Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-20
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Cattle. Hogs. Sheep
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this morning, so that a test of the market
was not made. For the week receipts have
been light, as a decrease Is noted poth as
compared with last week and also with the
same week of last year. Packers have all
been anxious for supplies and as a result
prices on most lines have held up In good
The bulk of the receipts this week was
made UP of beef steers ana the quanty
was unusually good. The demand was best
for the hea vyweight and for the light
weight cattle of good flesh and quality.
Cattle answering to that description can
were a week ago and in fact they are at
the high point of the year to date. The top
price of the year, 800, was paid on Friday
for a choice bunch of heavy export cattle.
The first half OF the week the tendency or
prices was downward on all kinds, but
toward the close the more desirable grades
regained all the loss and more, too, while
the medium weight cattle just about re-
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tie are going from $3.50 to $40 and COM
moner grades from 1915 down. .
The cow market has been very uneven all
the week. The first three days the tend
ency of prices was downward, but on
Thursday and Friday the best grades re-
gained almost all the loss, The common
and medium grades, however, are lower.
AS compared with the high time, which
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the less desirable grades. Good to choice
cows are selling from $3.50 to $500. Fair to
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commoner grades are selling from 1910
down.
high this week as at any time, but the
grades have been neglected and
prices are a little lower. Veal calves are
also as high as at any time, as a good
many veais are selling as high as 500,
Good stays are steady but others are If
The stocker and feeder trade has not
been very lively this week. Receipts Of
stock cattle have not been very heavy, so
there have been no very serious breaks in
for the week. The very best heavyweight
and also the choice lightweight cattle have
not declined very much, but the common
grades of all weights are a drug on the
market, as no one wants them. 1t 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 II is not ex-
Cattle. It would take a choice bunch Of
cattle 20 sell up to $500 and a good many
cattle that could be called choice have sold
for a good deal less than $500 during the
HoGsEThe receipts of hogs were mod
crate here today, there being $500 fresh
day, as compared with $500 yesterday and
$500 a week ago. The conditions were
market opened fairly active on good weight
hogs and steady to strong, while the light
and trashy hogs were all the way from
largely from 500 to $7.l5 and as high as
$3.50 was paid, which is the highest price of
the year. Medium weights sold mostly from
$3.50 to 800 and the light stun sold from
$3.50 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 II almost impossible 10 get
even a bid of that class Of hogs.
The tendency of prices has been 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 loo, which car
ries the market to the highest point reached
since the year 1893. RepresenlatiXe sales: