Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-16


CATTLE-There were no fresh receipts
Of cattle OF any consequence in the yards
this morning, there being just q few scat
kind to make q market. The receipts for
the week have been very liberal, showing "a
large gain over last week and q. fair gain
over year ago. In other words, the re-
ceipts for this season of the year have
been unusually large in fact, most too
large for the time just preceding the holt
There has been good active demand ali
the week for desirable beef cattle of good
to choice quality, suitable for the holiday
trade. Cattle OF this description have com,
manded good prices all the week and are
Just as high as they have been any time.
%S5, the best price paid on this market
since 1902 While the best grades have sold
prevailing brought in food of warmed-up
and half-fat steers, which do not kill out
well: Under the influence OF the large re-
kef eased OF and the more common kinds
are 15d25c lower than last week. Com,
parativsly few range cattle have been re-
cetved during the week, but anything in
the way Of desirable steers met with very
ready sale at good steady prices. The fact
Is that the range cattle Kill out to much
tives, and hence buyers give them the
preference. The season, however, Is prac,
tically at an end for that kind
Cows and heifeTs have also been in very
liberal supply all the week. and while, as
was the case with beef steers, the demand
was very kOOu lot the pest BTduest IneIG
were most too many Of the medium kinds.
The result was that while good cattle for
the week remained about steady, the me-
dium grades eased or and at the close OF
the week are 10q15c lower than last week.
Gamers, on the other hand, have been very
good sellers all the week and SO far a.
can be observed have commanded about
steady prices.
good feeders and Is apparently willing to
pay the prices for that kind, at least, the
market for all desirable grades has been
strong all the week. on the other hand
and inferior grades Of stockers and feeders
fail to get them off very rapidly and the
market on that kind has been slow from
day TO day. Still there has been no very
great change in prices as they were low
to begin with.
HOGs-Hogs were NC higher this morn
ing than yesterdays general market Some
OF the big heavy hogs did not look very
other hand, some Of the best light and
butcher weights may possibly have been as
much as &c higher in spots, Stu the gen
eral maTkot, as noted above, could hardly
be called better than 21kc higher While
the trade was not particularly active there
was a fair demand and the most OF the
arrivals changed hands in fair season.
] the great big buk of al the hogs sold at
/ 36.O7Izl56l5, az against S8.O5d6,i0 yesterday.
! a few loads Of light hogs sold up to 81. IA,
as against 81. 20, the top yesterday,
| The receipts Of hogs this week show a
| large gain over last week, but falling of
! as compared with a year ago Of about 1000
| head. Tho market for the week has had
both ups and downs, ~, AZ the begln!ning
Tuesday and Wednesday prices broke ably.
/ During the last two days there has been
/ a slight reaction, so that the week closes
with the market on an average only about
SC lower than the close Of last week.
/ Representative sales: