Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-09
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OF cattle this morning, at least nothing
of any Importance, so that the market
was noninally steady as compared with
yesterday, For the week the receipts, IN
spite Of the large run on Monday, have
been very light, showing heavy tallng
Of as compared with the corresponding
week last year.
scarcity, did not show much change ht
any time during the week and are still
selling in about the same notches as .
year ago. On the other hand, most Kinds
of grass beef. as we'll as the medium
grades Of corn-feds, broke 25@4oc early
In the week on account OF the temporary
money stringency due to the war break.
up and money became easy once more
the market steadily firmed up and at the
close OF the week prices are back about
where they were one week ago:
Cows and helfers which broke In about
the same proportion as grass beef at the
beginning of the week have also recov-
cred lost ground and are now about where
they were q week ago.
Stock cattle and feeders suffered more
break at the beginning OF the week than
any other class of cattle. On the other
hand lower prices looked so enticing to
buyers that the demand showed consid-
cradle Improvement and prices have been
firming up until they are almost II not
quite as good as they were a week ago;
At present writing the financial condi-
ton has greatly improved and there Is a
very much better feeling prevalent in
live stock and banking circles At the
present time there Is every reason for
believing that the demand will be back
to about normal by the beginning OF the
week. However. no one Wishes 70 see
glut at any market point. Conditions up
TO the present time are very much better
at the western than at the eastern market
Quotations on cattle: Good to choice
eo o beeves. T.5OaS. Is; good to choice
range steers, SS.OOdS75; fair TO good range
steers. S.25qS.Oo; common TO fair range
steers, $6.50Q7O0 good to fancy cornfed
heifers, $7.75d6.75; good to choice grass
heifers' s625Q7.25; god 10 choice Grass
ccws. s60Oq6.50; fair 10 good grades, s6 ~: y
$500; common to fair grades, $S.6Ode. -
good to choice stockers and feeders. N.5o
"a 90: fair TO good stockers and feeders,
"a 7bNI7 so; common 70 fair stockerB and
Feeders, S600ll6. 70; stock cows and heiters;
So. O0df675; stock calves, $6OOpSOO' veal
calves, S7.OoqlO.5O; bulls, stays, etc, A.7bg
HoGs-Receipts were about double the
size OF Fridays, but still they were very
light, and all buyers We're OUT IN me yhtds
early Shippers were more particular this
morning and refused to take the very
common stuff. but two OF the packers
were competing with the shippers, ana
as a result Il did not take long TO clean
up the big end of the supply at figures
that were quoted as fully quarter
higher than yesterdays uneven market
Some saleHmen thought their hogs looked
better than this but az genera r tnin
Two OF the packers not buying hoof,
did not seem TO bother tho other buyers
in the least, and the fact that two or
three sellers waited until rather late 70
dispose OF their holdings. was duo more
10 their own builishnesA than 70 any
weakness OF the market. Tho aales landed
at a range OF ts.S5as75, with the long
string selling at $500 Today'B top OF
IS Is Is the highest price paid since Thurs
day of last week, the day before the big
From Thursday of last week until
Wednesday of this. prices showed q de-
cline OF fiat dollar per hundred. which
meant a break OF about 6Oc as compared
with the close OF last week. The rapid
advance OF the last three days has reoov-
cred a god share OF this, with the result
that hogs are now selling about a quarter
higher than q week ago today and within
dime of the big figures that we're paid
on the day before the market started its
\ big drop. In summing up the week {
\ trade II might be mentioned that the con-
dillon of the market Is still long way
from normal, and while values are rapidly
recovering on the present light receipts
the trade. in it's present shape would
/ stand In view Of this uncertainty ship
pers would do well 20 stick TO conserva.
tive lines for a while yet The action OF
may have been due 10 any OF several diff.
| ferent causes, but II is safe 20 say that
shippers will lose nothing by going Q
/ little slow until trade conditions become
more thoroughly settled and packers have
a chance 10 find out just where they
| stand
| Receipts today totaled twenty-thres
cars, or loo head. The weeks supply
| amounts 20 l.430 head. being 5000 head
smaller than last week. and 500 short OF
the same week OF last year. The sxtremt
/ lightness OF this weeks receipts haI
boosted the years decrease until II nov
i 2 IrlnlIrlia Ia9 hn2 had