Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01
Total receints -. p
The disposition of the days receipts was
as follows. each buyer purchasing the num-
Der of head indicated:


was nothing IN the
yards to make a market today and re-
ceipts have been very light all the week.
The total, as will be noted from the table
above, has been a little more than half as
large as last weeks large receipts and
very much smaller than a year ago. The
arrivals have consisted almost entirely OF
Not enough cornfed steers have put in
an appearance this week to make a test
sold quite readily at very satisfactory
figures. The fact is receipts of rangers
have been free sellers throughout the week
packers have been forced to pay more at
tention to cornfeds. There was a fair de-
mand for desirable range beef and the
the close of last week so far as the better
grades are concerned. This, however. does
not any more than make up for the de-
cline last week. Common and inferior
grades have been slow sale all the week.
The better grades of cows and helfers
and prices on such are safely ac higher
than last weeks close. This practically
wipes out the decline Of last week. On the
other hands Gamers and all inferior kinds
Of COW stuff have been slow sellers, with
very little Improvement in prices. The life
and activity which has characterized the
Gamer trade for some weeks back has to
a great extent disappeared. The tendency
at the present time is to widen the range
between common Gamers and good TO
choice killers.
stockers and feeders were very active
sellers during the early part of the week
and prices advanced sharply. At the close
some little weakness has been developed,
as Is very apt to be the case at the end Of
the week in that branch OF the trade. Still
prices are safely 15q25c higher than the
low point last week.
Quotations on cattle: Good to choice
cornfed steers, S6.25q7.OO: fair to good corn
fed steers, $.5OQ6.25; common to fair corn
fed steers, A.00q5.50; good to choice range
steers, $4.4045. 25; fair to good range steers.
$3.S094 40; common to fair range steers,
S.00qS.S0; good to choice cornfed cows and
heifers, $3.b0q4.25; good to choice grass cows
and heifers, S.. 20437 70; fair to good grass
COWS and heifers, 81. 50@3. 90; common to fair
grass cows and heifers, 81. 75d2.50; good to
choice stcckers and feeders, $4.25d5.00, fair
to good stockers and feeders, S3.5G44.25;
common to fair stockers and feeders, &.bO9
$50; stock heifers, S2.25Q325; veal calves,
81 5 20; bulls, stays, etc, S2.0Oq3.OO.
HOGS-Receipts of hogs were very small
again this morning, and as the demand
was good, pretty much everything changed
hands In very good season. Under the In
fluence of free buying, especially on the
part of shippers, the market advanced so
lOc over yesterday. A good share of the
hogs sold at S.65q5.75, and on up as high as
$3.50.
While prices have fluctuated back and
forth to some little extent this week, the
general tendency has been higher and the
prices paid today were generally SOC bet
ter than last week. In fact. the market
today is at the highest point touched since
October 70, when hogs sold on an average
at 1913. Receipts throughout the week have
been extremely light. although a few hun
dred larger than last week.
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