Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-14
Sunday,
Inc ulsp0sitlon OF the days receipts were
as follows. EACH buying purchasing the
of head indicated:

h 40 E.SHS
CATTEE-There was nothing out of the
ordinary doing in the cattle division today,
II being practically a holiday, as usual on
punches OF cattle, but not enough of any
thing to interest buyers or make airy show
ing on Inc market whatever. The receipts
for the week have been very liberal, al
though falling short of last weeks total
by about 1900 head and a still larger de-
crease as compared with a year ago. The
market as a whole has been In a good,
healthy condition, throughout the week.
The supply Of beef steers has consisted
very largely Of grassers from the range,
which have been in very good demand
throughout the week, with a tendency to-
ward firmness in. values. At the close OF
the week II is safe to quote an advance Of
1OGl5c on the general run of range beef.
On the other hand. coru.fed cattle have not
been so much sought after. There seemed
to be a demand for a few cattle of that de-
scrlption every day but buyers have be n
inclined to give the preference TO the
grassers, with the result that when the re-
ceipts Of corn-fedsG became considerably
larger the middle of the week. the trade
was pretty dull and prices very uneven.
Still as high as $3.50 was paid for the best
cattle. So long as ~ra1lge&attle are coming
as good asyRt p~resentAf& only natural that
buyers should Prefer them to the higher
Cows and hsifers hhyepobeen pretty good
sellers alf the week. ana they, too, have
than last week. As a. Halter q fact etst tke
market yesterday was very slow and dull.
but no more 50 than y liable to be the cas-.
- Ff.L -Ih1 ibhE Oh mat uhN
could hardly be taken as a criterion for the
market asa whole. Buyers have eppa-
a s1thGyIS 1ad use for ,syeEg'Hing eomihs' and
been very liberal, the yards have been kept
The market on st6cksrs and feeders has
shown more life this week than any time
hso far this season, .Fleshy feeders, we'll
bred and Of good quality, nave been good
close, when the market Is generally quoted
lgaloc higher than one week ago. Light
and inferior grades, while not showing so
much advance, have, nevertheless. sold TO
fairly good advantage. and at the close OF
the week are fully steady. While a good
eeiyed during the week, the country has
Fbought freely, and at the close the yard
are practically cleared, fewer cattle being
number OF weeks back. In fact, the mar
ket Is closing in as healthy a condition as
could well be imagined.
Quotations on cattle: Good TO choice
corn-fed steers, $6.OdT.50; fair to good
corn-fed steers, S.599i40; common 10 fair
%corn-fed steers, s4OoG665; good to choice
range steers, A.S0d5:5o; fair TO good range
steers, S4:25G4@; common TO fair range
steers, S3.5Od4.25; good-to choice cows and
heifers, S:6oq425; fair to good cows and
and heifers. g. S43.OO; good to choice stock
ers and feeders. s425u4.S0; fair to good
stockers and feeders, <S.769425; common
to fair stockers II feeders, g. 1908. IS;
stock heifers, $275a325.
HOGS-There seemed 10 be a better feel
ing in the hog trade this morning and
prices generally looked about &c higher
than yesterdays average. There was q
little more life to the trade, shippers rs
pecially taking hold quite freely, and orac-
tically everything in sight changed hands
in good season in the morning. The most
OF the hogs sold at S6.671k06.7 70, while yes.
terday a good share OF the hogs brought
$662hq60 Good hogs sold up to 1886. as
against a top yesterday of $3.50.
Receipts Of hogs this week have been
very light, showing a large falling off as
compared with recent weeks and at the
same time a decrease; Of almost one-1ali
as compared with the corresponding week
OF last year. Under the inflence OF light
runs and a good demand, prices have grad.
ually firmed up, in spite OF the fact lhai
packers have opposed all advances 50 fni
~ spite q al oposs'Ih' nov,
Is iVel244c higher tnaR it was at the Gloss
of last week.
Representative sales.