Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-07
Total 1,AS 4,Sl

CATTLE-Receipts OF cattle were light
this morning, as usual on a trlaay' only
forty-elght cars being reported IN. For
the week to date the receipts snow a
falling orr Of over sou head as compared
with last week and of over AGO head as
compared with two weeks ago.
WHAT few beer cattle there were here
sold at good, steady prices and the offer
ings were ai picked up in good season.
rangers al $500. COWS anu helters also
commanded good, strong prices, the rev
loads OF desirable kinds selling quite
readily.
mere were only a few stockers and
feeders in first hands and, as usual the
last Of the week, they were SLOW sellers.
one thing that contributed TO The dullness
was the tact that spectators are looking
for a pretty good run the coming week ana
hence We're not overly anxious TO load up
with cattle TO-DAY that they might haVe 10
carry over SUNDAY.
The market fuI the week has been in
exceedingly gOOd condition ana all de-
sirable Kinds of cattle, both killers and
feeders, are around 2og4Oc higher than
lass week close. Common Gamer cows
and trashy cattle generally nave not
SHOWN very much change.
Quotations on cattle: Good to choice
corn-ted steers, Sb.zoq7.OO; fair to good
corn-ted steers. $O.Jyqo.2O; common to fair
corn-ted steers, good 10 choice
range steers, S4.5VaGSo 80; fair 10 good range
steers, $3.o0u4.OO; common to fair range
steers, So.VVa5.6o; good TO choice corn-fed
cows and nelters, IS. good TO cnolce
grass COWS and heifers, SS.2095.75; fair TO
good grass cows and helters, Sz.5Vda2O
common 10 fair grass COWS and helfers,
81 igq2.OO; good TO choice stocKers ana
ana feeders, SS,vUq+.0O; common TO fair
stockers and feeders, STOCK heif-
ers, &.oqS.zo; veal calves, 1Oqo.i6i bulls,
stays, etc, $2.Aoa3.20.
HOGS-A lew OF the toppy loads Of hogs
sold at pricces this morning that were very
nearly steady ~ a little easier, but the
general run Of pretty good hogs sold around
&C lower. The lighter kinds were generally
5q1Vc lower, the lighter the weights the
more decline as a general rule. The hogs
sold largely at So.Ib99.S, as against s0.boq
both days, 900. The market was not very
active at the advance, but still pretty
much everything was cleaned up in fail
season.
were again small, while the demand, espe-
cially for killers, was brisk and prices gen.
orally a little higher than yesterday. West
ern fed lambs sold up as high as $3.50, witf
western fed wethers at $3.50 and range
There were not enough feeders TO cui
much figure on the market today, bui
what there were sold in about yesterday,
notches.
The market for the week on all desIrabl,
kinds of killers Is safely 25H40c higher
Feeder sheep and lambs have been in ACTIVE
demand throughout the week and prices
have been strong every day. II will be re
membered that the market last week CLOSED
very high on feeders, so that no materia
advance has taken place on that kind thiI
week.
Quotations on sheep and lambs: Good t,
choice lambs, S5.75u6.OO; fair to good lambs
$500 IS; feeding lambs, E25a52 PSI goo
choice heavy ~yearlings, A.3q4.75; feeding
yearlings, S.75d425; good to choice wethers
S425Q4.60; fair TO good wethers. A.OO4425
feeding wethers, sS.SOqS.SO; good to choice
ewes, S375q4.O0; fair to good ewes, $3.50
3.75; feeding ewes, $2.OOd3.25; culls an,
bucks, A.OOg2S0