Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-29

Totals ,................. II 4,343 1,642
cATTLE-There were several cars of
were not enough of them offered to make
a market. For the week receipts show a
record-breaking run, but as compared with
the corresponding week Of last year there
the n a table Bee ab mSee"s The Increase Tel oG for Tet the year
to date amounts to over 1000 900 head. More
than that, the supply so far this year is
ent rate, by, the end Of October the
S dtssr %yorG Siil 4 be nieaFiy ar made 9eS aR; or tw Ho
months ahead of last year.
There have not been enough cornfed
steers in the yards this week to tell any
thing about the true condition of the mar
ket; Anything, desirable though. has met
about steady prices and practically all that
can be said of the market is that 1t Is
nominally steady. Warmed up cattle OF
packers prefer westerns to that class of
The cow market is in about the same
position IL was a week ago. The first half
of the week. values picked up a little, but
and Friday the gain was just about lost,
so that prices are now where hey were
Bulls. veal calves and stays are also
selling in practically the same notches
'n TSe us stoeke eee and feeder market has been
in good shape all the week. Good to choice
cattle of all weights may be quoted fully
time when the country buyers dis
eliminated against common cattle to the
extent that they are this year: Eyery-
no matter of what age or weight. Year
lings of good quality have sold to much
last. Common cattle, though. Of all
weights nave sold very slowly and If any
J thing are a little lower than they were a
HlshoSgh the big bulk of the cattle this
week consisted of western rangers the pro-
portion of beef steers was not at all large,
The feature Of the trade seems to be the
unevenness OF the prices paid, and as a re-
suit there is considerable difference Of opin-
compared with a week ago. As a general
thing, however, the best grades may be
very few of that class have been coming.
The top price for the week Is $5.45, but
they were choice. The medium grades of
cattle are the ones that have suffered and
they are safely l5c lower than they were
a week ago. Cattle on the Texas order are
also lower for the week. The very common
grades have not shown much change. Good
western feeders of all weights are also fully
steady for the week and have sold freely.
The medium and common kinds, though,
have been neglected and are unevenly
lower. Range Gov are just about steady
the first half OF the week having been
HoGs%There was a light run Of hogs
here today, but as reports from other
points we're not favorable to the selling In
terests the market opened about sc lower
than yesterdays average, or about steady
with yesterdays close. Later in the morn
ing the feeling became a little better and
a good many hogs sold only a shade lower
than yesterdays general market. The ex-
irene close, though, was hardly as good as
the middle OF the market The bulk OF the
sales went from S7.25 70 T.S5 and as high
as S7.45 was paid.
AS will be seen from the table OF receipts
above the receipts for the week show an in
crease over last week, but a decrease over
the same week of last year. The first halt
OF the week prices advanced materially.
but for the past three days the market has
been going down rapidly and the decline
amounts to nearly CSC, and as compared
with the close OF last week the market is
fully SC lower. Representative sales: