Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-13

CATTLE-Only two cars of cattle were
there was the usual ssi,,rdsv's hoiidav in
the cattle division.
The receipts this week have been very
pared with last week and a stiil heavier
decrease as compared with year ago:
While there has been a sprinkling OF all
kinds of cattle corn-fed beeves have been
in the majority, constituting a very large
proportion of the total arrivals. As the
season advances the quality of the cattle
cattle have been seen in the yards of late
than was the case a few weeks ago.
The week started out with a big boom In
beef steer prices. The market on Monday
was not only decidedly higher, but was
very active. II appeared later on in the
week. however, that the buying strength
was pretty well exhausted on Monday.
From that day on prices tended steadily
downward, so that all the advance vas
throughout the the week was t the best for The
light and medium weight steers of good
quality, and at the close of the week they
are not very much different as regards
price from what they were one week ago.
On the other hand a decrease in the de-
mand for shipping and export account
neglected, with the result that they not
only lost all Of the advance OF Monday,
but at the close of the week are 1OGll5c
lower than one week ago.
Receipts of cows and heifers were very
moderate all the week, there being no sur.
s I GOOD Um any Rsqs Spe SOFA resv q me-
change in prices, the market at the close
Of the week being about where 1t was one
week ago.
The demand for stockers and feeders
was disappointing all the week The re-
suit was that the trade lacked snap and
still prices far as the good kinds were
concerned did not show very much change.
Light stock cattle were extremely hard to
move all the week and in consequence the
feeling was weak on anything Of that de-
Quotations on cattle: Good to choice
corn-fed steers, s6&q6.S5; fair TO good
corn-fed steers $5.O0d6 al; good to choice
cows pnd heifers, IS. fair to good
cows and heifers. $S.764465: common to
choice stockers and feeders, Sl.75d5.2: fair
to good stockers and feeder1, $400634 70
common to fair stockers and feeders, t3.0o
d400.
HoGs-Hogs opened fully SC higher this
morning, with shippers very free buyers.
but with some Of the packers at least hold
ing back. The big bulk OF the desirable
loads, that il the kind that shippers could
use. changed hands in good season in the
morning at the advance noted. Such hogs
sold largely at D.T0q6.B and on up to
that yesterday the bulk of the hogs went
at So. .65Q6.70, with the long string at 1856
and the top at S.7. As shippers filled
their orders and dropped out, the market
eased off. closing with the most OF the ad-
vance being pretty well wiped out. II
would be well for shippers to take note of
the way extra hedVy hoBb are benlnB' Buy
ers at this point do not seem to care for
hogs of excessive weights, weighing around
500 pounds, and such are very much
neglected Some hogs of that description,
although OF pretty good quality, had to sell
as low as $6.26 this morning, or SOC under
the market for regular weights.
The receipts of hogs this week, while
showing a gain over last week, are still
short of the record OF year ago. Prices
have fluctuated back and forth with con
siderable rapidity. Thus the week started
out with good, sharp advance, but on
Wednesday prices started downward,
reaching the low point on Friday. To-day 8
advance leaves the market just about
where Il was at the close of last week