Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30
RBCEIPTs-CARS


CATTIE-Receipts of cattle this week
have been very liberal, showing total Of
over 1900 head. This is the largest run
OF any week since the early part OF De-
cember and larger than a year ago by
almost 5000 head. Receipts have consisted
largely OF medium grades of beef steers
and butcher stock, with liberal sprinkltng
Of stock cattle and feeders. Strictly good
killing cattle have been in moderate sup
ply.
good throughout the week and as offerings
have been far from burdensome, as noted
above the trade throughout the week has
been in good, healthy and fairly salts
factory condition. Good, light and handy
weight beeves have been the best sellers
and they have commanded good firm prices
every day. being, II anything, little
stronger at the close of the week. On
the other hand, heavy and plain or rough
cattle have not been so much sought after,
and they are, II anything, a trifle easier
than last week, still the change has been
very small.
Anything in the way Of good fat heifers
or cows has met with ready sale through
out the week at prices showing compar-
atively little change as compared with one
week ago. Canning stock has also sold to
good advantage, remaining In about the
same notches. On the other hand, the
medium grades, which have been in very
large supply, showed some weakness. and
are possibly in some cases as much as
1CQ15c lower than the close of last week.
Calves commanded steady prices through
out the week. while bulls were in very good
demand and are in many cases 10915c
higher than last week.
At the opening Of the week feeders were
very strong and the demand good. Later
on, as II became apparent that the country
was not quite so crazy for supplies as last
week, and as receipts especially the com
mcner kinds. became quite liberal. prices
weakened and the trade became slow and
! dull. At the close the best fleshy feeders
10d15c lower than last week. The less de-
sirable kinds are 15d25c lower, the common
thin stock cattle being fully 25c lower.
Quotations s: On o es e. 9GS to chOic:
steers. SS.50d61O; common to fair beef
steers AS0n6.40; good to choice cows and
| heifers, A75d5. 65; fair to good cows and
heifers. $4OOQ475; common to fair cows and
| hefers, $S25gAOO: good TO choice stockers
and feeders $5.25d5.90; fair to good stockers
and feeders A.l5a5.2S; common to fair
stockers and feeders. 34OOa475 stock heif-
! ers, 3.75q460; veal calves. H.006I6.60; bulls
stays etc, SS.75a5.00.
| Representative sales:
| HOGS-Speculators and shippers picked
up about a dozen loads this morning paw
ing prices that were strong to Sc higher
than yesterday. Packers however. were
| slow about getting started and when the
market really opened 1t was on a basis
Of prices that were barely steady with
yesterday. Most of the hogs sold that
way, but toward the close some weakness
was developed and the market wound up
about &c lower than yesterday. Taking
the trade a whole the market might
be described as about steady with yester-
day, considerable proportion selling al
S1.45q7.55. with a sprinkling of the good
light hogs at 500
Receipts of hogs this week have been
fairly liberal, the total 1900 being about
1000 larger than last week and about / OO(
head larger than a year ago. The week
Opened with a sharp break In prices which
was followed on Thursday by a partial
| recovery. On Wednesday and THURSDAY
the market slumped off badly. hogs SELLING
on the latter day at the lowest point
touched so far this month. Since then
there has been reaction, so that the weeE
closes with prices only about 15d2Oc lower
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