Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-26
Total receipts........,. . lis
DISPOSITION-HEAD.
Cattle. Hogs.
Totals

CATTLE-There were no fresh receipts
OF cattle, or al least none OF any conse-
quence, and the market was absolutely
bare OF supplies. For the week receipts
have shown little gain over last weeks
small run and a heavy falling uft, as
compared with year ago. Under the in
fluence Of light receipts and a good puy-
ing demand. the market has been In a
good, healthy and generally satisfactory
condition. so far as most KINDS of cattle
fMs concerned.
The big bulk Of the receipts this week
consisted OF cornfed steers, most Of them
on the tair TO medium order. but with q
sprinkling OF right good killers. Under
the influence of free buying on the part
OF packers. the market during the week
has advanced l0ul5e, the best cattle hav-
ing sold up to $50, the highest price
ever paid at this point.
Cows and heifers or the better grades
have been in good demand all the week
and have commanded strong prices, the
trade as a whole being very satisfactory
TO the 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 week
are not far from steady.
Suckers and feeders have been In light
receipt all week, Which has been fortu-
nate for the selling interests, in view of
| the fact that the country demand has
been quite small Owing TO the lack OF
pNSlub NuBBplAs even tHS lew SaANlt
irving showed a tendency TO accumulate
In the hands OF yard traders to such an
extent that prices eased off and at the
close Of the week are as much as i5QDc
lower
Quotations on cattle. Good TO choice
beef steers. s.0oas.lO; fair to good beef
| steers. N.o0qS.W; common to iair beef
Eeeers. s6.50a7.5J; good to choice heifers,
| s6.75dl7.f5: good to choice cows, 2,Ts46.T5.
fair to good cows, S5.25d6f5, common 70
fair cows. s30oaS25: good to choice stock.
ers and feeders. &.sod725; fair to good
stockers and feeders, a:asas.2s; stock
cows and heifers. A.0oQ525, veal calves,
y0cgS IS: bulls. stays. ETC.. s4.5097.0Q.
HoGS-Hoss opened with buyers bid
ding sc and In some cases possibly Sqloc
| lower than yesterday and II looked for a
| time as II the general market would be
| lower. The trade, however, speedily
firmed up becoming fully steady with
yesterday on which basis most OF the
hogs sold. Toward the close some little
strength developed and a few sales
looked. IL anything. a little better than
yesterday. Taking the market as whole
| II could hardly be quoted otherwise than
4 steady with yesterday. The trade when
once under way was fairly active and
everything In sight had changed hands
before 10 O'Clock in the morning. The
| quality Of the Aogs was not so good as
yesterday and for that reason the sales
do not show up so well on paper as they
would otherwise.
Receipts for the week foot up 6s,ooo
head. being the largest since three weeks
ago and larger than a year ago by al
most 1000 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 adj
vantage OF the large runs on some days
and prices were 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 i2isGl5c lower than at the close
| NJ last weak