Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

CATTLE-Rceipts today were not ldIse
enough to be Of any consequence and the
total for the week shows a heavy railing
off as compared with last weeks larst
receipts and also as compared with a yeaL
ago. At the same time other market PoinVs
have been pretty well supplied ana Ine
general tendency Of the market every
where has been lower.
At the beginning of last week IT VIII pe
remembered that prices were the hlghesI IN
the history of the trade and II was generaIly
apparent to operators that the market was
decidedly t~op-heavy. On Wednesday aIter-
noon of last week the market began oreak-
ing and the decline has continued through
the greater part Of the present WeeK'
At the close Of the week the general mar
ket is about soc lower than the high time
so far as beef steers are concerned. Ihe
hest GRADES did not show that much loss
and It would perhaps be nearer the ITutn
to quote them B5q6Oo lower with medium
kinds in some cases showing a loss OF as
much as 75o,
Cows and heifers have also suffered con-
siderable loss since the high time, ana the
market at the present time might be quoteo
around soc lower on the general run OF
pretty decent kinds with common and In
ferior grades and Gamers 76c lower and,
in some cases, as much as SlOO lower thah
the extreme high point, Veal calves have
shown little change as they have been
commanding high prices all the time, Bulls,
on the other hand, have broken fully 5Oc
and in some cases as much as Toe.
Feeders and stock cattle have suffered
in about the same proportion as have fat
cattle. being on an average about bOc lower
than the high time and in some cases
showing even more loss than that.
Quotations on cattle: Good to choice
cornfed steers. SZ.253S.1O; fair to good corn
fed steers, SO. 7567. %; common TO fair corn
fed steers, $b.76Q6. Isl good TO choice cows
and heifers, s.. 2696.25; fair to good cows
and heifers, S450q5,25 common to fair COWS
and heifers, $2.50@4.5O; good to choice
stockers and feeders, S5.75q6.60; fair to
good stockers and feeders, S5.0O95. 70; COM
mon to fair stockers and feeders, AO095.0o:
stock heifers, $S.5o04.5O; veal calves, $AVO9
8.25; bulls, stays, etc. SS75q5.75.
HOGS-The situation in the hog yards
yesterday, except that supply was even
lighter and average quality none too good.
Some early business was done at good,
strong prices, but demand was dull and
movement inactive. One or two loads kept
selling at a time, however, until practically
everything had changed hands. but later
sales were hardly better than steady, with
closing prices actually weak as compared
with yesterday. Most of the offerings went
at generally firm figures. Shipping outleV
was very limited, as has been the case all
week.
A considerable portion of receipts sold al
$40. 6al0. 60, as compared with yesterday
bulk OF $40. 5091O. 20. Tops reached SO. 50,
the same as yesterday, and a nickel lower
than the high price a week ago.
The weeks trade in hogs has not beer
very eventful. Supply shows a decrease OF
about 1900 head as compared with last
week and a 10000 decrease as compared
with the same week last year. With a
sharply restricted shipping demand pack
ers have made strong efforts to bear prices
each day and trade has been very slow
throughout. Little change has occurred in
values. however, todsy's average cost being
but slightly lower than the average cost
last Saturday.
Panreaaptaffya ga1ag.