Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-02
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CATTLE--TheYe were no cattle in the
yards today, or at least nothing of any
Importance. For the week receipts have
been large, being about the same as a
week ago and year ago.
Prices on the best cornfed steers have
been fully steady, but the medium grades,
such as come in competition with west,
crn graeserB, are 10dl6c lower than last
week. Range beef has also declined gen.
orally 10115c.
Cows and heifers. largely on account
of the competition of cheap Texas beef
which packers are securing In plentiful
supply at southern markets, are 10000
ers of any consequence are coming, but
II they were they. would undoubtedly
command steady prices,
Stockers and feeders commanded good
firm prices at the beginning of the week
and fleshy cattle of good quality were
quite free sellers. The medium and
common grades have been easing off and
they are around l0albc lower for the
The immediate future of the market is
very uncertain. owing TO the European
war scare. In the event of general
foreign war 1t Is possible that the mar
ket for q few days might be badly de-
Hmoralized from the lack OF a good buy
ing demand. The first effect of a war
is generally TO tighten up the money
market making II difficult for large OPP,
orators to secure money with which TO
buy stock. Owing to the uncertainty as
TO what might happen great many OPP
the country to follow a very conserva-
tive policy in the matter of stock ship
ments until the outcome of the present
war scare is better undergtood.
Quotations on cattle: Good to choice
corn-fed beeves, 50 .0Oq9 10; fair TO good
corn-fed beeves, IS. b0QI9. 90; common to
fair corn-fed beeves, q .5oGt8. 80; good to
good range steers, 81 b6as. Is; common to
fair range steers, $6.5O6D7. so; choice to
fancy corn-fed helfers, IS. O0qs 90; good to
choice grass COWS, ,s.sS@7 90; fair to good
grades. S. .6046. rs; common to fair grades
599s 80 goSS ot to choice stoskers and
stockers and feeders, So. 25g7Oo stock
! cows and heifers, $4,000 rs; stock calves
6.0oGS 90; veal calves, T.50Qlo.5O; bulls
HoGNin spite Of yesterdays bad
| break all along the line very fair Sat.
urdsy run showed up, estimates calling
weeks supply of Al7s head is more than
! 1000 smaller than last week, and about
800 short of the same week last year
In a great many respects today's trade
! was a repetition OF Fridays. Conditions
were still very unsettled and while ship
pers bought a few loads of their kind
| early, the figures paid were fiat lbc lower
than the same sort Of hogs sold yester'
| day, and spectators were practically ou'
of II. Packers apparently had more con
fidence in themselves this morning, bu
| at that the market opened very slow
and early bids were In many cases a.
! much as zoo lower. Nothing was don'
| for quite a while, as sellers were wait
ing 10 get their hearings before the!
! made the large concession demanded b!
the killers. AS the morning advanced
values showed indications of lttl'
more strength than they had evidenced
| carly, but at the best prices were unsat
isfactory to sellers, and when the sup
ply began to move slowly the figure
paid were still around l6c below yester
| days general trade. After the movemen
started the trade showed a tendency 4
firm up in some cases, but at the bes
time values we're big dime lower, Will
the big end OF the offerings showed tn
long end of the break. Generally speak
ing the market Is mostly 15c lower thal
| fridays average. Bulk of the sales wa
made at 50 25Qs,SO. the long string land
ing at Ss3. There was a sprinkling o
good hogs on up to tS.55, the TOP. bu
II took pretty good stuff TO beat $3.50.
The sharp declines OF the last two day
have put big crimp in the weeks trad
and for the week values look BN80
lower with onIy fair receipts all wee
prices were held down by tine packet
during the first four days and the un
certain conditions developing Frida
threw an already dull and unsatisfsctor
market INTO q near-panic, values break
ing DQS5c in two days. AS was state
yesterday this panicky tendency is prof
ably only temporary, nut II would
advisable for shippers 10 go slow o
marketing their stock until things be
come little more settled.