Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-17
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CATTLE-There were no cattle here to-
day, barring load or two, and none TO
make a market. For the week, however,
receipts have been very heavy, being In
fact the largest since four weeks ago, and
very much larger than for the the correspond @ aa-
this large run is to be found In the fact
that prices at the close Of last week were
very satisfactory. AS Il is well known
fact that the country IL very anxious TO
unload cattle owing TO the high price OF
feed IL was not at all surprising that
Chicago was completely swamped with
there broke badly. Missouri river mar
kets were also heavily loaded, and they
followed Chicago down. 20 that there has
been a heavy decline all along the line
At the close of the week II ~ safe 20
quote all kinds of killing cattle that ls,
beef steers. COWS and helfers, as around
406I50c lower than last weeks close.
The best grades, OF feeders on the other
hand have been In light supply, and Tor
that reason prices h9ve been but ilis,e ilis,e
| changed Still they are possibly tritle
| lower than last week. on the other hand
the medium grades OF cattle, which were
| in very plentiful supply and not In sucn
active demand, felt the break In beef
steers TO such an extent that they are
! around Csc lower. Common and inferior
cattle may be even lower than that;
Quotations on cattle: Good 10 choice
beef steers, s6.75ds.00; fair to good beef
steers, S6.00lp6.75; common TO fair beef
steers, S4.756f5 .7b; good TO choice helters,
| "a Ibflb, ~, good 10 CnOlCe COWS, s1sEOiNO -
fair 10 good COWS. 81. 65dp4. 25: common to
fair cows, 2.7Sdl3. .G5; good to choice stock,
ers and feeders, 81. 2oQp6.00; fair TO good
stocs9rs and feeders H1SgSsO, "a G9mmS%n SSa On
stock heifers, S3,5OGp4 80; veal. calves, SS'z0
| q7.5O; bulls. stays, etc, S.OOdb 90.
! HOGS-Trade in hogs Travelled over the
same even course of previous days, the
only new phase OF the market being a
little strength in lard offerings, In the
general way, big bulk of fully normal
supply changed hands at steady to strong
| figures. Packing demand had an active
| tone from start to finish and speculators
put additional llfe into movement by the
purchase OF about one-sixth OF the l23-
I load estimate. There was little or no
inquiry from bona flde shippers and most
OF the selections made on speculative ac-
count we're loads with butcher weight
average.
Assortment of supply was much the
same ms usual, light grades being the
rule, with good lard classes the eNcep-
ton. The best heavies on sale brought
36l7h, a split nickel above yesterday =
top, and attractive butchers landed
around $6.OOq6O5, Bacon and high-mixed
stuff ranged from $500 down to less than
s6.75. There were no pigs OF consequence
on sale, but prices are stlll quotable at
a wide spread OF A.26GI5. rs. In most In
stances prices for all weights were paid
readily and the yards at 1880 o'clock were
practically empty.
Rather large receipts during the week
were distributed very creditably over the
five days and neither buyers nor sellers
claimed any advantage, the market wav-
ering about a steady level throughout
Heavy hogs are closing about "A nickel
higher. while light, high-miXed and com.
mon butcher offerings show no material
change I'm values.
SHEEP-There was nothing doing In
any branch of the sheep and lamb trade
as Yesterdays clearance of both feeders
and fat stock was complete. Fresh ar
rivals consisted OF four loads OF IA
lambs consigned direct 10 packer, leav
Ing the open market barren.
on most days during the week re.
cepts seemed to be slightly under re
quirements, the first two runs claiming
the only totals I'm excess OF 10000 head
Offerings usually carried plenty OF flesl
for killing purposes and, with the eX
ceptiOn Of yesterdays supply, less thar
% per cent OF each days display wa
shown In feeder pens. The range seasoI
, has practically terminated and fed stuf
, from the corn-belt constitutes bulk.
Demand for well-oonditioned stock q
all times lately was fairly active AM
easily ample, producing a trade that hell
= up in good shape from start 10 finish
3 Good to choice lambs are now sellinl
around s5.5OQ5.S5 and anything movinl
below $40 Is rather unattractiye. Fat
handy wethers sold as high as A.O014l 1
l and toppy ewes closed around 1850 TIL
fat yearllng market was poorly tested
. owing 20 meager offerings, but something
good In this line would probably Ian
ago, current quotations on fat stock aver
, ages fully steady. but packers favored tn
! better classes as rule and diBcTimina
{ ton against the common 10 medium
strings was a little more pronounced tha
usual
Feeder trade presented no new feature
worth mentioning, supplies being ligh
r with the country demand rather quie
( According 10 various scattered salei
:. values are closing firm with a wee
4 ago. Weeks entire purchase OF feeder
, gives q total OF about $500 head.
Quotations on sheep and lambs: Goo
lambs. q. .25lI5 30; feeder lambs, % .75qt4. Il
: fair 70 choice yearllngs, "a. 25g4. 20; feedt
- yearlings, S365Gp4. 10; good 10 choice wetf
ers So .75GD4 90; fair 10 good Wethers, S..
70 63.75: feeder wethers, f3.OOQS IS; good [
choice ewes. 50 S5G3 80; fair 10 good eve
a 50. l0a3. .85; feeder ewes. 81. iOgt3.OO.
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