Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27

ceipts this week have been the smallest Of
any time since the last week In December.
The demand. however. has not been overly
large, so that receipts have been sufficient
to meet the requirements Of buyers.
The market on light weight cattle OF
good quality has been active all the week
and everything Of that description has met
with very ready sale on most days. Prices
on these light weight cattle are at the
close OF the week 15n25c higher than they
were one week ago, values having grad
ually strengthened ~. on the other hand,
heavy cattle, even those Of very good quail
ity. have been slow sellers every day, being
more or less neglected. Buyers apparently
have not had use for these heavy weights,
and on account OF the light demand prices
have remained only about stationary. II
any advance has taken place il has GER
tainly been small. The extremely hot
weather at eastern consuming points this
week has had the natural effect OF reduc-
ing the demand for beef. At the same time
cheap southern grass cattle are to a con-
siderable extent taking the place Of the
more expensive cornfed steers.
- The market on cows and heifers has
been in pretty good condition all the week.
That Is, the demand every day has been
quite brisk for desirable killers, both corn
fed and CRASHED cattle. and with receipts
moderate, prices have gradually tended up
ward. Thus at the close Of the week the
market is safely 15Q25c higher than one
week ago. Common and inferior grades
and canne stock have not shown much
change.
stockers and feeders nave been in very
light supply all the week. In fact, ar
rivals have been so small that IT has been
no easy matter to keep close tab on the
market. The few cattle arriving have gem
orally met with quite ready sale, but prices
have not shown much change, and at the
close of the week the market can hardly
be quoted as other than steady with the
previous week. At the same time, the de-
mand for common, light and medium steers
is so uncertain that II is hard to say just
where they would sell.
Quotations on cattle: Good to choice
corn-fed steers, Sc. 4O66 10; fair to good
coru-fed steers. 81. 0066. 40: common to fair
corn-fed steers, .00d6 90; good to choice
corn-fed cows and heifers, .S.Wq5;S1i talr
to good COWS and heifers, So. 1906 90; com
mon to fair cows and heifers, 2.Wq %;
stock heifers, $.250l.0O; veal calves, "a cog
Z .00i bulls, stays, etc, $500 20 good. to
choice stockers and feeders, A.25q5. 500 fair
20 good stockers and feeders. S3.75q4. 20
common to fair stockers and feeders. $500
@3.75.
HoGs-Priees in the hog yards this
morning looked 5Q1oc higher, and while
the trade was at no time very active pretty
much everything changed hands In very
fair season. shippers as usual paid good
prices for the kinds that they could use
and packers cleaned up the remainder. a
considerable proportion Of all the hogs sold
at s.. 50d7.65 and on up as high as S.Uts
for the best heavy weights,
For the week receipts show a large gain
over the previous week, although smaller
than two weeks ago. AS compared with
It will be remembered that the market
began breaking on Tuesday and during the
next two days prices declined very sharply
reaching the lowest point touched In a
ton of yesterday and today, while wiping
out a good share of the decline. still leaves
the market around 1oc lower than it wa
one week ago.
Representative sales: