Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-10

received this week. although comparatively
small proportion Of the arrivals came from
The market has been rather uneven all
week. Good dry lot beeves have been
Of ioal5c, the best Grades now selling at
the highest prices Of the year. On the
other hand. the shortfed and warmedup
kinds have been slow sellers al steadily
all OF 2509Oc lower for the week. IL r.
altogether probable that this spread In
values Will increase as the season advances
indication being that the crop OF ripe,
cornfed cattle is about over.
Condition in the market for cows and
heifers has been about the same as In the
fat cattle trade and while good. dry lot
stock and the best of the grassers have
found a ready outlet at steady to strong
prices there has been a 25c decline In the
general run OF Gamers and cutters. Loyal
packers are receiving a good many Texas
cattle from southern markets, and for this
reason they are indifferent buyers of the
ordinary run OF native grass stock. Veal
calves are about quarter lower Tor the
week and bulls, stays. etc, are selling at
substantially unchanged prices.
Trade in stockers and feeders has been
pretty badly demoralized. Compared with
COO lower. and 1t has been a weather mar
ket from start to finish Supplies have
been tolerably liberal, but the drouth has
'cut down the demand very materially and
the volumne of business has been small at
the decline,
quotations on cattle: Good to choice
steers. S6U0Q6.25; common TO fair beef
steers, s5.00Go90; good to choice helfers,
$5.2SQ5.I0 good to choice cows, A15qo.5O;
fair to good sows and helfers, S4Oyp4.7o;
common to fair cows and heifers, S200d4.00 90;
good to choice stockers and feeders, A1o6p
5.l5 fair to good stoCkers and feeders, A0O
GI4.60; common to fair stockers and feeders,
g. 2Oa3.90; stock heifers, $S.OOq4O0; veal
calves S.5Oq6.'S; bulls, stays, etc, SS'OOQ
100.
HoGs-Market for hogs. while loaded
heavily enough to be sluggish, presented
fairly busy appearance at figures strong
to nickel higher. The &c advance was
more frequent early In the session. as the
demand tapered off toward the ciose. pro-
ducing an easier tone.
About 1000 head we're received in all,
the percentage of bacon and light mixed
grades proving rather large. Selections
for packing droves involved all weights
and the demand for bulk had a reasonable
degree of life. The yards at 10 o'clock
were vacated of everything save few
loads that we're ready to weigh up.
about 10 per cent of the receipts. good me-
dunn weights being favored by this class of
buyers. There was little or no trading of
purely speculative character.
Lard, butcher and bacon animals held
at usual narrow spreads and increasing
proportion of 200-pound stuff lends be-
lief that weight will get better treatment
during the next few weeks. Heavy hogs
moved around 6.2596. 30. long strings rang
ing from $6.30d6.4 40. Choice lights reached
Sc. 20, a nickel above yesterdays top and
Identical with high price week ago.
Matched with prices last Saturday cur
general run OK hogs. Mondays trade ruled
higher, reaction set In after the Fourth
and the combined advances OF yesterday
and today equal net declines for the first
four days. Supply gives fully normal
REPRESENTATIVE sales: