Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-01
The official number of cars OF stock
brought in today b. each road was:
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep HTS.
The disposition of the days receipts was
follows, each buyer purchasing the num-
Totals.


CATTLE-As is generally the. case on a
Saturday, there were not enough cattle
here today to make a market. The supply
for the week has been fairly liberal, but
still there is a slight decrease as compared
with last week. The receipts for the month
Of January, as will be seen from the table
above, show a big increase over last year
and also over all previous years. Other
markets have also had heavy supplies, so
that the general downward tendency of
prices is not to be wondered at.
The beef steer market this week has been
in rather. unsatisfactory condition. The
quality of the offerings was inferior and
receipts were larger at all points than
packers needed. On Friday there was a
slightly better tone. to the trade, but still
the week closed with prices l5q25c lower
than the close of the previous week. The
bulk of the cattle now coming forward sell
good enough to bring $500 or better, but
no finished cattle have been offered with
which to make a test of the market.
The COW trade has also suffered quite a
decline. As compared with the close of
last week, 1t is safe to quote the general
market a quarter lower, or 2Oq3Oc lower.
most are those that have been selling
around 1926 and $3.50, while the Gamers
went off the least. The bulk Of the cows
sell from $3.50 to $3.50, with prime grades
selling up to $40.
As mentioned yesterday, the bull market
has been very unsatisfactory to the selling
interests. The better grades in particular
have been hard sellers, and have brought
little more than the bologna bulls. 1t takes
q prime 1dt DUH now 10 DIlllB eo.out u
the bulk sell from S2.25 TO 1925. Veal calves
have held just about steady all the weeE.
The week closed with the market on
stockers and feeders OF good quality active
and strong. Dehorned cattle in particular
were ready sellers and brought considerably
more than the horned cattle Of the same
quality. Cattle weighing from 500 to 1000
pounds were in the greatest demand but
light cattle of good quality also sold well,
but common stuff of all weights was neg
lected and hard to sell at any price. The
bulk of the cattle sell from S3.25 to S3.15,
with prime cattle selling as high as $40,
HOGS-Thers was just a fair Saturdays
run of hogs here today and the market
opened about steady with yesterdays close,
or nearly a nickel lower than yesterdays
average. The market was not particularly
brisk. but still, wins to the moderate
offerings, practically everything was dis
posed Of in good season. The bulk of the
medium weight hogs sold from S6.65 to So IS,
The prime heavy hogs sold from S6.I5 to
Sc. S2Ik. The light stun sold from $3.50 down.
The receipts of hogs for the week show
an increase over last week amounting to
about LOCO head. For the month of Janu-
ary there is a decrease as compared with
the same month of last year Of about
1900 head. The market this week has
Teen in fairly good shape, although prices
nave huctuated quite rapidly back and
forth. The week closes with a gain Of
about &c as compared with the close Of
last week. Representative sales: