Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-23

CATTLE-lteceipts were ..kilt this
morning only 900 head being reported In,
This makes the total for the Two days
this week i.9i2 head, only about one
third as many as were received on the
same time the receipts Tor the two days
THIS week are about the same as they
were for the corresponding period year
ago. All other market points were lightly
supplied 50 that there was considerable
Improvement at all points.
ihe market on killing cattle at this
point was around loa2Oc higher, or 2od
tOc higher than the low point last week.
This would apply 20 beef steers, cows and
heifers.
Feeders did not decline so much last
week and they have not shown so much
Improvement this week. but still they
were a little stronger again today or
around 25c higher thun last week.
heed the warning that has been re-
peuted frequently In these columns to
the effect that this Is not the season OF
oversupply OF cattle without breaking
Quotations on Cattle Prime. yeerlings.
.Sd5gs7S; good to choice gnS sornfed es' eeeyes'
S7.50QSQ0; common to fair cornfed beeves,
$6.O0q750; good to choice range beeves,
S.5oasOo; fair to good range oeeyes. so E5.oe
100; good to choice helfeTs, hWYIWi
good to choice qowy, &,b0d6.S0; fair to
good cows. s5OOd6.J9 common 70 fair
and Feeders. s7.+Oq7.IL; fair to good stock
ers and feeders, S675dT4O; common 20 fair
stockers and feeders, Se.OOqt6,7s; stock
heifers. .E5.25ge. .25; stock cows, 81 76g6; 20
stock calves. ts.OOq7.50; cal calves. f.Oo0
800: bulls, stays. etc, S.OOQd75
HoGS-Rcccipts were fair. and Chicago
opened slow With very little change IN
good, and with strong competition all
around the market opened In good shape.
Early prices were all OF &c higher, and
l.xf he gl0vNa ha Of hA haRnUa
20 move the market showed 6glOc adj
vance. Quality OF the receipts was very
good, and on this account the market
shows possibly more gain than was ac-
tually made, but even figuring on this,
prices can be quoted as 6dl0c up
Bulk OF the hogs moved at t7,O0gf7.05.
eral loads as high as El5, the tor.
Everything moved fairly readily TO both
packer and shipper buyers, except the
very good demand. and were allow sale.
supplies were estimated az lis cars, or
$500 head, bringing the total for the two
days up to 1880 head. This Is a gain
of 1000 over last week and more than
5000 heavier than last year.
SHFEP-Fairly active, steady to i0c
higher on lambs and steady to strong On
tiOn on the sheep market. A better feel
ing tor something suitable TO FIJI their
orders, As on yesterday no good lambs
OF handy weight were available so buy
era had TO take a less desirable kind.
consequently according TO quality prices
looked I'm some cases a little better,
though there were no lambs here good
enough to sell over Yesterdays top fig
ure. Tho range for lambs was largely
at N.9OGS.O0. The receipts OF ewes showed
up In larger proportions this morning
than in several days and the quality as
a rule was good. the bulk OF the offer
ings finding an outlet at s.. S.O0ll5 30. There
were fewer offerings at the disposal OF
feeder buyers. with prices quotably
steady.
The days receipts totalled $500 head,
against 9,2ll week ago, 3.7l2 two weeks
ago and i,6J9 year ago, For the first
two days a shortage showed up, the re-
ceipts amounting to only some $50 head
compared with 1870 for the same DAYS
last week and li.7l6 year ago. II any
thing like normal runs had shown II,
traders are agreed that prices would have
had a lower tendency indicating that the
general market continues In a rather un
settled condition due 10 the bearish in
fluence OF the approaching holiday sea
son.
Quotations on Sheep and Lambs
lambs. good 10 choice. SI.90dSi5. lambs,
fair TO good, S150n1.y0. fedeTs. fair 10
good. s. 5OG7,SO: SearlinEs. good 10 choice
~ l5dr7 .25. yeariings. IHir TO goOI. t65On
675; yearlings feeders, S.50d6lO: wethers
good to choice. 81. .O0cd6. %; wethers fair 20
good, t5.Ibd6OO: WetheTs feeders 81 iOa
800; ewes. good 10 choice, s.. 25dt5. 40: ewes.
fair TO good, t5Ood6 -2S; ewes, feeders. SL25
Renrasautativa saIas.