Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-24

CATTLE-As usual at all market points
there will be no market here on Monday
nothing will be offered for sale and the
sale houses will be closed
on the market today, only two cars being
reported in up to noon. There was a
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 year ago.
The beef cattle market has been rather
uneven all week and has been subject to
violent fluctuations at times. Early in the
strong and higher nearly every day, but
towards the last of the week the demand
was very poor and prices slumped: How
! week generally dime higher, and In some
cases there was an advance OF l0ql5c over
Meek ae and shoTtfed stock On the
market this week. 1t is a mistake to ship
| this kind OF cattle, as the packers do not
want them and the cattle are generally
| The trading on cows and helfers was just
! about the same as on beef steers, except
| ing that II did not hold up quite 80 we'll
/ The week opened with small increase over
| the previous weeks close, but the latter
part OF the week all OF this advance was
| all around. 1t is possible that some strictly
choice fat cows would bring prices that
would be steady with a week ago, but the
| general run OF stuff on the market is mostly
| a dime off.
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 thar
they wanted. Receipts along this line wer'
rather light all the week and there wal
a reasonably good demand from country
| buyers with the result that the lowel
division was pretty well cleaned up anC
there is very little TO be carried ove
Christmas. The market closed with prices
generally l5q25c higher, or practically al
the loss OF the previous week regained.
| HOGS-There was a moderate run o
hogs on the market today, III cars (abou
5000 head being reported in up 70 noon
| The receipts for the day are smaller thai
| for last Saturday, but for the week the!
head In fact IL was the largest run sine
the third week in July. The run for tn
week Is also larger than for the correspond
ing week last year by about $500 head.
The market opened this morning wit
prices bQlOc higher and was active an
brisk throughout The run was fairly good
but the packers were evidently wanting
supply and they appeared anxious for hogs
Trading opened brisk and very active an
continued so all the morning, closn
steady with the advance. The bulk Of tn
hogs brought in the neighborhood OF A.s
| $500 as against S4.S7A@4 925 yesterday. Tn
top price paid at this point today wa
s. orr as against S4971z yesterday. Judgin
from this alone, II will be seen that IN
advance for the day was 5Gl0c.
The market all this week has been
very good condition and. IN spite OF III
liberal runs. prices have advanced a littl
every day excepting Thursday, when IN
market slumped about 21kc Packers hay
same prices have held up and the wee
closed with the average today about 221.
higher than a week ago. There was goo
demand all week by the packers, as the
were apparently short.
| Representative sales.