Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21
. Indicates Sunday.
Total receipts.

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Totals...."."....... 1916 1883 S,1ss
C~ATTI.E-There were quite a few cattle
in the yards this morning for a Saturday,
put re mEst 81 q f fsir t wsre OF not values Snereo, w ano' n OF
made. Although receipts for the week
have been by far the heaviest ever known
have e"i held up FSemarkabiy veil cOmmSnn
grades have OF course suffered to quite
brought very satisfactory prices all week.
Not enough corn cattle have been re-
ceived this week to tell much about the
ers are quoting the market about. steady
with the close of last week. Nothing at
the greater proportion OF the corn cattle
have simply been warmed up stun, which
seldom sells TO good advantage.
receipts has been very liberal all the week
and as a result buyers broke the market.
came on Thursday and Friday. The gen.
d 6sG% that Tse decline Sg no s eSve l2Ts sTl d Il sssrs anS
considerable unnevenness Is noticed.
Ali previous records have also been
feeders received and sold. h demand
from the country has been astonishingiy
large Is ana Tore th tbs Gno y d, GSslS wb dLvs thu not one Ie-
moner grades are l6Q25c lower and in
extreme cases common yearlings went on
A larger proportion of the receipts Of
western cattle this week consisted of beef
s stssrs t Fss d sf amy ER6eysh, ke ei%e IN this rs
good shape and until Thursday the mar
ket held very nearly steady. On Thurs
day and Friday, however, owing to the fact
| that receipts continued heavy packers broke
the market a little and the week closed 10
| i%c lower than the close of the previous
week. Strictly choice cattle, however, did
not show quite hat much decline. The
bulk OF the steers are selling from 81 TO
Western feeding steers are also a little
lower for the week and are quoted all the
nay StSyy from Sgbo1 lOs t. tsed IsS s iG%s stil, T ssil,S SSo o.
1Sf Of for S a Ioad 81 PPoiisd Angus AIsH : Of good
are generally i5qs5c lower and yeariinss
OF common quality have suffered still more.
Much to the surprise OF traders yearlings
the country, and as a result prices tum-
bled. Choice yearlings, however, did not
decline dec Sn,S any " more NOR fs edsn are are S Seliipe cI FROM
1915 to S4.25. Range cows are safely &c
lower than a week ago and In many cases
| Thursday and Friday was very dull and
weak, and most OF the decline went into
effect at that time. The BULK OF the west
choice bunch sold as high as 40, but al
the same time II takes something extra
HoGS-Recsipts Of hogs were light and
the market held fully steady with yesteT-
day. The bulk Of the sales went from SI.S
to 81 40, and a few choice loads went from
s7.45 to S.55. II was very noticeable, how
ever, that buyers were not at all anxious
for the heavy packing grades and they were
slow sale all the morning and the markel
on such kinds could be quoted slow and
weak. They sold largely from S7.S0 10 SIS.
AS offerings were very light, everything
was disposed OF In good season.
For the week receipts have been lighi
and a decrease Is noted as compared with
last week. The falling on Is still greater al
compared with the same week of last year
The first part OF the week the tendency oI
prices was upward, but since Wednesda5
packers have been very usS-tsh and the
week closed with prices 5Q20c lower thar
the close Of last week. Representativ'
sales.