Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-22
The disposition of the days receipts was
as follows, each buyer purchasing the num-

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CATTLE-There were on;y a rev scat
tering punches of cattle In the yards this
morning and not enough to attract any spe-
cial attention. For the week the receipts
have been large, showing a considerable
gain over last week and a very heavy gain
over the corresponding week Of last year.
The quality Of the cattle has been none too
good, there being a large proportion Of
trashy cattle received.
Strictly good killing beeves have been ex-
tremely scarce all the week. The offerings
have consisted largely of warmed-up or half
fat steers of the kind that packers never
want when anything else is to be had. A
few pretty decent cornfeds were received and
there was one lead good enough to bring
$3.50, the high price of the month to date.
A few good range cattle also put in an APP
pearance and it may be said of desirable
beeves of all kinds that prices throughout
the week were generally steady. On the
other hand the poor condition of eastern
markets has caused a weakening In prices
on the common to medium kinds and they
are l5d25c lower for the week.
The market on cows and heifers started
out at the beginning of the week lower and
1t wound up still lower. The receipts
throughout the week were liberal, but the
main cause of weakness seemed to be the
unfavorable situation prevailing at eastern
points. Thus, while the market on most
days Of the week was reasonably active
under the influence of cree buying, the
tendency of prices has been downward and
at the close of the week even the good
kinds are fully 15425c lower and medium
grades fully z5c lower than the close OF last
week.
Good feeders nave been active sellers
throughout the week. In fact buyers have
been unable to secure as many cattle of
that description as they could have used.
Thus, trade on that kind has been active
and strong every day throughout the week.
On the other hand trashy kinds of light
been very much neglected by country buy
ers. Every one seemed to be looking for
good feeders and did not touch anything
else. The result and di not touch anything
the week stock cattle and feeders, all but
the good grades are d25c lower. More than
that during the last two or three days of
the week receivers found 1t extremely hard
work to clean them up even at owe
Quotations on cattle: Good to choice
corn-fed steers. IS. 40@7. Is; fair to good
e eorn-feS steers SIcSaS' 70; good to ohoice
range steers, A.5OQ6.4 40; fair to good range
steers. t40oG45o; common to fair range
COWS and heifeTs. S.s0a+.+O: good to choice
grass cows and hefers. $3.50d4.25; fair e
good grass GowS v aTs s nsifsrs; %-IS sssSs
S2.OOQ27 IS; good to choice stockers and feed.
ers, $4,000. 90; fair to good stockers ant
feeders. S.75d4.50; common 70 fair Ftoeker'
and feeders, S275d3.75: stock heifers, 2.25G
s2-SasSG.
HOGs-The hog market this morning wal
in the best condition tina It has been il
for sometime back. The demand was goot
and the trade active, so that practically
everything sold in good season in tn,
morning. AS a matter of course some Ugh
and inferior loads, the kin that do no
find favor in buyers eyes any day, were
little slow. Still, pretty much everything
sold to very good advantage. A consid
cradle proportion Of the hogs brought S.
@6.S5 and on up as high as $500 as agains
a top yesterday OF $3.50.
The receipts of hogs this week have bee
large, showing a decided gain over previou
weeks and at the same time an increas
OF over 1900 head as compared with tn
same week last year. Il might also b
mentioned that the receipts for the twenty
one days OF November are the largest tina
they have been for any correspondent
period in November since 1904. The mar
ket this week, while fluctuating back an
forth. closes at the high point OF the week
being on an average 71Rc higher than at IN
close OF last week and the highest Of an
day since November 10.
representative sales: