Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-26
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..


CATTI, F-There were only rev Cdttle
here today and there was nothing Oh any
consequence on sale in fact not enough 70
make market The receipts Tor tne "eeh
though very much smaller than Tor pre-
vious weeks, We're neyertheel.ebs abovina
a total of 1880 head, as aBalhst LEW
head for the same week year ago,
During the first half Of the week uilHel
the influence of moderate reoeipts anu q
very fair buying demand beef cattle OF al
kinds showed sharp advance. In IllHlIS
cases sales were quoted on WEDNESDAY ~
much as Csc higher than the close OL tie
previous week. Later in the week. as tne
market came more and more under tne IN !,
fluence of the holiday season the qelll a,I,,
fell off and as receipts unfortunately con-
tinued very fair the market slumpeo Oh.
All the advance Of the early part Oh we
week was lost, so that at the CLOSE Nai tSo
are only about where they were AZ '4e
Cows and heifers advanced rapidly. dur
ing the first half Of the week, put On
wiping out in the two days all the gam
that had been mace At the close they too
are only about steady with one week ago.
where they were at last weeks close.
Very few feeders arrived during tn ing
week, but there was a very Ialr ueiitoii S
and everything in sight met with very
ready sale al strong prices every day. In
fact the market, IL anything nrmed up .
little from day to day, and at the close
of the week the desirable KINDS are quOVe"
iOal5c higher than one week ago T..
Quotations on native cattle: Good to
choice beef steers, $6.OOQ675; fair TO gooo
beef steers, S.. 259600; common to lalr pesi
steers. $425Q5 rs; good to choice cows snS
heifers, N75Gy5.40; fair to GOOD cows anu
heifers So 65d4.75; common to fair COWS ana
heifers, S2O0Q3.65; good to choice stockers
and feeders, S4.50d56O; fair to good STOCK
ers and feeders, $S.S0lD450; common 10 IalI
stoekers and feeders; SS;ZoGSSSS55 EoS SSo S1
heifers, S3OOQ4.l5; veal calves $S'oVgS'VV'
bulls. stays etc, $3.3OqA9O.
Quotations on range catte: Choice 70
prime beeves, S5.30lD560; good to cholce
beeves S5.0Oq52; fair to good DeeNes, 9a -.
d49O; common to fair beeyes, S6,to94.4V'
choice cows S4.50450O; fair to good cows
g. OO; Gamers, S2.7GQ3.50.
HOGS-Hogs opened 6qlOo mgher thlH
morning. AS has been the case every
morning for some time back the demand
and they sold pretty generally lOo higher
than Yesterday Still, heavy hogs showed
a good advance and the early arrivals were
soon disposed Of A train that arrived az
could be unloaded, the market, II anything
being q little stronger even that carry
pretty much everything showing an al
vance of lOc. .--o~,-o "a -.
Heavy hogs sold largely at $I,o9q 100, an! snc
the mixed loads of light and medium
weight around $7,60d7l0, with good light.
/ ranging from $40 all the way up to S.S
| for the best. The latter price was the TOT
! for the day and for the month so far.
] While receipts of hogs this week have
not been quite up to last weeks RECORD
| In point of numbers they have been large
! than for the same week last year by 100
head The market during the week hai
iumped up and down, but the ups have hat
the best Of II. At the close OF the weel
| the general market is fully l5c highe
than il was at the close OF last week, anC
| the highest that II has been any time sine
the middle of November.