Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-25
Data 1914. 1878 1871. 1911 .lisio. 1900 liyes


CATTLb--Receipt were not very heavy
this morning. either here or at any
large enough TO meet the requirements
OF the trade. As noted before In those
columns the demand tor beef is always
limited At all market points during the
holiday season. No one is looking for
any thing like a brisk demand for cattle
until after January /.
The few beef steers here this morning
moved slowly at prices that were GER
tnlnly no better than steady and IL any
thing little lower than yesterday, espe-
tially on the close The best beeves
here were good enough to bring 1856,
there being nothing good in sight
Cows and heifers generally commanded
good steady prices. but the market
There we're not enough stockers or
feeders to cut much figure In the trade
and prices wero without noteworthy
the country viii be closed on Christmas
Quotations on Cattle. Prime ycerlinEs.
SS76Q975; good TO choice cOrnfed beeves
ts,0OqS75; fair to good oornfed heeves,
T.OqS0; common to fair cornfed beeves,
&,0Oq7bQ; good to choice range beeves,
81, 60GISO0; fair to good range beeves, 500
@1bO; common to fall range beeves, 1850
7Oo;. good to choice heifers, $600q7,o o.;
good to choice cows. N.bOq6. IS; fair to
cows, 81 1906. 90; good to choice stockers
and feeders, T40411b; fair TO good stock
ers and feeders, &c. 75dIIa0; common 90 fair
heifers. So. 25Q6,25; stock cows, 81 1895. IS;
stock calves, s6OCd7 .boi veal calves. 5000
500: bulls, stays, etc. M,O0US rs
HOGS-Receipts were rair this morning,
about 125 cars, or $500 head. being re-
ported. About sixteen loads OF these
were consigned direct, For the four days
Iast week Of Zoo ana ScSo larger 1 than SHep
year ago. The fact that the Christmas
holiday came on Thursday last year Is
The market opened out t dn 1 this morn
ing. and as other points, especially Chi
cage, reported sharp declines, the local
rsds oPsTe6 with shippers Snd
Packers early offers were even worse
than that, being in most instances flat
dime Of but By the Sd tine general
big end of the offerings finally sold at a
bqloc decline. Trade remained dull
The bulk of sales was made At $4,000
! 6s5, with quite a sprinkling at 500 and
a top Of S05 For the week to date
prices are around nickel lower. Pack
ers have been bearish all through, but
heavy shipping and speculative buying
helped TO hold values up. Lights, which
have been I'm poor request probably show
the most decline, but II has been noticed
that the big, rough, packing grades
have not sold 80 readily as they did last
sHEEP-The packers were good com
petitors for another light run consisting
for the most part of lambs and sprlnk-
ling Of ewes. Tho demand for killing
lambs was so good that sellers were able
! to realize prices strong TO l00lbc higher
on lambs and fully steady on ewes II
| ANYTHING tho general quality of the lamb
offerings was not. quite as good. though
some pretty good lambs were ON the
market, there being sveral loads good
enough To command $3.50, with the bulk
| going at $S,25Qs.40, the most OF which
were on the wheatfield order, Most OF
the ewes on sale brought S5.30q6.b0, with
the quality in many respects like yes
was naturally curly. Two cars Of feeder
lambs moved at $50.
Friday being Christmas today prao-
| tically closes the market for the week
| with lambs improving 40d60c since last
weeks close and ewes showing an ad-
vance of 16Q25c. Yearlings havo been In
meager supply and moved up l0Q15c
healthy condition OF the trade this week
4 has been attributed largely TO the fact
/ that the country has been conservative IN
| shipping 10 market. the receipts for the
week TO date being very moderate. In
| the neighborhood OF only some 1870 head
have been reported In, against 2s,S4 last
| week ana 2S,459 head two weeks ago.
| Quotations on sheep and lambs: Lambs
! good TO cho ce, s. 2QS5o; lambs, fair Il
I good 81. g06S 20: feeders, fair 10 good 81 u
| 4790; yeaTllngs, good TO choice, $Ge Goa
! 1885; yeanings, fair to good, Sc. 60dD3 30,
yearllngs, feeders, S5.75a6. 49, wethers
good TO choice, 81 1Oq6,35; wethers. fair
600 ewes good good o6 choice zee. % $4,000
| 1871 fed lambs recommendation, IS So
| % fed ewes ..,..,,,........,..t.,.,lO . y
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