Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-06

CATTLE-There were no cattle Of any
consequence in this yards this morning
ano nothlng 70 make a market For the
week receipnA have been very liberal al
though running behind the record for a
year ago.
Good cornfed steers have been scarce
ILL az Ihe week and the market on that kind
Iirm. Range beeves broke sharply at
the beginning of the week but under the
influence OF a good buying demand the
loss was all recovered later on, SO that
at the close the maket is strong as COM
pared. with last weeks close
Common cows and Gamers have been
active sellers all the week at firm prices
put put fair 70 good cows and heifers broke
sharply the first Of the week in sympathy
with the decline on beef steers Latet in
the week as the receipts became light
the market strengthened up and is now
firm as compared with one week ago
Good feeders have been firm ali the
week and In active demand at prevailing
prices. supplies of that kind have been
Kept well cleaned up On the other hand,
thin and common feeders and light stock
ers have been more or less neglected all
the week and have eaeed off until they
are around 15q25c lower than one week
ago.
Quotations on cattle: Good to choice
cornfed beeves, $9.5OG10.25; fair to good
cornfed beeves S7519.50: common to fair
cornfed beeves, T15GS.7o; good to choice
range steers, 81. 40dS50; fair to good range
steers. S6.75df 40; common TO fair range
steers, Sc 00d675: good to choice grass
cows, S625NL75; fair to good grades, $3.50
ae;zS; common to fair grades. s275a5. so;
good TO choice stockers and feeders, $3.50
$500; fair to good stockers and feeders,
S6.15ug.0O; common to fair stockers and
feeders, s6'0Oa6.7 rs; stock cows and heifers,
70. 2546.75; stock calves, Ss00QS.00; veal
100
HoGS-Receipts were moderate even for
Saturday. but with other markets all
reporting lower prices. the local trade
continued It's slump, opening very dull and
about a dime lower, Shippers were almost
entirely out of 1t on first rounds, but later
in the day they bought mixed and butcher
hogs at prices that were quoted as right
at a dime lower, although q few of the in
dtvidual shipper sales did not show quite
this much decline. Packers made their
first bids fully dime lower, and while
statesmen held out until we'll along in the
forenoon they finally had to accept 1Oc
break. and there were times when there
seemed to be no demand for hogs even at
these figures The weeks market has
been very slow but eoday's was the worst
There was really no market at any time
Shippers bought In spurts, and packers
made no effort to fiji their orders, but
just waited around until the statesmen got
ready to cut loose. AS a result II took
the whole forenoon to clean up the light
The long end OF the killers purchases
landed at $3.50. There was sprinkling OF
shipping hogs at $S.65qS70, with one or
two loads at $S,75. and one packer bought
a load of good lights as high as $780,
The trade for the week shows a decline
of fully 3O435 per cent. on Monday, with
light supplies values made q slight ad-
vance, but since that time 1t has been a
case of one slow lower market after an
other, and on moderate weeks supply
prices show the largest break of any time
since the near panic at the beginning of
the European war The killing demand
which has been very dull all week was
even Stacker today owing to the fact that
Monday is a holiday. with the exception
OF one or two days the shippers and
SPECTATORS have bought freely all week.
and today the purchase OF one shipper
was far larger than any of the killer
droves Quality, which was poor yester-
day, was II anything worse today,
Todays run was the smallest OF the
week, only flfty-two cars or 3,Nb head
showing UP. The total for the week Is
81 .94S head being more than 1900 short of
last week. and 1000 smaller than a year