Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-28

CATTLEs-For a Saturday there were
more cattle In than usual, but still re-
csipts were too light 90 make a market.
For the week the total toots up BET head.
falling off OF over 900 head as com.
pared with last week and OF over 400
head as compared with the corresponding
week OF last year. As has been the case
for q good many weeks back the quality
OF the receipts has been very ordinary,
that Ia, there has been al entire absence
Of strictly prime beef steers,
The market on fat cattle, while showing
SOME little fluctuations from day TO day.
has really experienced no marked change
At the beginning OF the week prices had
downward tendency, but this loss was
entirely recovered later ON, so that the
week closed with the market back Just
about where II was at the close OF last
week.
Cows and neifers have followed along
the samo linz as beef steers. During the
early part OF the week the market do
clined. but later on recovered 80 that
the desirable kinds at the close of ths
week are selling steady with last week
On the other hand, the common grades
did not recover during the latter part Of
tho week and they are around lsnf&c
lower than last week. More than that
Gamers have been rather slow sale all ths
week.
Quite a little demand has developed fol
As receipts were extremely light, prices
naturally strengthened up and at the
close are safely lsgssc higher than last
week
Quotations on cattle; Good to choic,
beef steers, ~ 5cdf.0 fair TO good beet
steers, tS0oQs.b0; common TO fair beei
steers, G0DdsO0 good 10 choice heifers
&. eca6.oo; good 10 choice cows, tlsoaS. IS
fair 10 good cows and heifers, p.7btt4. 10
common TO far COWS and heifers, ss.59a
aTb; good TO choice stockers and feeders
N4o9f6 Is; fair TO good stockers and feed.
ers, sL6ea6.to; common 10 fair. stockerI
and feeders. ,15ogtbe; stock heifers, So
Hosis-in point OF activity the market
for hogs was little different from mos,
Saturday sessions, none or the larger buy
ers seeming very anxious for killing ma
terial. This attitude was partly juktl-
fled BY very heavy runs on the first -four
days OF the week, Tuesday making .
new record with 15.6i0 head. but plenty
Of orders existed despite tho apparently
dull demand. Prices ruled steady 10 .
nickel lower the bulk selling late, with
heavies IN general favor at figures that
were well sustained.
Receipts, matched with recent runs
had q very modest appearance, the esti'
mate calling for only b.iU head, but the
supply figures were ignored in packing
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midday before a creditable clearance wa
maze. Shippers and SPECTATORS bought
q larger percentage Of the run than usual
taking fully q dozen loads In all
The best heavy butcher hogs on sale
moved at ts.l0aS.fb, the latter price being
IDENTICAL win yesterdays top. Lite
butcher stun. bacon averages and higf
mixed grades sold Largely under the &
mark, attractive lights finding an outle'
around $50 Strong weights, scaling al
rs TO ~ pounds, landed az s6-ugs.eo "a
most instances.
| Compared with a week ago prices ay
\ eraKed steady or very nearly 80, but TN
range in values has Widened more or lesi
and $50 TO 200-pound offerings are selling
q little lower than they did at last week.
close. Total receipts, while failing shorl
lUf last weeks record by about 6.so head
have been remarkably heavy, but the de
mand on most days has been broad an'
reasonably active.