Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-15

CATTLE-Receipts or cattle this morn
ing, as usual on a Friday, were rather
light, only ninety-four cars being reported
in. The total for the week to date foots
up $4,000 head. a falling off of over 500
head, as compared with last week. but a
slight gain over the previous week and
over the same week a year ago.
The market on beef steers was devoid of
any especially new or interesting features.
Heavy cattle did not move off any too
freely, but still pretty much everything
changed hands in fair season in the morn
ing at just about steady prices. Good
lcads of steers sold up as high as $3.50.
Toward the close, after the more urgent
orders had. been filled, the market eased
off on beef steers, becoming generally l0c
lower than yesterday. The feeling at the
last was both dull and weak.
Cows and heifers also commanded about
steady prices. and the trade on that kind
of cattle was sufficiently active to effect
a reasonably eerly clearance.
There were very few stockers or feeders
in the yards in first hands. The feeling
was about steady on good weighty cattle,
but the market on light stockers, as noted
yesterday, is very much demoralized and
around SOC lower than it was the middle
OF last week
Quotations on cattle: Good to choice
cornfed steers, Sc. 5Oa6. 80; fair to good corn
fed steers, $6.00Q6.50; common to fair corn
fed steers, s .00a60 90; good to choice cows
and heifers, A.50Q5. so; common TO fair
COWS and heifers, $2.5064. so; good TO choice
stockers and feeders, S.SOq6.5 90; fair to
good stockers and feeders, $4,000. 80; com
mon to fair stockers and feeders, $3.O0a4.0O;
stock helfers. 81 .25Q4.40; veal calves, A.OOq
100; bulls, stays etc. ss2Sq6.0.
Representative sales:
HOGS-Hogs sold strong to sc higher this
morning but the advance was uneven.
Thus good heavy hogs in many cases sold
fully &c higher while lighter and butcher
weight hogs did not show in all cases as
much advance. In fact there were cases
where hogs that did not especially appeal
TO the buyer had to sell at prices that did
not look much II any better than steady
with yesterday. The trade was not very
active at the advance, packers being back
ward about putting on while statesmen
worked hard TO force the market upward.
Still the big bulk Of the hogs changed
hands in good season, going largely at
S6.9Od7.25 and on up as high as SS for the
best heavy. Today's top price is the
highest so far this season and the highest
Of any year since March 1893 when $40
was paid.
sHEEP-The packers had their inning
this morning in the sheep barn and played
their little game in errorless style. Even
with light receipts they were able to force
a decline OF l5d25c on wooded lambs.
this morning at 800, a full quarter
decline.
There were practically no shorn supplies
on sale and as a result prices on clippers
are q%uotably unchanged. Sheep values In
the wooded department as we'll suffered no
actual decline for the same reason.
Inc ltdut was SlbW HlNOuA Nht
session, a number Of cars of stale supplies
making II easier for the packer to prune
values.
This mornings developments are in a
large measure the logical result Of over
inflated live mutton values. A local sales
man sized UP the situation in this manner
THE limit was reached and passed a
couple Of days ago. although nobody
seemed to realize 1t at the time. Omaha
has been following too close at the heels
OF Chicago to put the market on a per
msnent basis. This mornings slaughter OF
values was only logical, The sheep market
like water. will eventually finds Its natural
level"
Limited receipts today makes Il exceed
ingly difficult to accurately call the ex-
tent Of the decline. especially on sheep,
both clipped and wopled.
Quotations on clipped sheep and lambs
Good TO choice lambs. N.70ds.a 20; Fair Ia
good lambs, S7.O0Q77O Good to choice light
Wigs. S25d5.75; Good to choice heavy ylgs
IS 766625: Good to choice wethers. $500
$40: Fair 10 good wethers. 35.5Od5.SO; Good
TO choice ewes, S.75d625: Fair To good
ewes. IS 2d5,7b; Culls and bucks, S2Ood6.0
Quotations on wooded lambs: Good IA
choice lambs. &.60q9.l0; Fair to good
lambs. $S0OGS.6O.