Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-30
Dates 1911. Il9lO. 1909 1905 1901 1906. 1905
SUNDAY.

. Cal .AeILILE-Receipts of cattle this week
ff oo,e, Deen very light, the total for the week
last week and 10, AGO head for the same
week year ago. To make still further
SOLIPaIlSon the receipts this week have
neeh me llghtest since three weeks ago
and with that exception the SMALLEST since
me last week in December. In spite of
the small run, however, the market has
| not been favorable to the selling interests,
Inc week opened with beef steers gener-
any quoted l0g15c lower and this decline
week. AS has been mentioned frequently
IN these columns the handy light steers
nave Deen the best sellers throughout the
Week. while heavy cattle have been a drug
on the market every day. Packers have
9een complaining that the eastern demand
even the lower prices did not appear to
nave any influence in the way of increas-
Ing the consumption. The poor demand is
LOT the last year or 50 prices on beef have
peer! Deen SO nigh that consumers have gotten
and in part to the feet that southern veg
etaples have been very plentiful this spring
ana cheaper than usual at the large eastern
consuming centers.
AS usual with the consuming demand SO
poor poor there is tendency to substitute the
cheaper grades. and for that reason cows
anu hel1ers have been better sellers than
me more expensive beef steers. The fact
that the supply of COWS and heifers' has
hold up prices on that kind of cattle and
~ ihe close or the week they are still very
htI!c Inherent from one week ago.
Inc market on stockers and feeders has
Deeh very poor all the week and the week S
receipts have been light. but still the coun-
prices have eased off and are at the close
OF the week 15Q25c lower. 1t must be borne
IN mind however, that the market at the
too high as compared with the way fat
cattle were selling. The decline this week
Is something in the nature of bringing the
FEEDER market down to the level of the fat
cattle market.
Quotations on cattle: GOOD tc choice beef
steers GERS. S7Oq6OO; fair to good beef steers,
s05Oq5.70; common to fair beet steers $50
q5.50 good to choice cows and heifers 475
q6,oo; falr to good cows and heifers $4,000
20; common to fair cows and heifers So. 90
g43O; COED to choice stockers and feeders,
80 4O46.60; fair to good stockers and feeders
S5'Z5g6.4O; common to fair stockers and
feeders, ASa5 %; stock heifers, 425Q5 OO;
s. 0CI4.S5.
HoGs-Further loss in hog prices deveI-
oped this morning, but the demand was
ample and reasonably active at anv de-
cline. Bulk of a 1l5-car run sold at fig
ures 5qlOc lower than the average trade
yesterday II anything, the dime reduc-
uon was more frequent than any lesser
declines. All weights were involved in the
break and usual spreads between lard
butcher and bacon grades were preserved
Clearance at IL o'clock was complete.
Packers offered the main outlet for Of
ferings and purchased in all fully 80 per
cent Of the supply; Speculative and ship
ping orders were limited and usually ia
vored light animals.
Narrow bulk settled at S. 7Oa5.75, but
some little business was done on ither side
Of these quotations. Heavy hogs moved
around S5.65, while bacon grades sold up a
high as $3.50. AS compared with tops a
week ago, today's high price shows a 15c
discount.
The most remarkable feature of the
trade this week is found in the table Of
receipts. Daily runs give a total OF over
1900 head, the largest weekly supply since
that of the second week of March 1870
II is also half again as large as the re-
ceipts last week and over three times as
large the run this week last year.
Despite burdensome offerings packers
have taken care OF the trade in very credit
able fashion on most days. Clarances have
been easy and, while cheaper cost would
not seem surprising, the market actually
ruled stronger on two or three occasions
Present prices average about l5q2Oc lower
than those of a week ago.
sentative sales: