Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-26
Date 1914. 1913 i9i2. 1871 Iisio. 1880 llSoe.
'SundaN

CATTLE Receipts were not very heavy
this morning, either here or at any
market points, but they were plenty
large enough TO meet the requirements
OF the trade. Az noted before In these
columns the demand for beef In always
limited at all market poipts during the
holiday season. NO one is looking for
anything like a brisk demand for cattle
unth after January /.
The few beef steers here this morning
moved slowly at prices that were GER
talnly no better than steady and II any
thing little lower than yesterday, espe-
cially on the close, The best beeves
here were good enough to bring $3.50,
there being nothing good in sight.
Cows and helters generally commanded
good steady prices, but the market
There were not enough stockers or
feeders to cut much figure in the trade
and prices were without noteworthy
change. All the live stock markets OF
the country viii he closed on Christmas
day.
Quotations on Cattle. Prime yeariings,
tS75q97b; good to choice cornfed beeves,
Ss.0OqS1S; fair to good cornfed beeves,
G.50qSO0, common to fair cornfed beeves,
@.OOq150; gooc 10 choice range beeveB.
5SgSCo go S1T to good range SssyeS E
T.Oo;, good to choice heifers, se0Oq7.0O;
good to cholce cows {S5Og6.S5 fair to
good cows, &,00d5.5J; common 10 fair
| cows, 50 76d6.00; good to choice stockers
and feeders. N.4Odf716; tair to good stock
ers and feeders, 50. .I5d14Oi common 20 fair
st2Iskers and nd 6eeders seOOae7; stock 8.
stock calves. S6.OOd7.5O: veal calves. S7.O0db
800; bulls. stays. etc. S5.O0Qs7b.
HOGS-Receipts were rair this morning,
ported. About sixteen teen loads loads % Of these
| were consigned direct For the four days
the run totals 80 .6s6 head, a gain over
last week OF 1900 and 10000 larger than a
| year ago The fact that the Christmas
| holiday came on Thursday last year Is
partly responsible for the big gain noted,
| .lras A..Il III.
ing, and as other points. especially Chi.
! cago, reported sharp declines, the local
trade opened with shippers and specu-
Packers early offers were even worse
| than that, being In most instances flat
dime off, but by the time general move
ment started they had improved until the
| big end of the offerings finally sold at a
| 58lOc decline. Trade remained dull
! throughout
Tho bulk of sales was made at $1,000
696, with quite a Bprinkling at 800 and
top Of T05. For the week to date
prices are around a nickel lower. Pack
ers have been bearish all through, but
/ heavy shipping and speculative buying
! helped to hold values up. Lights, which
have been in poor request, probably show
! the most decline. but It has been noticed
that the big. rough, packing grades
week
sHEEP-The packers we're good com
| pettors for another light run consisting
| for the most part OF lambs and n sprink-
! ling OF ewes. The demand for killing
lambs was so good that sellers were able
, to realize prices strong to l0G15c higher
on lambs and fully steady on ewes IL
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 S65, with the bulk
going at *. 25GlS.40, the most of which
were on the wheatfield order. Most OF
the ewes on sale brought $b.3Oq5.60. with
the quality in many respects like yes
terday. Trade being brisk the clearance
was naturally early, Two cars OF feeder
lambs moved at $3.50.
| Friday being Christmas today prac-
! tlcally closes the market for the week
with lambs improving 4od5Oc since last
weeks close and ewes showing an sd-
vance of l6q25c. YeBrlings have been IN
moager supply and moved up l0Q1bc
The upward tendency TO prices and the
healthy condition of the trade this week
has been attributed largely to the fact
that the country has been conservative In
shipping 20 market, the receipts for the