Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
Sunday.

lOldlS. OH 1874 OI6
CATTLE-Receipts of cattle looked quite
large on paper this morning. but all but
two cars were feeders consigned direct to
a distillery, where they will be placed on
feed, so that there was really nothing on
sale of any consequence. The receipts this
week show a large Increase over last week,
being, with one exception, the heaviest Of
any weeks receipts so far this year. In
spite of the fact that receipts have been
very liberal the market as a whole has
been very satisfactory, with prices on all
kinds tending upward.
Range beef steers were free sellers every
day, buyers having very liberal orders and
keeping supplies well cleaned up. At the
close OF the week the market on that kind
OF cattle " safely 104l6c higher; some
would say 10920c higher than at the close
Of last week. Corn-fed steers were in light
supply all the week and very little change
took place in the market. In fact, hardly
enough corn-fed cattle are coming at the
present time to really make it possible to
quote a market. Packers seem to prefer
the cheaper range cattle and, while they
can use a few corn-feds, the demand is
not very urgent.
Cows and heifers sold freely all the week.
prices gradually firming up until at the
close the market is around 10000 higher
than last week.
Good feeders; that is. cattle having both
weight and quality and the kind that pack
ers as well as feeder buyers will bid on,
were l0G15c higher for the week. The
trade was active practically every day
there being a large attendance OF country
buyers and, though receipts were large,
the supply was kept well cleaned up. Com
mon to medium feeders, while not as free
sellers as the better grades, sold fairly
ket on the general run of stuff might be
called as much as 1Oo higher.
Quotations on cattle: Good to choice
corn-fed steers, $6.4007.S; fair to good
corn-fed steers, $5.50q6. 40; common to, faiI
corn-fed steers, H.0OQ6.50 good to choice
range steers, A.60Q6.6; fair to good range
steers, A,0oQ46O; common to fair range
steers, $3.5Q4.OO; good to choice corn-teo
cows and heifers, $275QA40; good to choice
grass cows and heifers, S.304S.S5i fair tc
mon to fair grass cows and heifers, 2.OOq
$50; good to choice stockers and feeders
A.25Q4. 20; fair to good stockers ana reed.
ers, $3.6544.25; common to fair stockers anS
feeders, $2.75QS.65; stock heifers. 2.ooqS.W
HOGS-What few finished loads there
were on sale this morning changed hands
in fair season at prices that were STEADY
to possibly a little firmer in spots. ON the
other hand the fair to pretty decent KINDS
as well as the common and inferior loads
were slow and weak to lower, the same a,
they have been on a good many days o.
late. In fact, as has been pointed out be
fore this, the market has a good dea
Of sameness about 1t in that common L
medium hogs are slow and weak almos
every day.
For the week the receipts OF hogs show
very little change as compared with re
cent weeks, but quite q little falling OF
as compared with a year ago. The marke
for the week has been very uneven, show
ing both ups and downs, with the genera
tendency downward. At the close or IN
week the average market Is about IL
lower. A feature Of the weeks trade /
the discrimination on the part of packer
against common and trashy loads an
everything that is not Thoroughly fattened
This means that the price is fixed by tn
quality while weight cuts very little figure
Representative sales: