Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-19
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CATTIE-Receipts Of cattle were very
lght TINS morning, only one car being
Ieported IN This Uiings the IUtal receipts
Tor the week very close to 2l,OOO mead, a
slight falling of as compared with last
week ana a year ago.
Receipts the beginning Of the week 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 &c lower, as
compared with last weeks, close Some
would not admit even that much decline.
one very choice bunch of cattle arrived
which sold up to $3.50. the highest price of
the year to date
COWS and heirers did not show so much
decline as beef steers during tie early part
OF the week, so that at the close they are
practically steady with one week ago. The
demand mas been very good for COW stuff
throughout the week and the trade in a
good healthy condition. Veal calves have
sold well throughout the week but thew
are around 25c lower than last week. Bulls
and stays have also eased - ntte.
Stockers and feeders have been in fair
demand, although the volume oN business
doing has not been very large The So
called green" cattle that nave had no
corn or other feed have commanded steady
prices all the week and as high as s.. 10 was
PAID Tor best westerns On the other hand
the medium hpu tuiH-'oI grades Of both
stock cattle and warmsd-up feeders had
lower for the week
>x.~.e,'o.,' Idle. tiOOa 20 cunics
beef steers, te.lOa6.35 fair to good beef
steers, $0.70d6.l0; common to fair beef
steers, A.75a5.7O good to choice cows and
henets. ...ylV.yJ; tu.r 10 gUou COWS auI
heifers SSo,a4 20: common to fair cows
and heifers $1,000. 30; good to choice stock
ers and feeders, S5.50a5.g0; fair to good
t,GehS.s tnu ieeucrs. sOvOJJ.5Oi common l.
air stockerS and leaders. $4,000 "; stock
heifers, S3.75q4,50; veal calves, 81 OOd7 10;
ouis. eL-ss. r,N AI.vV46.z5.
HOGS-Packers claimed INNING in
I the hog yards this morning, the market
| ruling right around loo lower under pres
/ sure OF combined bearlsh effort. Some
! business was done early at figures no
worse than 1Oal5c lower but values grad
| ually weakened from these declines until
| the late trade averged a flat 2Oc lower
than bulk of sales yesterday. Buyers for
packing concerns were largely responsible
| for clearance as the shipping and specu-
| lative 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
| Guided.
Long strings went at a narrow spread
of S6.50d6.55, a large portion Of butcher
weight offerings moving at these figures
Heavies dropped to $6.45 and less, and best
bacon animals made top of $685., as com
pared with yesterdays high price of So. ~
Until today, the trade this week has
acted very creditaby under very heavy
receipts. Right around Il, 900 head of anil
mails arrived in all, a supply that is larger
by far than any weekly total since the
second week OF March, 1909 About HOO
head we're credited TO the six days ending
March l3, two years ago. This week
run, however, includes a daily record tina
rs even older. Tuesdays supply of 1885
head was the heaviest recorded on any
single day since May %, 1905, when owe
1900 head were received.
Each days clearance this week has beer
reasonably early and practically complete
the market changing slightly from tim,
TO time. Today's severe break leaves
prices about 25q30c lower than they wer
a week ago.
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