Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-22

Sunday

CATTLE-Receipts OF cattle this morn
| lnB were smaller than expected only Ups
SSssprsS nelns reported IN, falling OF Of
| "'oVv head as compared with last week
ana OF O,cD head as compared with a
year ago. Some other market points were
! also supplied with less cattle than autici-
peted. There was, however. sharp
brcSk reported at some points prices in
! many cases being as much as IO6i5c
lower The local market did not snow
much change.
The supply of beef ST sers was fair. but
the quality was poor Under the In
Iluence OF untaNorRble advices from Chi
S .Aes0 ana Kansas city buyers started out
DlGdlng sharply lower, but In the end
they bought most OF the desirable cattle
AT prices about steady
Ihere was also tendency to hid lower
on cows ana heifers this morning but
the supply of that kind OF cattle WAS MOI
very large, so that good COWS and heifers
anu Gamers commanded steRCy prices
S lone Eco ot me in-oetween kinds Iuay possi-
There was an active demand for good
10 eholce feeders and the market on such
was loalbc higher than last weeks close
GOOD western feeders sold as high ns e. ~
ana NSbo was paid for some choice jlcshv
cattle To be taken back into the country
Tor a short feed, Other grades Of feeders
were also steady with last weeks Crpgc
Quotations on cattle. Good to choice
eornled beeveB, Ss.b0mlO 20: fair to good
cornted beevcs &75aD.SO. common To fair
Sornted beeVes, 81 1bNS 20; good to choice
steers, S6S0d7lO; common to fair range
Steers, Se:Ool69. good to choice grass
helters, @,b0qI50; good to choice grass
cows, 81, 25u6.T; fair to good grades $500
@6.2b; common To fair grades. SAOOa6. 5O
good to choice stoCkers and feeders
NbOGS2 70; fair to good stockers and feed
ers, S6uOn6.6O; stock heifers, So J00I6 70 ;
stock cows, A.75Q6 26;, stock Calves, ST. OO6i,
400; veal calves, S.m0l0.25; bulls, stays,
etc. S. 2597O0
HOGS-The week opened out with an
other ant ~ 4 a
cars, or about 400 head, being received
This Is 400 head larger than "A week ago,
but is less than half as large as on the
! corresponding Monday of last year
Good lights were a scarce article this
morning. but shipper buyers had a few
urgent orders which were filled with hogI
Tops reached $3.50 and considering the
quality the trade shows all OF the gain
quoted. Killing orders were very light
and early packer bids were no more than
stcudy sellers were asking better money.
but buyers refused to go very high and as
competition was limited the long end OF
She killing hogs finally moved on n strong
" Sc higher basis. Movement was eX-
trsmely draggy. and il took the best part
OF the forenoon to clean up the light run,
The big end OF the supply sold TO
killers at strong to DC higher prices, but
the Jew loads sold 20 shippers lsnAed well
above the bulk and the average of all
the sales is 5Gfl0c better that az the close
OF last week. Bulk of the killing sales
was made at S. 4OdS45 as against Satur-
daYE long string at $50. There were a
few scattering shipper sales on up as
INDEPENDENTLY large receipts at
South omaha and Chicago and big run
at Kansas City for this time OF the year
were prominent features in the general
situation In sheep and lambs and, OF
course. what was expected under such
circumstances happened, trade being
practically at standstill most Of the
forenoon and In the end prices on sheep
and lambs showing a decline Of 25a36c
from last weeks close. Until nearly IL
O'Clock very few lambs or sheep had
changed hands and as the trade dragged
along the clearance was very late
While all kinds OF feeders were In good
demand, the large supply OF desirable
feeder lambs and sheep on hand and the
lower market ON fat stuff gave prices n
weak and lower tendency feeder laInbE
being generally l0Qll5c Off and aged feed
ers weak tC dime lower. The range on
feeder lambs was largely NJ So. 35Q7 90
according to weight and quality. Few
eyed feeders moved during the eerly part
OF the forenoon.
Today's receipts totalled up some $1,000
head, which was the largest run here on
any one day in three weeks. beng L, 5S3
head more than week ago, 1885 more
than two weeks ago and $500 more than
on the corresponding day wear ago.
Qualit" on the whole was considered
good.
Quotations on range sheep and lambs.
Lambs, good TO choice, S75OuslO: lambs.
fair to good. S@0NIJO; lambs. feeders.
IS OGL2O; yearlngs. good to choice s. 10
Nb,lO, ycarlings, fair to good s. j0d5 so.
yearlings, feeders. $4,000 %. wethers.
good TO choice, S5.2OH5.5O; wethers. fair to
good, @.2n6Oo. wethers feeders. 81 8OGt
talr to good, &75u5.oo; ewes. feeders, g 20
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