Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-07
RECEIPTS.


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CATrLE-Todsy's market was, as usual
on a Saturday, barren of fresh receipts of
any Importance, but the total for the week
has been very liberal, showing a large
gain over last week, although being quite
little under the record for the CORE
spending week last year.
During the early part of the week the
market on beef steers at all points was
more or less of drag. large receipts at
the different market centers in the face
OF not overly urgent consuming demand
Tor the product made the trade in live
cattle rather dull, with the tendency OF
prices lower This tendency was the most
pronounced on heavy cattle. Later on in
the week, as the receipts fell off and as
the. Keeling that the coming week might
show still smaller receipts became pro-
nounced in the minds of buyers, the trade
strengthened up. At the close of the week
handy light cattle and good grades of
heaVy cattle are around 1Oc higher, with
other kinds steady. While there are I'M
oouotedly a good many cattle still in the
country and while 1t is expected that re-
ceipts Will be heavy on some days at least
Ior some time to come, still the prophets
are beginning TO talk that receipts in the
future VIII be less burdensome and that
prices ought to show Improvement.
Inc market on cows and heifers has not
SHOWN very much change during the week
Ihe demand on most days has been very
1alr and the trade reasonably active Good
ueht heifers have been in best demand and
one week ago The general run OF butcher
STOCK. however, could only be quoted as
about steady. Veal calves and bulls are
also trifle stronger than last week
receipts or stockers and feeders have
been very light throughout the week. but
the demand has also been very moderate
ana values have eased off a little so that
AZ the close OF the week they are around
lOql5o lower than last week.
quotations on cattle; Good to choice beef
steers, So.7Oq6.00; fair to good beef steers,
$40; common to fair beef steers 200
4e 40; good to choice cows and heifers. HH
$50; fair to good COWS and heifers $4,000
80; common to fair COWS and helfers, ST. T5
% '49Q5.60; fair to good stockers and feeders,
D'2o95,+Oi common to fair stockers and
feeders. A25452; stock heifers, g. 2595 90.
veal calves. A.oOae.25; bulls. stays. etc. s.. IS
HoGs-A good active market at nickel
higher prices is the shortest way OF de-
sorloing today's hog trade. The activity to
! demand as well as the advance, was
cars arrived and as most buyers filled
orders without delay, the session was
s mort affair; Complete clearance was
Spreads narrowed somewhat a develop
ment that is frequent on a strong market,
and the major portion of the crop held
that there were sales here and there that
failed to show the fat nickel advance
various loads selling strong to sc higher.
Shippers and spectators provided an out
let for about 10 per cent of total offerings.
Long strings ranged from $3.50 to 1870,
good butchers moving around 1856. Bacon
animals sold as high as S5.76, a figure iden-
tried with Yesterdays top, but lbc less
than tops a week ago.
While receipts for the week show a
natural loss from last weeks burdensome
runs, the total Is seasonRbly large Ship
pers have been buying freely on most
days and packing demand has been broad
and generally active. Bulk of today's bust
ness averages from a nickel to 1So lower
than last SATURDAYS market heavy hogs
showing lesser declines.
Repi sentative sales: