Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-26

CATTLE-Receipts OF cattle, as usual on
Q Saturday, were very light, there MOI
being enough to make a market. The total
for the week has also been very small as
compared with last weeks heavy receipts,
but at the same time II has been about. on
a par with previous weeks and consider
ably in excess OF the record made . year
The market on beef steers attracted most
attention during the week. Receipts Of that
the total receipts and the quality was gen
orally pretty good, that Is there were q
good many loads Of very we'll finished
weighty beeves. The market was not at
all to the liking Of sellers. On Tuesday and
Wednesday II slumped badly, being quoted
on the latter day right around &c lower.
bearing out the statement already made IN
these columns that business conditions In
the east are such that the consuming de-
manG calls for cheap rather than expensive
meats. Naturally enough the fair 70 ms
dunn light weight. cattle were In better
request than the heavy cattle and suffered
the least decline. On Thursday and Friday
points were very light. with the result that
prices recovered VEN, rapidly a good shar
close is far from good, the opinion being
that the advance OF the last two days was
due entirely to the very light runs rather
tina to any improved condition in the de-
mand. Operators on the market are afraid
Of the results Of continued heavy runs and
are generally advising their friends TO go
l SLOW In marketing cattle.
Cow and heifers we're in good demand
all the week and they generally COM
manded steady prices, being at the close
OF the week fully as high as they were
one week ago. This again bears out the
assertion that it IL the cheap meat that
buyers are ciamorins for rather than the
stockers and feeders commanded steady
TO stronger prices, the market reaching the
highest Point Of the season this week. A.
| Wyomings.
Quotations on cattle; Good to ehoies
| cornfed steers, s6.0OQs,50; fair 70 good corn.
fed steers, S.5oa6,oo; common to fair corn.
and Seifers' M.fNEaS.sc; fair 70 sood cow.
cows . a snd 6eifs Ss'' Sss.SsSsssSS; " seSSs 10 s.lt .s,'
stSss' etc, n'ooa4tse; goa to cSoic. . eSsis
srs and feeders. A.6oge, .; fair 20 good
fuckers and fssdtrs, MSTtG; eSmmSA "a
HoGs-Hogs sold SC hisher this mornins
and what was almost equally satisfactor,
was the fact that the trade was REASONABLE
active ws At the sdy SaSs Buyer. all scenic,
packers, with the result that an early clear
ance was effected. In fact. prGcticaii
everything in the yards was sold by i
very considerable proportion of ali tn
hogs sold at &96@1.Q and on up as hiEi
as s70 for the best heavy hogs; Yesterdaj
the oulh brought only %sspLh' with tn
Today's advance makes a new high rec
ORD for this year, which also means tina
the hogs sold today at the highest poin
touched during the month of April sine
1909.
Receipts of hogs this week have bee
very liberal, showing q gain Of close
1000 head, as compared with last Weeh
and OF almost 1900 as ompane with tw
weeks ago. As compared with a year age
there Is an increase In the receipts for tn
week amounting to IB,60 head. In spite q
the very large runs, the market has bee
in satisfactory condition. During the frs
half OF the week prices were a little easieI
but during the last three days there wa
a sharp movement upward, which leave
the market today lo@a21sc higher than
was at the close OF last week.