Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-05
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.



CArrLD-1here were no csttle OF any
consequence to1ay and nothing 10 make
market. For the week receipts 1901 up
tx, being decrease OF over t,V0 neau,
compared with last week, about 1,VW head
as compared with a year ago. To put IT
another way, tULhl recelpts OF cattle TINS
week nave Deen the smaIest OF any week
since the tnird week In August.
he hght receipls nave had a very
good effect upon prices. the demand
was good every Gay OF the week ana the
market gradually strengthened up untli
at the close all desirGbis Kinds OF cattle,
both kliiers anu reeuers, are zo44Vu
higher tnan they were at the close OF last
week 1t VIII be remembered that the
market the latter hair OF last Wees
broke sharply. The advance TINS week
makes up Tor the decline and puts the
market BACK where IL was at the Degn-
uIng OF last week. Prices were very sat
isractory from sellers STANDPOINT Inc
TRACE as a wnoIe might be described as
being in good healthy conultlon, Oper-
ators on the market as RUE are LOOKING
Tor "A continuation OF SATISFACTORY prices
lor some little time to come, barring, Oh
course, temporary reactions in the market
that are always liaDie to ensue wnen re-
celpts become Duruensome.
tSuoItt.iOsta on hh.iNS cattle: doou 20
CnUice DS-ss steers, Si.vveIGf0s talr 10 5000
| Ueef steels, So.Wqb.l0; common 70 Isir
Ueef steers, ~ 4tNgo.VO; good 10 choice he'll
ers, S4.sVgO. 50; good to choice cows, A.2o4
..S5; far TO good cows ana heners. 800
I
,l70et3io, veal calves, S5.5Ogt.5t.
Quotations on range cattle: GOOD 10
choice peer steers, ~. i6Gt6. 20. fair to good
beef steers Sb.VUg6.lo; common to tar
beef steers, ti4Vub.00. good 20 choice heif-
ers, $4.4Ogb.l6; good to choice cows, A.o5g
4JO; tair To good cows and heirers, ". 100
AS; good 10 choice stockers ana feeders
"A. S0aSUQ; talr TO good stockers and iced
Srx E4.55gqASy; common to lair stockers
and feeders, N.40l4.B; stock helters, $50
GAPS; bulls, stays. etc. SS.l6g49O
Representative sales:
Watson g. Johnson-Wyoming.
q NI steers =. H SIS % Il steers. .io77 ls5
70 feeders. $40 / 50 Is COWS. 75S 3 90
HOGS--Hog trade ruled a shade higher
than yesterday, an improved demand
| from local packers being largely respon-
1 sible. In most respects II was merely q
strong market, quite a decent portion OF
nickel Only In very rare instances were
loads put over the scales at improved
For a ssturda, session, supply was
normal with the movement unusually &C
| tive. Something like sixty-fWe loads
were billed to arrive and all Of the early
offerings. amounting to about fifty-fiye
loads, round an outlet before 10 o'clock
| A part OF a trainload of stock that came
IN late cleared slowly at prices that in
| dicated more or less weakness.
| Larger droves consisted OF butcher and
! lard animals, the same as recently, and
prejudice AGAINST bacon weights was
settled at s6lSf6.l5 and the best weighty
butchers on sale made a top of ~, q
split nickel above yesterdays high price
| During the week the main feature OF
the trace was complete reversal in the
position of heavy and light hogs. Weight
| - now selling at premium Tor the firsi
| time in many months. Compared with a
week ago hight grades show an average
decline OF about l0c, while large classes
have scored that much gain, leaving the
general market about steady. Size of re.
| celpts had little or no influence in deter.
mining values, the run beng moderate
but light offerings were more plentiful
causing revision long overdue.