Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-14

a.
ILE-There were only about rouI
cars OF cattle in tn eyards this morning
which was not enough to make a market
For the week receipts have been quite lib
eral, showing a gain of over LOU heac
over last week ana being the heaviest OF
any time since three weeks ago, also fully
as large as one year ago
During the early part of the week re-
celpts were large, both here and at Other
market points and packers were able tc
force prices down to some extent heavy
beer steers being in some cases fully loo
loo lower than the previous week. During
the latter half OF the week they put OF
about what hey took off, so that at the
close the market is not very different from
what 1t was. one week ago. Handy light
cattle OF good quality are tully as high al
they were last week; II anything a LITTLE
stronger. while rough. heavy cattle might
possible be a little easier.
The market on cows and heifers has
been in fair shape all week, the demand
having been good, while receipts have beer
by no means burdensome. The demand
however, has been the most active for heit.
ers and light cows on the heifer order
Heavy and rough cows, on the other hand
have been more or less neglected, and they
are hardly as good sellers as one week ago
Veal calves have been in very active de-
mRnd throughout the week and are 25d50C
higher than last week; bulls and stags
have also shown a little Improvement.
Hardy enough stock cattle or feeders
make a market. but at the same time the
demand has been very slack, so thai
prices have not shown any improvement
On the contrary the feeling was weak anc
anything like liberal receipts would un,
doubleday have brought about a lower
range OF prices.
Quotations on Cattle - Good to choice
beef steers, $5.S0@6 10; fair TO good beef
steers, So.VO90. 90; good TO choice helfers
S6.0096,76; good to choice cows, S4.16q5.2 70
fair to good cows and heifers, 81. 2OQD4. rs
common TO fair COWS and heifers, l.75d
I15; good to choice stockers and feeders
S5.206Io.JO; fair to good stockers and feed
ers, $5.O0q5.2o; common TO fair stockers
and feeders, SA00Q5.25; stock heifers, A.2
obW; veal calves, AzS9I,W; bulls. stays
etc. Ss.7595.0O.
HOGS-No very startling changes were
made in the scale Of hog prices this morn
ing. The market opened strong on q
selling on a generally steady basis. De-
mana was at no time active and 1t re-
quired work on the part of sellers to place
offerings.
Weights held at usual spreads and
butchers made up bulk. Rough and I'M
even grades proved especially slow, but
lard offerings were not avoided where good
quality existed. Shippers operated eau
tiously, less than ten loads being sold to
speculative buyers.
Long strings ranged from $5.g0a6OO and
NEoice bacon animals reached $50 This
figure Is split nickel higher than yester-
days top, as well as CSC above the ex-
IRENE price OF a week ago.
On all days this week the hog trade has
been either steady or higher than the
previous day. Receipts of smaller volume
but still seasonably large, have had q
stimulating influence upon demand, so thai
II has not required very much effort "a
make clearances. Current prices show mel
advance OF about soc for the week
Representative sales,