Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-25
The disposition of the days receipts was
as follows, each buyer purchasing the mum


CATTLE-As usual at all market points
there will be no market here on Monday, !
Christmas day. The yards will be opened |
nothing will be offered for sale and the |
sale houses will be closed.
There were no cattle of any consequence
on the market today, only two cars being
reported in up to noon. There was a
r rather light run Of cattle this week only
about 10000 head smaller than last week,
but is almost 5000 head larger than for
the corresponding week one ea year nes ago
uneven all week and has been subject to
violent fluctuations at times. Early in the
week prices on good beef steers were
strong and higher nearly every day. but
towards the last of the week the demand
was very poor and prices slumped: HOY.
week generally IA dime higher, and in some
cases there was an advance Of l0al6c over
warmed up and short-fed stock on the
market this week. 1t is a mist lake TO ship
this kind OF cattle, as the packers do not
want them and the cattle are generally
The trading on cows and heifers was Just
about the same on beef steers. except
Ing that it did not hold up quite well.
( The week opened with small increase over
the previous weeks close, but the latter
mart OF the week all of this advance was
Z lost and the market closed the week lower
| all around. II Is possible that some strictly
| choice fat cows would bring prices that
would be steady with week ago, but the
| general run of stun on the market Is mostly
| 4 dime of.
The feeder market has been In pretty
| good shape all this week. Trading opened
! Monday with the lower yards nearly full
/ and spectators carrying more cattle than
| they wanted. Receipts along this line were
! rather light all the week and there was
| reasonably good demand from country
| buyers with the result that the lower
! division was pretty we'll cleaned up and
| there is very little to be carried over
Christmas. The market closed with prices
| the loss of the previous week regained
! HOGS-There was a moderate run Of
hogs on the market today, III cars (about
5000 head being reported in up to noon.
for last Saturday, but Tor the week they
are larger than last week by about $500
head in fact il was the largest run since
the third week in July. The run for the
ing week last year by about $500 head
| The market opened this morning with
prices So Toe higher and was active and
brisk throughout. The run was fairly good,
supply and they appeared anxious for hogs
Trading opened brisk and very active and
! continued so all the morning. closing
steady with the advance. The bulk OF the
| G5.OO as against $4S7bzu4921s yesterday. The
p top price paid at this point today war
. Sj02lk as against Saba yesterday. Judging
from this alone, II VIII be seen that the
! advance for the day was 5dl0c.
The market all this week has been n
VERY good condition and. in spite OF tbs
liberal runs, prices have advanced a littl'
every day excepting Tnursday, when th'
! been rather bearish all week, but just thu
| same prices have held up and the Weel
closed with the average today about 2lst
5 higher than a week ago. There was a gooC
demand all week by the packers, as the!
were apparently short.
Representative sales: