Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14

The disposition of the days receipts was
as follows, each buyer purchasing the num-
hnr nf hand indinnfnd.
Cattle. Hogs. Sheen
Totals. 1871 9,612

CATTLE-There were no fresh receipts
OF cattle today of any consequence, only
a rev head being reported in and not
enough to interest buyers or make any
semblance of a market. For the week
receipts have been very large, showing
not only a heavy gain over last week,
but a still heavier gain over the corre-
spending week of last year. The quality
Of the arrivals has been very fair for
this year, there being quite a good many
pretty decent killers among the arrivals.
The week started out with a very active
demand for good killing cattle and beef
steers advanced quite sharply, prices being
most decidedly higher on Tuesday, which
proved to be the high day for the week.
From that time until the close values
eased off a little, but still at the close OF
the week most operators on the market
are quoting beef steers right around 10c
higher and the feeling on the market good.
The market on cows and heifers under
went about the same change as beef steers.
the demand being especially good during
the first two days of the week, when
on the market eased off somewhat, but
at the close of the week prices can still
be quoted 10d15c higher.
The volume OF business in stockers and
Feeders could not be expected to be very
large at this season of the year and under
prevailing conditions. Nevertheless there
has been a pretty fair demand all the
week for desirable cattle of that descrip-
ton and in consequence of this prices have
firmed up to such an extent that they
too, can safely be quoted 10q15c higher
Nlah last WtSA > CiObt.
Taking into account the large receipts
this week, the market can hardly be re-
garded as other than very satisfactory
from start to finish.
Cattle quotations.: Good to choice corn
fed beef steers, S6.25n6 60; fair to good corn.
fed beef steers, S.75d6. %; common TO fair
choice cows and heifers, $4.75d5.5O fair to
good COWS and heifers, 49, 7014 Is: common
to fair cows and h~eifers, 50. 2563. 70: stock
heifers, SS.OO@4.25; veal calves, sS.5O@75 30;
| hD1lg CfaUo afn 90 TEmA or. r.17 - ,lAga1
stockers and feeders. A.5075 a.; fair to
good stockers and feeders, $4.OO14.hO: com-
mon to fair stockers and feeders. 81. 2564.O0
HOGS-Hogs sold steady to &c lower this
morning, and while the trade was not es-
pecially active, 1t was sufficiently so to
erect a clearance of the big bulk of the
receipts by 10 o'clock in the morning. The
prices paid were uneven. buyers being in
most cases rather bearish in their views
and while they paid In some cases fully
steady prices for hogs that looked good to
them, In other cases it was impossible tC
get within DC as much as the same kind OF
hogs brought yesterday. Toward the close,
after the more urgent orders were filled
the trade eased off. closing slow and weak
A good many of the hogs, as will be
noted from the sales, brought $6S5q6.60
put good hogs sold on up as high as $6.D
IL Will be remembered that the top yester-
day was S6.721h.
Receipts of hogs this week have beer
very large, showing heavy gains over al
recent weeks as we'll as an increase OF
close to 5000 over the corresponding week
a year ago. In spite OF the fact that re-
ceipts have been so large the market, a.
a whole has been very good. The week
started out with a sensational advance
prices on Monday being quoted 10d16C
higher, but as a matter Of fact averaging
over lSc higher. On Tuesday there was an
advance on an average OF S14c. That proved
20 be the high point OF the week and during
the next two days there was a decline OF
l5c. A part OF this was recovered yesterday
so that, after allowing for the weakness
today, the market is still l6c higher on ar
average than It was on Saturday a week
ago.