Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-28


Il feeders, lO25 $50 10 cows....ll0t So
Hobbs Bros & Bennett-Neb.
q cows. 1893 6 10 30 feeders. 500 IS
MoGs-i I'm spite Or rather moderate
and as far as the packers were CON
cerned, somewhat lower Shipping and
speculative demand Was In better shape
this morning. and some butcher and
during the early rounds at prices that
can be quoted as fully steady. The fact
that shippers have been buying very
sparingly during the last two OF three
days makes It difficult TO size up this end
OF the trade, but II In safe to quote ship
ping grades as fully steady. and some
sellers were of the opinion that their
sales showed some strength
Packers started out to make their pur-
chases on a nickel lower basis, and they
succeeded TO certain extent Such
grades as shippers could use were In the
best demand and the competition brought
killer prices on these kinds Up TO very
nearly u steady level, but on everything
except the good lights and butchers. the
packers figures arc around a nickel
lower. so that the general killing trade
Is mostly a nickel Off. The firmness I'm
shipping grades strengthens the average
which Is no more than shade lower
Bulk Of thu supply moved at a range
OF S.90n16. with sprinklng Of good
butchers as high as N.iO. and tops at
Tl6
Supplies today amounted TO sixty-sevep
cars, or 900 head. bringing the total for
the two days W. 10 6,56S head. This is
1000 smaller than last week and more
than ZOO short of year ago RaceIpts
for the first two days OF the week are
smaller than any similar period in over
a month
a very large supply Of pigs showed M
this morning about a fifth of the total
receipts consisting OF lights welghinl
a good demand for pigs from both tn,
serum men and the packers. and sucl
| pigs as have been coming have on mos
days found ready sale. TOdays biz
| supply. however. glutted the market 4
such an extent that after the best gradel
| had moved al nearly steady prices othel
kinds were forced to sell at reduct OF
OF as much as 25c from the prevailing
prices last week. This ID the first TIM
this fall that buyers OF pigs have had
large enough assortment TO enable then
TO discriminate against the common stuff
and when most OF the buyers were filleS
VI there we're still several punches un
| sold Bids at this time were the loves
| or the day. being quoted In some easel
as much as bOc lower. Most OF tho pil
quite a number were held up by the gov
| eminent, but as a rule they showed bet
| ter health and were In better condition
than the pigs which were marketed 81
sHEEP.Reeeipts were short again
being estimated at 300 head compared
with 54.ls9 last Tuesday and A.25O a year
iSr show decrease, cniy Il, 7si head being
repoI ted In aga INST 81, us for the same
time last week and H215 a year ago. Chit
Cago this morning was reported as having
only A,0O0 head on sale and a strong
market At Mondays decline. outside oil
one or two punches OF good lambs and q
sprlnkling OF Wethers and yearlings there
was little good stuff here, the quality
being much like yesterday.
Because OF the meager supply OF right
good killers the packer buyers were Out
carly TO fill their orders and there beine
| considerable competition among them
prices on aged sheep and lambs we're gen
orally strong 20 dime higher. the mosl
improvement being on the yearlings and
| wethers. a little better than 1000 head
| OF CokeYllle lambs brought $3.50. as high
as anything sold during the day and tbs
bulk OF the offerings moved around 1.a