Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-04
Total receipts 80.

CATTLE-There were only a rev cattle
in the yards this morning, so a test OF the
market was not made. Receipts for the
week, however. have been very liberal. as
there is an increase over last week amount
iEg to 1000, and as compared with the same
week of last year the gain amounts to
about 5000 head. The demand, though, has
been brisk most all the week, and prices
have held up in a very satisfactory manner.
Beef steers made up the bulk OF the re-
ceipts and the quality. was good. Com
paratively few short fed cattle arrived,
nearly all of them being we'll fatteued
cattle. Owing to liberal receipts packers
pounded the market on Tuesday In rather
| tendency has been upward. so the loss of
Tuesday has been just about regained,
were on Monday. There has been some
uneveness to the trade and yesterday II
was noticed that packers did not take hold
of the medium weights. and some sales
men are calling heavy cattle just a little
Lower Gsstir than 6om,nS Mo fSrWard T are S selling OF tr tae
largely from $50 to s5.io. 4 Strictly prime
bunch. though, would undoubtedly bring
considerably more than that.
The COW market has followed much the
same course as the prices on steers; Tues
loss has since been regained and the de-
mand for the better grades seems to be In
very satisfactory condition. Gamers and
cutters have been more or less neglected for
fers are selling largely from s2.25 to .H.25;
IulT 10 kOOu COVE SO.SD ~ eo.SOs anu nv
better grades from $500 to S4.40.
Good handy weight bulls have been sell
ing freely all the week at strong prices. but
the heavy weights have sold rather un-
| evenly. The fair to good bulls sell largely
from 500 to .$S;5a5, and the better grades
in brisk demand and best grades sell as
The stocker and feeder market has not
been in as good shape this week as It was
last. The country demand slackened, and
as a result prices had to, suffer. The gen
f fhFe' Ie ssc desirable able grads sTfrering the most.
Common cattle are selling largely from
choice from $40 to $3.50.
~HOGsGThere was a fair run of hogs
here this morning for a Saturday, and as
here amounted to about 5a1oc. Trading
was fairly active. at the decline, so the
bulk Of the offerings was disposed of in
in the market from start TO finish, but still
the last end seemed to be a little slow with
ths fe flo% . SfsaeT to . S9f Su Rhi If the The s sasd
Weights Went from sS.72 down. It Is to
narrower than II was a short time ago,
The supply, Of hogs for the week has
s Ssee eom r%snsr With last Week amounting ntG1sas te
about 5000 head, and as compared with
the corresponding week Of last year the
Prices huctuated back and forth quite
rapidly during the week, but the tendency
| has been deCldeQly DOWNWARD. The total
loss for the week amounts to about 25d30c,
This decline carries the market 70 the
lowest point reached since February IL.
SHEEP-There were not enough sheep
and lambs here to tell much about the
market today, but II coud safely be quoted
steady. The supply for the week has fallen
short of the receipts for last week. the
decrease amounting to about 5000 head, but
as compared with the same week OF last
year, there is an increase of about 5000
head.
The general tone to the market this week
has been much better than II was last
week, and while there has not been much
Improvement I'm the part fat kinds the good
stun has advanced sharply. AS a general
thing traders are calling good stun 25a60c
higher than II was a week ago. There
has been very little good stun offered here
this week, but the few punches that have
arrived in the last few days have been
licked up in q hurry at higher prices.
The feeder market is still very quiet and
no Improvement I'm either the demand or
l prices has been noted,
Quotations for clipped stock: Choice west
ern lambs, $6.OOa6,5O; fair TO good lambs,
$5.O0d6.OO; choice western wooded lambs,
Sc. is; fair to good wooded lambs, 5000
$50; choice lightweight yearlings, $500
6.75: fair to good yearlings, A.5Oq5. %; choice
wethers, S5,OOq5.25; fair to good wethers,
A.25q4.65; choice ewes, N.5OG4.65; fair TO
good ewes, $3.5Od4.25; feeder lambs, a.60d
$50; feeder yearlings, S3.5O1t.OO; feeder
wethers, S.5OqiO0: feeder ewes, R.25q3.50.