Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-12
RECEIPTS
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DISPOSITION.
Hogs. Sheep
Totals

! CATTLE--There was the usual lack o
cattle on sale this morning, only two car
being reported in. The total for the weel
/ toots up lS,44S head, falling OFF or abou
4OO head as compared with a week ag
and OF about LOO mead as compared will
a year ago. The quality OF the cattle com
ing To market has been on most days Yer!
ordinary, comparatively few really gOot
finished steers beng included in the runs
The lighter receipts seemed to stimulate
the trade with the result that the marke
opened sharply on beef steers at the be
ginning OF the week and continued strOnl
until the latter half of the week wheI
there was a slight easing of in prices
Stlll after allowing for any weakness tina
may have occurred the market is at tn,
close of the week 25C higher than II wai
at the close Of last week 1t will be remem
bered that last weeks market closed gen
orally 20c lower. Therefore the auvanc,
this week makes up tor the loss last weeE
and carries prices back to a point about a,
high as has been reached tor some little
time back.
Cows and heifers have advanced in about
the same proportion as beef steers, they toe
being generally quoted as "a SIgher than
last week Bulls and stays have gradually
strengthened up until they are safely LOO
Csc higher than the low point at last week
close. Veal calves are a shade stronger
tnan they were, good ones selling up as
The better grades OF stoCkers and feeders
were very strong the early part of the
week and sold very readily During the
mand, proving rather Disappointing the
trade slowed up, prices becoming, II any
thing, little easier, even on the better
grades, while the medium to common kinds
closed lOul5C lower during the last two
days of the week Half fat cattle have
been selling to better advantage to the
packers tins week and feeder buyers have
consequently secured comparatively few
Of that class of cattle. 1t is safe to add
that stock cattle and feeders Of all kinds
are commanding strong prices as COM
pared with the market on killers.
Quotations on cattle: Good to choice
beef steers, $6.O0q640; fair to good beef
steers, $3.5Ou6OO; common to fair beef
steers, IIod6.5U; good to choice COWS and
hei1ers, A.5Vq5.5O; fair to good cows and
helters, 81. Sg4.50; common to tar cows and
heifers, - ,0q425; good to choice stockers
and feeders, S5.4Og59O; common to tair
stOckers and feeders, 81. 25q5. 90; stock heif-
ers, So 75a4.5O; veSl calves. S4.OOq0.OO; bulls
stays. etc, s.. 75Gs 20
HOGS-An outlook for a burdensome sup
ply Of hogs at all points next week, drawn
from advance car orders, Knocked most OF
the support from under the trade this
morning. Prices early were all OF lOGl5c
lower, but demand was slack at these re-
auctions and the market grew steadily
worse. Late sales showed 2vq25c declines
with extreme close at bottom.
Receipts were normal for "A Saturday,
but this condition was ignored by all
classes of buyers and movement was made
under protest from start to finish. Ship
pers produced only such orders as were
actually filed by their clients so that the
speculative demand was practically dead
Clearance was late, the term Gpplying to
bulk rather than total reCe'. %
Heavy animals, especially suited for lard
manufacture, moved at Sl5 and less. Or
binary mixed sold around $3.50 and best
bacon grades reached $3.50. These prices,
as well as average cost, are about 20C
lower than sales week ago. Receipts
have been seasOnably normal on most days
with trend to trade eTratiC.
Representative sales: