Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

CATTLE-There were only a few scatter
Ing little lots OF cattle in the yards TINS
morning and not enough Of any one kind
to make a market. For the week the re-
ceipts have shown a large gain over last
week, but are only about on a par with the
same week last year. The arrivals have
consisted very largely of rangers.
Tbs market on the best grades of well,
finished beef steers has been in a good
healthy condition all the week and at the
close the market is II anything a little
stronger than a week ago: As hign as
steers, this being the highest price touched
since september OF last year. Common and
inferior grades of cornfed steers have been
rather uneven sellers, as they come into
direct competition with the better class of
range steers and buyers appear to prefer
the latter. Hence, as usual at this season
Of the year, inferior kinds of cornted cattle
are very liable to meet with poor sale.
Range beeves have sold freely all the week
and While prices were a little easier at the
beginning they are fully steady or strong
as compared with the close Of last week.
good demand for COWS and heifers, and as
a result the market has been in a good
healthy condition. At the close OF the week
than at the close OF last week.
The trade in stockers and feeders has
been fairly satisfactory this week. The best
heavy feeders nave sold lOQl5c higher, while
the lighter weights have been fully steady.
" hile the country does not appear anxious
for very high-priced cattle, still there has
been a fair clearance all along the line.
Quotations on cattle: Good to choice
cornfed steers, $G.9Vg7.25; fair TO good corn
fed steers, So. S0q6.90; common TO fair corn
fed steers, 15.OO16. 80; good to choice range
steers, S5.0O15. so; fair 10 good range steers,
A.5Oq6.O; common TO fair range steers,
S3.75q45O; good to choice cows and heifers,
S4.O0g5.2 rs; fair to good cows and heifers,
$3.2544O0; common to fair cow and heif-
eTs, $L75Q3,25; good to choice stockers and
feeders, SA26G6.65; fair to good stockers and
feeders, SS. 15Q4.S5: common 10 fair stockers
and feeders, SS.009S, 70; stock heiters, 81. $50
! z hOs VHal calves a. bO17 90. hnllR RTaEa-
etc, $2.7544.75.
HOGS-Ih hog market taken as a whole
did not show very Inuch change today and
packers, as a RUE, were quoting their pur-
chases as about STEADY with yesterday. On
the other hand, there was quite a little
change as REGARDS the way different
weights were selnng, Thus light hogs com.
manded steady TO strong prices, the best
light hogs selling largely at $7.0 and or
up as high as 500, with light mixed loads
around $L45q76O. On the otner HAND, heavy
hogs were generally as much as &c lower
mixed LOADS of decent quality selling
around N.5oG7.W and with neavy packers
around tl.25g7.S. Old packing sows wer'
very much neglected and were slow sell,
ers at any price, as low as 800 being bic
for some old PETERS that no one seemed tC
want. 1t will be noted from this that tn,
spread between heavy and light hogs waI
somewhat wider today, the tendency Of thu
lights being upward and OF the heavy
active at current prices and pretty much
everything had changed hands By 10 o'clocl
in the morning.
The receipts of hogs this week, while
showing a gain of about 200 head as com
pared with last week, show a falling off OF
about 1900 head, as compared with the sam,
week last year. The market started out a
the beginning of the week with a sharI
decline and prices broke down tho frs
three days, reaching the lowest point o
the week on Wednesday, when the marke
was close 70 26c lower on an average thar
II was at the close Of the previous week
Since Wednesday there has been consider
able Improvement so that at the close o
the week the average market is only abou
loo lower than on last Saturday, The tor
however, is Doc lower. The decline for IN,
week has been most noticeable on tn
heavy hogs. Thu on last Saturday ligh
hogs sold largely at H.60d76 %, about wher
the best OF them sold today. On the othe
at S7.60a7.55, with only one load as low a
/ 81 10.