Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-06
Total receipts -. 6 los
The disposition of the days receipts was
as follows, each buyer purchasing the num-
her of head lndlca ted.

CATTLE-There were no fresh cattle
in the yards of any consequence, II being,
as the trade in cattle was concerned. The
receipts this week have run slightly ahead
OF last week being large for. this time of
when a comparison is made with the re-
ceipts of a year ago, when the run was
not nearly so large as this week
precedently heavy run for this season of
the year, the receipts on Monday having
single execution UnfortunateIy other
market points had large runs the same
day and broke badly. Under these con-
here. Beef steers might be quoted for
the week all of csc lower, or 25W50c
lower than the high time ten days ago.
After Monday the market changed very
The market on cows and heifers has
been getting worse almost every day Last
week IL was quoted 20 a acc lower and
this week there has been an additional
break of 10 q 25c, making the market 400
75c lower than the high time ten days
or two weeks ago. AS matter OF course
the break has been brought about by the
large receipts of western grassers A de-
cline of that kind is nothing unusual for
this season of the year.
Receipts OF stockers and feeders were
decidedly heavier this week than during
Spectators and yard traders loaded up
heavily the first of the week, but later on,
as they found themselves unable to unload
their cattle on the country, they became
very poor buyers and the market declined
AZ the close of the week 154 25c on the
run Of fair 70 sSSod eG w1s9
than a week or ten days ago.
Representative sales;
HoGs-After yesterdays wild market
the trade steadted down somewhat today.
Stm the movement was not as active as
yesterday and the general trade was lack
ing in snap. so that considerable time was
consumed in disposing of the hundred odd
loads received.
AS TO prices 1t is no easy matter to make
comparisons with yesterday for the reason
that Yesterdays market was so very un-
even. The feeling among sellers was that
| light hogs, if anything, sold a little
| the extreme high time OF yesterday. On
I the other hand heavy hogs did not sell
quite as well as yesterday. Taking the
/ market as a whole II was not materially
different from yesterdays average mar
/ ket, but as matter or course II was
were very different from some that were
/ sold as high as Ss.37h. which was 2h5C
Receipts of hogs this week show a mod
/ crate gain over last week and a very
! heavy Increase over the corresponding
BOTH lS here and al other market points
| enabled packers TO bear the market, with
/ the result that prices tended rapidly down
! ward until yesterday, when there was a
very sharp reaction. On Thursday thu
! hogs sold on an average OF S5c lower thar
I at the close or the previous week. After
allowing for yesterdays reaction the mar.
ket today Is geo 25c lower than one weeb
| ago.
! After the more urgent orders were hlleC
| the trade became even less active thar
ID was early. About that time thirteen ad
diticnsl cars arrived at the yards anS
buvers who were still on the market tool
advantage OF the situation TO pound prices
somewhat. Good light hogs did not sci
so much lower, but heavy hogs were il
many cases as much as 5dlOc lower thai
the early sales. IL would be hard work 4
imagine a more uneven market than tina
which has prevailed here for the last tw
/ or three days.
I panraaanfnftva sales