Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-14
RECEIPTs-CARLoTs.
DIsPos1TIoN-HEAD

CATTLE-Receipts OF cattle, as usual on
saturday, amounted to the next thing to
nothing, SO that there was really no
market. For the week receipts foot UP
$3.50 head, being almost 1000 head larger
than last week and larger than any recent
week. The market as a whole has been in
very satisfactory condition.
Beef steers have been good sellers all
feds are safely 15g25c higher than one week
ago, with the general run of fair to pretty
decent kinds of killers 10d15c higher.
Cows and heifers, owing to the large re-
ceipts and to the fact that they were very
high as compared to beef steers at the
beginning OF the week, caused some fluc-
tuatfon In prices, but at the close Of the
week values are substantially the same as
at the close of last week. Very little corn
fed stock Is arriving, the bulk of the supply
consisting of Rrassers from the range.
The volume OF business doing in stockers
and feeders showed q decided Increase last
week and the trade took on more life and
activity than has been the case during most
recent weeks. The country demand was
good and as a consequence prices are
gradually improving, until at the close Of
the week they are safely 15@25c higher than
Quotations on cattle: Good to choice
corn-fed beef steers, $6.S047.95; good to
good corn-fed steers $6,O0d6.S0; fair to good
range steers, A60Q5. 20; common to fair
corn-fed steers, A5oQe.oO; common to fair
range steers, SS.75Q450; good to choice corn
fed heifers. A:75q5.5o; good to choice range
heifers, A.15q5.2o; good to choice corn-fed
COWS, $4,OVqo.Zot good TO choice range cows,
s4.0Oa4.65 fair to good native cows sS75G
$50; fair to good range cows. $S.5044 0O;
common to fair cows, $z50d3.75; good to
choice stockers and feeders, Si.60id5 IS; fair
TO good stockers and feeders, S400I4.S0
common to fair stockers and feeders, So 25Q
40; stock heifers, $3.ooQ425; veal calves,
$S.OOg6.OO bulls, stays, etc, S2.S5Q490
HOGS-Packers and shippers mad their
day" in the hog yards, forcing generous de-
clines on all weights Trade in packing
stuff dropped to levels 5Q1Oc lower. closing
with some show of strength, while the mar
ket for shipping grades had a farther dis
lance to fall, the adjustment to ordinary
butchers involving a break of 10000. Dull
ness pervaded the market from the start
and even when packers raised their hands
trifle at the close, movement was any
thing but active
Supplies had small volume, amounting to
only seventy-two loads, but the size of re-
ceipts was completely ignored in buying
circles. The better kinds of hogs moved
largely on shipping orders, outside pur-
chases giving a total OF about sixteen loads
fully 20 per cent of the estimate. Clear
ance was delayed until well along toward
II o'clock
Range in prices continued wide. choice
lights making lone top OF s7.55, while the
big bulk of stuff landed at a spread Of
SOO17.15. The $7.55 limit, 1t will be noted
is only dime under yesterdays top, the
highest made since January.
During the week runs have been light
and a couple Of runaway markets resulted
Packers resisted advances on most days
however, and today's break leaves trade
that shows only moderate, though uneven
gains. Packing stuff is closing about 1OI
l6c above a week ago, while shipping
grades range from a dime to a quarter
higher. The demand has been broad from
outside quarters on all days, about % per
cent of the total receipts being sent tn
other points for slaughter
Representative sales: