Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-10
Total receipts. . Ia


CATTLE-There was no market today,
as usual, on Saturday. the fresh receipts
ton. The receipts this week have been
1airly liberal, considering the very unfa-
yorable reports regarding the market that
have been sent out from day to day,
which have been OF a character TO dis
courage shippers from sending in their
cattle. The total falls short OF the pre-
as compared with year ago there is a
decrease Of about 1000 head
The week started out with the beef
steer market in. very much depressed
condition. on Monday and Tuesday buy
.ers did not appear to care whether they
a drug from start to finish. On Wednes-
day the market took on a decidedly better
tone, the demand being more urgent with
prices showing tendency toward hrpl-
ness. This condition prevailed during the
last three market days of the week, so
that at the close of the week prices are
a little stronger on all desirable kinds OF
beef steers than they were one week ago
Common and inferior grades, however.
to take them. The FEELING among opera.
tors on the market Is that such Improve
ment as has taken place has been due 20
a considerable extent to the moderate re-
ceipts, which have given packers an OPP
portunity TO clean UP their surplus prod
ucts, SO long as the violent agitation re
garding the wholesomeness OF packing
house products continues no one antici-
pates any very great or permanent i'm
proNement IN the msrket ana no one IN.
see any very big runs Of cattle for some
little time to come.
the same condition as beef steers. on
Monday and Tuesday the trade was ex-
tremely dull, but during the latter part
up somewhat, closing the week little he :
ter. Common and grassy kinds OF cows,
however, did not participate in the inn
provement, but have been a drug all the
week, and unless all signs fail they are
likely to sell still lower in the near fu-
Stockers and feeders, fortuna;sly have
been in light receipt all the week and yet
not light enough 70 prevent a break IN
prices on both stockers and feeders have
been very high for sometime back and
that the season OF the year has arrived
when II IL only natural to expect a very
material decrease in the demand together
with much lower range OF prices.
so few cattle have been coming that ne
during the week, stu prices kept drop.
ping on until now they are at least 25t
| lower than q week ago.
HoGs-There was no material change
| in the hog market today, In fact, for
| three days in succession hogs have soil
trade this morning was active and steady
the hogs selling AZ $3.50 s.sfh. the sam.
| and some OF the best loads at ts.t2h
/ Everything was sold and weighed up IN
very good season IN me m NOR 49,.
shown a very heavy falling on as com
pared with last week and with the CORE
! spending week OF year ago. At the sam,
! time the local demand has been very good
! so that this market has been In a very
strong position all the week. During th'
| hrst half OF the week prices tended up
ward rapidly and the advance made wal
! maintained during the balance OF the week
! At the close today prices are on an aver
/ age a strong l5c higher than at the Gloss
! OF last week and only 15c lower than tn,
extreme high point OF the year.
RepreaentatiVe sales.