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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
2
Prices listed include live hogs 0.06 to 0.09 per pound and potatoes per bushel. eggs 0.20 to 0.30, butter 0.20 to 0.25, butter at 0.30 to 0.35. Wheat No 1 Northern at 0.90, No 2 Northern at 0.87, No 4 Northern at 0.74 per bushel. Data notes show feed over standard weight estimates.
August market notes from Montreal Winnipeg and Vancouver show cattle prices steady with calves lambs hogs and hides movement. Cattle values range 12 13c per pound dressed weight while calves fetch 3 to 10 dollars each and hogs bring about 5 75 per cwt off cars. Chicago reports earlier range beef sales with steers up to 6 10 per hundredweight and feeders around 5 50.
The article notes July ranger receipts reaching 11,000 the largest since 1896 and predicts an earlier season start may smooth price distribution. It warns buyers to hold light and fat natives as supplies rise and mentions last year 363,000 range cattle and an estimated 300,000 this year to cover the crop.
Clay, Robinson & Co. report western range cattle prices for the week and year to date. Steers ranged 3.90 to 6.00, bulk 4.55 to 5.35. cows and heifers ranged 2.75 to 5.35, bulk 3.50 to 5.16. Compared with last week and year ago, prices show notable shifts amid 10,500 total receipts, demand steady, and beef steers advancing while native trade remains dull. Montana and Yukon offerings reached up to 5.75 for select lots. heifers set a new season high near 5.35.
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Market reports show trading in cows and heifers at about 3.5 to 3.75 dollars with lighter grades under. feeding steers were in strongest demand with top quotes near 4.25 dollars. Western range cattle arrive soft, but expectations cite improved flesh and possible higher fat cattle values in coming weeks as corn belt supplies shrink and feeding slows.
Market notes in Winnipeg dated August 11 1908 show a slight decline in butcher cattle with few sellers above $3.25. Export steers hold steady. good steers 1200+ pounds bring $4.00 to $4.25, fat butchers 1000+ pounds $3.25 to $3.50, mixed loads $3.00 to $3.25. Smaller cattle range $2.75 to $3.00 with graders $2.90 to $2.75 for fair stock.
Fair to good butcher cows bring 2.75 to 3 dollars per head, common to good bulls fetch 2 to 3 dollars, hog prices advance to 6 cents for selects. Old country cables report Liverpool and London Ontario lines at 6.0 to 6.4 percent, ranchers 6 to 6.4 percent. Subscribe for The News.
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