Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-22

received on the corresponding Gays lart
year
Trade opened rather dhl against this
mufuiug. although some good hogs sold
fully steady with yesterdays shippug
troves as htgh as $50 ncing ruld. Pack
ers were rather slow iu starting out
and, re general thuE. fitst bias wore
no better than steady with yesterday
sellers werc not Inclined to rui loose lt
yesterdays prices. and they priced their
holdings hirher but after the market had
dragged through more than two hours
rather ucsultpTy movement begun nt
prices that were steady TO possibly a
little stronger.
What little strength was noticeable iu
the trade did not last long, and after q
few strings had hccn picked up re- steady
To strong prices bids weakened A little,
instance better than steady, and Ia some
cases did not look hardly that good As
result ot this weakness IN" movement
remained very dull throughout Toward
The close values reached the low time ut
the day, and some strings sold AZ this
time were no better than yesterdays low
close, that is, around N.6' with some
common STUFF little under that
At the time Of closing this report there
are still q few scattering loads unsold.
What little life there was 90 the market
iust oozed out gradually, and Il wound
mp with a fiE4le, some buyers leaving the
yards before anything like clearan-A
was made. By midday however, tho big
end OF the supply had been started scaic-
ward Bulk Of the sales landed ~ &.6F'
20 with "A gprinkling on up 20 N,9a the
high mark FOR the day and a nickel higher
than the years best urtcc M 20 this time
SHEEP-There was another good run
OF sheep and lambs this morning The
total amounted Ia " cars, making the
receipts for the two DAYS 2iat2 head,
being more than double the receipts for
same days last week, and the largest for
nNFNNll VlTEN for fnN Hnk :
back. Aa compared with y year ago there
was gain for the two days OF little
over loo head.
couraEing. The market at Chicago being
especially unfavorahle to the selling In
terests The market at that point has
lambs with the result that prices have
broken down badly. Buyers this morning
felt that the market here was out OF line
as compared with Chicago and that they
were entitled to stlll further CONCESSIONS
The result was that they started out bid
ding lower and the trade was more or les,
of a drag from start to finish. In the END
fat lambs az prices that were all the wal
means that the market on fat lambs II
over NlO0 lower than on Tuesday OF las
week In fact, good lambs sold on thil
market on last Tuesday as high as HH
which will give some idea OF the amoun
OF the decline. Other markets have
broken fully as much.
There was n little Hprinkling OF sheep OF
sale and some OF the more desirable lot
that were wanted to fill some speCia
order sold carly at prices that were no
/ very much n any lower than yesterday
I On the other hand the general market wal
slow and weak to lOc or more lower anC
the day was we'll advanced before clear
anCo was effected.
Quotations on range sheep and lambs
! Lambs, good TO choice, Ne0dfS,00; lambs
! fair Co good, s776GSOO; lambs, feeders
SC. 25d8,75: yeRrlings, good TO CHOICE 50 l6g
! & 80; yearilngs, fair to good, B.SdS IN
yearlings, feeders 81. .o0af5 60; wethers, zoo,
! 20 choice, Sass6dl5 20; wethers, fair TO good
| S. l0fp5.65; wethers, feeders, MVOqA 20
ewes good 10 choice. 81 6Jdp4 So; ewes, fai
to good, g. 5Oa475. feeders. S3.OOwa.60