Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-27
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cATTLE-There were no fresh receipts
Of cattle. or at least none OF any conse-
quence, and the market was absolutely
bare OF supplies. For the week receipts
have shown a little gain over last weeks
small run and heavy falling off. as
compared with year ago. Under the In
fluenoe OF light receipts and a good buy
ing demand. the market has been In
good, healthy and generally satisfactory
condition. so far as most kinds Of cattle
are concerned
The big bulk OF the receipts this week
consisted OF cornfed steers, most OF them
on the fair to medium order. but with
sprinkling OF right good kllers. Under
the influence Of free buying on the part
Of packers the market during the week
has advanced l0Rl6c the best cattle hay-
ing sold up 10 Uio the highest price
ever paid at this point
Cows and heliefs OF the better grades
have been In good demand all tho week
and have commanded strong prices, the
trade a. a whole being very satisfactory
to tho sellers. The less desirable grades
have not been quite such free or active
sellers, but still they have commanded
relatively good prices. and for the wceh
are not far from steady.
Stockers aud feeders have been In light
receipt all week. which has been fortu-
nate for the selling interests, in Wow. OF
the fact that the country demand has
buying support. even the few cattle ar
riving showed a tendency TO accumulate
In the hands OF yard traders 10 such an
extent that prices eased off and al tbs
close Of the week are as much As bgzoe
| lower.
Quotations on cattle: Goodeto choice
beef steerA. s.oOd9.lo. fair 70 good beef
steers, Si.61us.G1. common 10 fair beef
seeers. Sc.5GUT.y1. good TO choice hefers,
fs.7bdl1.is. good 10 choice cows. S.15qaB.
| fair to good cows, E2Sgs75; common 70
fair cost, iA6cgs?5. good 20 choice stock.
/ eIs and feeders. sS.S1g7.25. fair TO good
I alockeFs and feeders, N25d5.25; stock
4 cows ard heifers. A.0o05.2s. veal calves,
| o. 00d 5; bulls. s;aCs. etc. u5097.Oo
| HOGs-Hogs opened with buyers bid
| aing sc and in some cases possibly 70 To-
/ lower than yesterday and II looked for 4
time as II the general market would be
/ lower The trade. however. speedily
firned up becoming fully steady with
yesterday on which basis most OF the
/ hogs sold. Toward the close some little
strength developed and few sales
looked. II anything. g little better than
yesterday. Taxing the market as whole
\ II could hardly be quoted otherwise than
/ steady with yesterday. The trade When
/ once under way was fairly active and
sverything in sight had changed hands
before 10 O'Clock In the morning. The
| quality OF the hogs was not SO good as
yesterday and for that reason the sales
I do not show up so we'll on paper as they
would otherwise.
! Receipts for the week foot up 500
| head. being the largest since three weeks
ago and larger than a year ago by al
most 700 head. In spite OF the large
run the market as a whole has been IN
fair shape so far as the demand has been
| concerned. Buyers naturally took ad-
vantage OF the large runs on some days
and prices we're sharply lower. especially
during the early part Of the week. Part
Of the loss was recovered on Thursday.
but lost again on Friday. so that at the
close of the week the general market is
around i2izdl5c lower than at the close
Of inst week.
SHEEP-There were no fresh receipts
Of sheep today and none on sale 20 make
a market For :he week receipts have
been very liberal for this season OF the
year, showing a large gain over last week
and only a slight falling off as COM
pared with the corresponding week year
ago. As has been noted from day to dey
the receipts have consisted almost entirely