Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-20
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DISPOSITION.
Cattle. Hogs

CATTLE-Receipt of cattle were very
nght this morning, only one car being
fepoIleu IN This brings the total receipts
Tor the week very close to p 900 head, a
slsnt railing off as compared with last
week and year ago.
Receipts the beginning of the woek were
very heavy and on Monday and Tuesday
the market on beef steers broke quite
Sharply. AS receipts let up during the two
uays following prices recovered a good
snare of the loss, so that at the close OF
the week the market at the worst could not
be quoted more than weak to 1Oc lower as
compared with last weeks close Some
would not admit even that much decline
one very choice bunch Of cattle arrived
Whlch sold up to $780, the highest price of
Cows and heifers did not show so much
oecline as beef steers during the early part
OF the week, so that at the close they are
practically steady with one week ago The
demand has been very good for COW stuff
throughout the week and the trade i'm a
good healthy condition. Veal calves have
solo well throughout the week, but they
are around 25c lower than last week Bulls
and stays have also eased off little
Stockers and feeders have been in fair
demand although the volume of business
doing has not been very large. The So
called green cattle that have had no
corn or other feed have commanded steady
prices all the week and as high as Sc 10 was
PAID Tor best westerns. On the other hand
the medium and common grades of both
stock cattle and warmed-up feeders had q
lower for the week.
quotations on cattle. Coco 20 cholce
beer steers S. lOq6.S5; fair TO good beef
steers, S5.0Oq6lO; common to fair beef
steers, A75a5,70; good to choice cows. and
heners. S4iUq6.5O: tair 10 good cowsi and
heifers; SASo14 20: common to fair cows
and heifers, $3.OOd4.30: good to choice stock
ers and feeders, $5.5Oa5gO fair to good
| stockers ana feeders. 50 V0lg5 50; common IN
tair stockeTs and feeders, A2OG5OO: stock
| heiters, S.76q450; veal calves, 81 .OOI7 rs:
bulls, stays etc, 4.OOd5,25.
/ HOGS-Packers claimed an. INNING In
| the hog yards this morning, the market
ruling right around 15c lower under pres
sure OF combined bearish effort Some
\ business was done early at figures nc
worse than lOgl5c lower, but values grad
| ually weakened from these declines until
/ the late trade averged a flat Zoe lower
! than bulk Of sales yesterday. Buyers for
| packing concerns were largely responsible
| for clearance, as the shipping and specu-
/ iative demand was practically dead. The
! sharp slump in general trade today Is
credited to heavy supplies at all the lead
ing slaughter points, South Omaha in
! cluded.
Long strings went at narrow spread
Of S650g6. IS, a large portion of butcher
weight offerings moving at these figures.
Heavies dropped TO S6.45 and less, and best
/ bacon animals made a top of $685., as com
pared with yesterdays high price Of Sc So
Until today the trade this week has
acted very creditsbly under very heavy
| receipts. Right around 1900 head of ami
mails arrived In all, a supply that Is larger
| by far than any weekly total since the
second week OF March, 1909. About 1900
head were credited to the six days ending
March H. two years ago. This week
run, however, includes a daily record that
is even older. Tuesdays supply OF IS IS,
head was the heaviest recorded on any
| single day since May 20 1908, when oven
1900 head were received.
Each days clearance this week has been
reasonably early and practically complete
the market changing slightly from time
to time. Today's severe break leaves
prices about 25GD9Oc lower than they, were
a week ago.
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