Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

CATTLE-There were no cattle OF any
consequence in sight this morning and
make a market. For the week the receipts,
while showing a very heavy falling off as
compared with last weeks extremely heavy
cent weeks, but quite a little larger than
for the same week a year ago. The pro-
portion Of good fat steers arriving has been
large and the quality OF the cattle good.
Beef steers have been in pretty. good de-
mand and prices were quoted higher every
Gay until until Thu asi o,t ana ID sT,saS' ti whe an
the close of the week all desirable kinds
of beef steers are around 20q25c higher
The trade has been in a good healthy con-
dition and generally satisfactory 70 the
sellers. The highest price paid for fun
loads was 81. SO, although scattering sales
Of a few head have been made above that
figure. 5tlos seq,
,, Cows ar and dri nei FER gradually I'D %ays f h1S Sb, HD
the feeling was not as strong toward the
close prices nevertheless are safely 15q2c
higher than at last weeks close.
Only a few weighty feeders have arrived
this week, but the few coming have sold
generally to good advantage at prices that
lave not shown very much change from
day to day. On the other hand, light stock
ers have been a drug on the market and
at the close of the week they are safely 40
450c lower han they were at the best time
the middle Of last week. The cause for
the severe break in stockers was the dry
Of tributary territory. The liberal rainfall
of the last twenty-four hours ought to
have a tendency to improve the demand Tor
this class of cattle.
cornfed steers, $6,50Q6. 80; fair to good corn
fed steers, $6.00Q65 so; common to fair corn
fed steers, $5.O0Q6.00i good to choice COWS
and heifers, S5,50Q6.25 fair to good cows
and heifers, $4,50Q5.50; common TO fair
COWS and heifers, $2.5044.50 good to choice
stookers and feeders, S490Q6.6oi fair to
good stockers and feeders, g; COM
mon to fair stockers and feeders, S3.OOQ4.00;
stock heifers, $500. 40; veal calves, A.Oo9
HOGS-PTices this morning looked DC
higher so far as the desirable weighty
loads, at least, were concerned. Light hogs
and butcher weights did not, In a good
ment, and trashy, light loads were slow
sale, not being sought after to any great
extent. Some were dividing 1t about this
way; 230-pound hogs and heavier, fully DC
higher; under 230 pounds, not much i'm
provement. The trade was fairly active
when once under way and most of the hogs
sold In good season. A very liberal pro-
portion sold inside the range of $70097.25
and on up as high as $40, this top being
Be higher than yesterday.
The receipts OF hogs this week have
shown a considerable falling off, there
being a decrease OF over 10000 head as COM
pared with last week and over 10000 head
as compared with two weeks ago. There is
q shortage of over 1000 head as compared
with a year ago. The market during the
week has had u general upward tendency,
prices gradually working upward and at
the close they are around lVQl5c higher
than one week ago. The high point was
touched today, when hogs sold up TO 81. 40,
the highest price paid on this market since
March, 1903, when S75 was reached. With
that exception the market is now the high
est that II has been since 1902. when as
high as $8.6 was reached.
RaDraEaOfatfUa Ralags