Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-06
: Indleates Sunday. >. No markat
Total

CATTLE-There were not enough cattle
here today to make a test of values, but for
the week receipts have been about the
same as for last week, and a big increase
Is noted as Compared with the correspond
Ing week of last year. The table of re-
In spite of the big runs all the week
there have been very few cornfed steers on
sale. In reality there have not been enough
market, and about all that can be said is
to call prices about steady with last week.
Packers seem t. want the better grades,
neglected, as they come in competition with
the Westerns
The supply Of cows has been very large
all the week. not only here, but at other
points as we'll. so that the tendency of
prices has been downward and the decline
Some of the strictly choice kinds are, per-
haps, not over 26c lower. but there are so
few Of those coming that not much can be
cows have suffered the worst, but the gen.
eral market is best described by calling II
35450c lower.
Bulls and stays have. of course, felt the
effects OF the decline on COW stuff, but there
have been so few veals offered that there
has not been much change on them.
A heavy proportion of the receipts all the
week consisted OF stockers and feeders, and
the quality was nothing to brag of. There
were none too many of the good to choice
kinds to meet the demand, and such kinds
are very little, II any, lower than they
feeders may be quoted steady. Common
cattle of ali weights are safely 25c lower
and common y%earlings are almost unsals-
BILE. Prime ~yearlings, though, have been
in pretty good demand. Tn decline in
prices has naturally stimulated the demand
from the country, and a good many cattle
have been going out all the week, but still
there are a pile Of cattle still in specu-
lators hands.
The most Of the western beef steers that
have been coming OF late have been rather
Inferior in quality.
Good cattle have sold we'll most all the
week and prices may be quoted fully steady
with the close nf last week. The common
to fair cattle, though, are a little lower. as
there have been so many of that class
offered that packers have had an oppor-
tunity to pound the market. Range cows
have broke in bad shape and may be quoted
35Q40c lower than a week ago. 1t now
takes a choice bunch to bring over 50, and
the top for the week was 81. Good west
ern feeders are steady to a little lower, but
the general run of stocSers and feeders are
fully 25c lower. Representative sales:
HOGS-There was another light run OF
hogs here today. and as the local demand
was In good shape the market opened fairly
active and steady to strong. The bulk. of
choice loads went. above that figure. As
there were only about 81 loads on sale II
was not long before practically everything
was disposed of. As the average was a
shade higher than yesterday, the week
closed with prices just about where they
| thar a week ago. On Tuesday and Wednes-
day the market broke In bad shape, but the
light receipts since that time have given
prices an opportunity to recover.
The receipts for the year to date now
show for the first time this year a decrease
as compared with the corresponding week
Of last year. So far the decrease amounts
to II, 773 head. Representative sales;