Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-21
Cattle. Hogs. She
Total receipts O..
The disposition of the days receipts was
as follows, each buyer purchasing the num-

CATrLE-There were no cattle on sale
this morning, so that a test of the market
was not made. For the week receipts have
been light, as a decrease Is noted potn as
compared with last week and also with the
same week of last year. Packers nave all
been anxious for supplies and as a result
prices on most lines have held up In good
shape.
The bulk of the receipts this week was
made up of beef steers and the quality
was unusually good. The demand was best
for the heavyweight and for the light
Cattle answering TO tina description can
safely be quoted a little higher than they
were a. week ago and in fact they are al
price Of the year, 500, was paid on Friday
for a choice bunch of heavy export cattle,
The first half of the week tbs, tendency, OF
toward the close the more desirable grades
regained all the loss and more, TOO, while
gained the loss. Good to choice cattle are
selling from s6.40 to 500. Fair to. good cat
tie are going from $3.50 to $40 and COM
moner grades from 1915 down. q,
The COW market has been very uneven all
the week. The first three days the tend
s nc Of prices aI ! Fr Was fSS bSst a;raSSeess E 0n
gained almost all the loss. The common
and medium grades, however, are lower.
As compared with the high time, which
was the first part OF last week, values are
25d4Oc lower, the greatest decline being on
the less desirable grades. Good to choice
cows are selling from $3.50 to $500. Fair TO
good are quotable from $3.50 to A.5O and the
commoner grades are selling from 1915
Good to choice bulls have sold about as
high this week as at any time, but the
grades have been neglected and
prices are q little lower' Eesi caves v9 are
many veals are selling as high as woo:
Good stays are steady, but others are II
anything lower.
The stocker and feeder trade has not
been very lively this week. Receipts OF
stock cattle have not been very heavy, so
the market. All kinds, though. are lower
for the week, The very best heavyweight
and also the choice lightweight cattle have
grades of all weights are a drug on the
market, as no one wants them; II Is
thought that the lack OF demand Is par
TALLY explained by the fact that farmers
are beginning to feel the need OF rain and
as long as that Is the case 1t is not ex-
cattle. 1t would take a choice bunch OF
cattle 20 sell up to 300 and a good many
cattle that could be called choice have sold
for a good deal less than 800 during the
last few days.
HOGS-The receipts or hogs were mod
crate here today, there being $500 fresh
day, as compared with $500 yesterday and
$500 a week ago. The conditions were
practically the same as yesterday. The
hogs and steady to strong, while the light
and trashy hogs were all the way from
largely from 500 to S7.l5 aud as high as
s7.20 was paid, which is the highest price OF
the year. Medium weights sold mostly from
$3.50 to 1900 and the light stun sold from
S. 80 down. There was a fairly early clear
ance of the good weight hogs, but, the
same as usual, the light stun was very
slow sale and II was late before everything
was cut OF first hands. Packers will hardly
take the light stun at any price and sellers
many times find IL almost impossible to get
even a bid of hat class OF hogs.
The tendency of prices has peen upward
all this week and Friday proved to be the
high day, when the average cost OF all the
hogs sold was $6.9S. The total advance for
the week amounts to about l5c, which car
rles the market to the highest point reached
since the year 1888. Representative sales;