Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-30
Total receipts ...... 3 95
DISPOSIT1ON--HEAD.


CATTl>El-There were no tresh recelpIS
of cattle this morning, or at least nothing
Of any consequence. The receipts for the
week have been very liberal, being the
largest of any week since the opening OF
the range season and about the same as
for the corresponding week a year ago.
The receipts have consisted largely or
range beeves and feeders. with only a
sprinkling of good TO choice cornfeds.
Good choice cornfed steers have been
In small supply and good demand all the
week with the result that prices have re-
mained about steady. On the other hand
competition with range cattle are 10dl5c
lower than last weeks close. The best
range beef Is not very much lower, but
the general market on the medium to
pretty fair grades is 15q25c lower than a
week ago. Some of the more common
kinds are 25Gl40c lower
There has been a very good demand for
canner cows all the week and fully steady
prices have been maintained, On the
other hand the general run of killing cows
and cattle are 15425c lower, with the
trade on many days slow at the decline.
Good feeders have been in active de-
mand all the week at firm prices and are
fully steady IL not little stronger than
last weeks close. The medium grades of
feeders and stock cattle are 10Q15c lower.
Quotations on cattle: Good to choice
cornfed beeves, $9.50q10.25; fair to good
cornfed beeVes, $S.7bq950; common to fair
cornfed beeves, S.75qS.75; good 10 choice
range steers, H.500S,75; fair to good range
steers, H.25Q7.50; common to fair range
steers, $625Gp7. .25 good to choice gras1
cows, 6.5q775; fair to good grades, $3.50
d6.25; common to fair grades, $350Q6.50;
good to choice stockers and feeders, $3.50
qS.00; fair to good stockers and feeders,
81. T.000p7.50; common to fair stockers and
feeders, $625a7.00 stock cows and heif-
ers,. S,25qe.75; stock calves. s6.oCgS.CO;
veal calves. $S.0O@1O50; bulls. stays, etc,
s.. 25G7OO.
Representative sales:
HOGS-There was a fair Saturday sup
ply In sight, but packers we're all out after
hogs this morning and with the specu-
lators and shippers coming into competi-
ton with them on the mixed grades
prices advances fully as much as Friday;
in fact, today's average gain amounted
to a shade moro than that OF yesterday.
Trade opened fully dime higher, but the
big end of the sales was made on a 100
l5c higher basis. and the general mar
ket can be quoted this way There were
practically no real good shipping hogs
here and the mixed grades bought early
by the shipper buyers failed to show as
much advance as the packers droves, as
they were no more than 5q10c to at the
outside dime higher than yesterday.
MUHement was fairly active and a fair
clearance had been made by $3.50 O'Clock.
Bulk of the hogs sold at $S9Oq9,OO, the
popular price being SS95 Tops failed to
so above 500, being only a nickel higher
than Fridays highest price. During the
last two days the main part of the ad-
vance has fallen on the mixed and COM
mon grades, as shippers and spectators
have pailed to take hold OF the best kinds,
and as a result the range has narrowed
from half dollar spread on Thursday to
no more than SOC today.
The weeks trade is Just about 15c higher
as general thing, but practically all OF
this advance Is shown in killing grades,
and shipping hogs are very little higher
than week ago. Receipts have been fair
all week, and up until Thursday the trend
of the trade was slightly lower, but the
sharp advance of the last two days put
today's prices at least l5c above the close
of last week.
Today's run amounted TO nlnety-five
cars, or about 6,O0e head Total receipts
for the wek are 1924 head, being nearly
5000 head larger than a week ago and
over 6,OO heavier than a year ago. For
two consecutive weeks receipts have been
larger than for the same period lasf vaar