Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07

CATTLE--There was no change in the
cattle market today. there, not being
make market. For the week the receipts
have been quite liberal. showing slight
gain over last week, but still falling con-
siderably short of the record Of one year
A feature Of the week has been the COM
parative scarcity Of good beef steers, both
rangers and coTnfeds. There has been on
most days a liberal sprlnkling of common
TO fair kinds. but really good cattle have
been scarce. In the face OF a good buying
demand this has meant a strong market
on all desirable kinds every day Of the
week. The best cornfeds have sold w TO
s6.25, with the top on range cattle at S5.25.
toriy, the common and medium grades,
which according TO packers reports are
entirely to the liking Of owners; IN fact
the tendency on that kind OF cattle has
been little lower. whereas the good kinds
While COWS and heifers showed weakness
on some days, buyers being able 10 hear the
market a little during the early part Of
have BEEN. nevertheless very fair sellers
all the week. At the close they are selling
about as high as any time of late.
tracted a good deal OF attention this week
Receipts OF that kind of cattle have been
large. The country demand has also been
Of strangers during the week. AS 4 result
good kinds have sold freely and as high
as any time this season. While good feed
ers are not quoted above s. 50, as 4 matter
of fact feeder buyers have paid conSid-
erably higher prices than that, where some
thing special was wanted. Thus an Iowa
buyer bought some very choice cattle this
week at $50 but rs a matter Of fact they
were really fat enough for beef. The me-
dunn 10 common kinds of cattle have not
been sought after and have been hard TO
move. Most every one is quoting that kind
of cattle lower for the week Some cattle
Of that kind have sold this week AT 4oc
hrOnubt n
ago. showing that the market has been
gradually working to a lower basis.
AOGS-kvery one went out to the yards
this morning expecting a lower market, for
the reason that all other market points
were reported lower, and the estimated re-
ceipts al this point were liberal for Sat
urday. At hrst the trade was slow, but
later, as 1t became apparent that the re-
ceipts were a little more than half tho
early estimate, the trade braced up and
became active at stronger prices. Prac-
tically everything in sight changed hands
in a very short time. but as a matter OF
fact receipts were hardly large enough Ia
go the rounds among the buyers, only
thirty-two cars being in when the market
opened.
light. and still just about on par with one
week ago and year ago A popularity
Of the market is the fact that heavy hogs
have been gradually strengthening up SC
that the average price has been stronger
practically every day OF the week. At the
close OF last week heavy hogs were selling
largely at S6.lb, with an extreme range OF
Sc. 20. At the close Of the present week
heavy hogs are selling al $J.l112q6N This
means that heavy hogs for the week arc
fully l0c higher.
on the other hand, light hogs have not
shown any particular Improvement. The
best light weights were selling at s.. 4yI
S46 at the close OF last week. and they
have been selling In practically the same
notches all this week. With light weight,
practically stationary and heavy hog
steadily advancing Il will be understood
that there Is at the close of the present
week a much narrower range between
heavy and light hogs than was the case Z
short time ago The fact u.s. right gooc
butcher weights and mixed loads are sell.
Ing very close up to good light hogs.
REPRESENTATIVE sales: