Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22
Totals.

CATTLE-Receipts OF cattle this morning
were very fair for a "Wednesday leE Cal1
being reported in. This brings the total
Tor the week to date up to ll,lVO heau' a.
against Ii, 800 last week and 1919 loL LnI
same days the week before. AS GonipaaoS
with a year ago there is a gam TINS Weeh
of over 500 mead. A very consiueldOLe
proportion of the total receipts TO-DAY con,
sisted of beef steers, the supply, OF potn
COW stuff and feeders being small More
than that the quality OF the catt,e was
good and there were a NUMBER VI w
well finished and Weishty LOADS that olui-
narily would meet with very ready saie.
AS mas been the case for some Gays PACK
TO sell. AS has been noted trequenLly ot
late, while the country demand is hot laISe,
The supply is so small mat me demand III
comparison to the receipts IS realiy very
good. Thus il happens that the trade eNe.y
day OF late has Deen quite active WIN
prices fuzzy steady In spite or the tact tuas
beef steers are such poor sellers. Anything
desirable this morning sold at an carry
nour, as high as 80. 70 being pad Tor flshl
Cows ana helfers were I'm pretty good de-
mand. there being sbme outside orders IN
addition TO what local packers lequlreu,
The result was a fairly active moVennelt
at prices that were just about steady WITH
yesterday. In fact, there was nald'y
enough change in any direction to quote
! some good COWS sold up as high as 500;
Beef steers were slow Throughout tne
day. Tidy little cattle were the pest seli-
ers, and In some cases they did not snow
so much decline. being around Sql0e lower
Big heavy cattle, even OF very good quauty,
were extremely slow and were neglected
throughout the entire session Ihey we're
safely lO6l5c lower. Tn market on beef
steers might be summed up as right around
a quarter lower for the t%9 aays, hs6n S
heavy steers the most.
Quotations on cattle: Good TO choice
cornfed steers, s.. 90q6. 40; fair TO good corn
fed steers, S.5Oq5,S; common to lair corn
fed steers, A.50Q5.50; good to choice cows
and heifers. =. 75qS.50i fair to good cows
and heifers, 3.S5a4. IS; common to fair
] ,puta and hpifprS ~ H1n3 s1. stock hHiferS,
t3.OOQ425; veal calves, S.25q6I5; bulls,
stays. etc. 50, 00Q4.9O; good 10 choice stock.
stockers snJ feeders, A.OOq4.5O; comnon to
fair stocNsrs aud feeders. S.25q4.O.
H~OGS-Heavy nogs sold this morning at
fully steady prices and, while the market
a fair movement and the most OF
the desirable heavy hogs changed
hands In good season in the mora
ing. The tact was that the best
heavy hogs, If anything, looked a little
stronger than yesterday and packers were
generally quoting their good heavies as
costing more than yesterday, largely for
the reason that there was a larger portion
of sales at $40 and above. Phe mixed
loads OF good quality and pretty fair
weights commanded about steady prices.
However. 10 there were very many light
hoks on them they were slow and nard 10
move. with prices, IL anything, a little
The market on light hogs was in about
the same condition as yesterday. hat is
IL was very slow and dull throughout the
entire session, The prices paid were a
little lower than yesterday morning. but
not very much different from Yesterday
extreme weak close. Light hogs were the
last TO sell and IL was late before a clear
ance was effected.
SHEEP-Ihe bottom literally fell out OF
the sheep market this morning. Prices on
both sheep and lambs suffered declines OF
lOql6c at the opening. Receipts were only
moderate, about twenty cars IN all, and the
quality was pretty good on the average
Even at the decline buyers did not appear
to care for supplies ana the trade through
out was very slow and dull. one salesman
sized up the situation about correctly wheL
lie said, They are Swimming the cream
off OF receipts and leaving the poorel
quality alone" Packers have the long enc
OF the deal this morning and II looks like
they intend TO make the most of theil
opportunity.
The reason for the decline in values wal
generally attributed 10 lower eastern ad
vices. Talent as a rule seemed TO thinl
that Omaha values Of late have been al
together too high as compared with tn'
bulk of prices at other points, This eN
plains In a larger measure, perhais, IN
pruning of the price list this morning.
Quotations on sheep and lambs; Goo
TO choice lambs, S7.40a7. 80; tair TO goo
lambs, 81, 2Q1 40; good TO choice light year
lings, S6.Sa7.25; good TO choice heavy year
lings, $6.50Q6,S5; good TO choice wetheTs
81. OOq6. 70; fair to good wethers, s.. l5p5.W
good to choice ewes, S7545.OO; TAI
to good ewes, S5.5q5.75; culls and bucks
S2.O0q 100.