Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-02

CATTLE-Therc was the usual insignifl-
cant Saturdays run Of cattle today and
not enough OF any consequence to make n
market. Supplies for the week have also
been light evc:y day, the total reaching
500 head az against Is, 2S2 head last week
The run was also a tribe smaller for the
same week one year ago TpcTe has been
considerable warmed-up or shor:-fed and
common cattle on the market. with only
few loads OF really good to choice long
fed stock.
The market for cattle has been in de.
cidedly unsatisfactory shape all week and
the trend of prices has been lower from
start to finish. Monday was holiday and
no trading was done on that day. and this,
combined with the holiday season ha s
cut the supply down. The mild weather
conditions, coupled with the generous sup
ply of game and poultry to be had. has
the result that packers have not been
wanting much of supply OF beef cattle
Then, too, the quality of the offerings has
been quite common all through the week.
Fortunately, while the demand has been
small, the supply has also been rather
light with the result that prices have not
slumped as much as they might have, had
there been liberal run. Packers have
been decidedly bearish at all times. 80
that the week closes with prices on beef
steers l5g25c lower for the week.
The market on cows and heifers has been
in Just about the same condition as the
beef steer TRADE The has been light
ings consisted largely of warmed-up and
common cattle most of the time, Packers
appeared to have about all this kind OF
stock that they cared for and forced prices
down some. but not 10 the same extent
as on beeves. Trading has been dull and
draggy at u decline of l0Ql5c.
The market on stockers and feeders Ia s
been in a little better condition. There has
been moderate supply and the QUALIFY
Of the offerings has been pretty fair. There
has been a good demand for any good 10
choice stockers and feeders and the week
closes with an advance shown. The mar
ket on this kind of cattle has really been
in a good healthy condition all week and
the close today indicates that this Kind OF
stun is strong to a dime higher than last
HOGs--Tners was a moderate run Of
hogs on the market this morning lO2 cars
about 700 head being reported in up 10
noon. The receipts for the week total
about Ss,oS6 head which is smaller than
last week by about 22.H2 head, while on
than for the corresponding week last year
by about 9s4l head. The receipts today
are smaller than last Saturday by !, 800 head
and also smaller than for the same day
one year ago by about 5000 head. Trading
this morning opened brisk and active with
prices generally a dime higher. Later the
somewhat dull. Good choice heavyweight
hogs, however, were given the preference
over light stun. Some light weight hogs
sold at prices that were hardly more than
the market was 5Ql0c higher than yester-
day. The bulk of the stock brought in
the neighberhood of $.07lsG5.lz11. The top
price paid for prime heavyweights was
$5l7h The average price OF the hogs today
is the highest for any day this month. The
market has been In a good healthy condi-
tion all this week and there has been an
advance OF about l0c over last weeks close.
Monday was holiday and Tuesday saw
an advance while there was a decline the
next two days followed with another ad-
vance on Friday and Saturday. Prices here
compare favorably with those at Chicago.
Representative sales: