Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-17
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M 4 NtttlntA were NluNn IkultI
than yesterday but the total for the
three days this week foota up i9,SS0 head,
being the largest for any recent week
$40 iats"r t"ar "a year aso by 900 hend.
While the large receipts at this point
would naturally have a bearish Influence
on the market the overwhelming run at
Chicaso and the demorRnHation at that
market was really the controlling intlu-
ence In the trade, Chicago papers yeEter-
day reporteI that market as 6OcdfSlW
lower Tor the week ON the general run or
morning telegraphic advices Indicated a
stli further decline at that point and
buyers here naturally helu off awaiting
later news before tranRRcting very much
business. The result was tnat the market
here was extremely slow from start TO
finish, with prices ON practically all kinds
Of cattle showing q stlll further decline
as impaired with yesterday.
Stockets and feeders are around bec
lower than last wek and some Kinds
show even more decline than that
There ls only one thing for the country
TO do, and that is to shu. off shipments
To all market points until the glut In the
east has been cleaned up and the market
given an opportunity TO recover. 10 Simply
Withhold shipments from this point and
send stock to other points Will do no good
whatever, as other markets are fully as
bad. and some OF them even worse than
this.
Quotations on Cattle--Prime yearllngs,
S9OOdi000, good TO choice cornfed beeves,
@.2OWS.75; fair to good COrnfed beeves,
81 N7btfS 25 common To fair Cornfed beves,
S. 6Ouf .5O good 20 choice range beeyes
$i.50uS.O0; fair to good range beeves, NN
9l7b0, common 60 fair range hoeves 5000
100; good TO choice heifers. S6.0OQ7.00; good
to choice cows S s5di6 fair to good cows
81 ibu6.25i common to fair cows, A00a
AIS; good 20 choice stockers and feeders
81. 40Gf7b; fair to good stockers and feed
eTs, S6.Tbdp1. 20; common to fair stockers
and feeders, t6Oa6I5j stock heifsrs, 800
SSOca7.5o veal calves, 100000, bulls
stays, etc, S5.O0d6.I0
HOGS-Total receipts today we're fairly
liberal. about 100 cars. or 1850 head,
being received. OF these, however, thirty
eight cars were consigned direct 70 pack
ers, SO that Snly a little over 100 loads
were actually on sale. Total supplies for
the three days are N,633, being n gain of
smaller than year ago
Toward the close things began TO ease
off and before ali the early arrivals had
been sold prices were weak to a nickel
lower than at the good time. In fact,
there were stlll some OF the less desir-
able hogs In first hands when buyers be-
gan to leave the yards. one train, car"
rying fourteen loads. which did not ar.
rive until noon, brought most OF the buy
ers out again, but prices were easily a
nickel lower than the earlier trade ana
than that Buyers were still discrimi-
mating against the lighter grades or
mixed lunches. which ran down 20 light
stuff ana while some OF these hogs were
cashed late midday found a number OF
loads Of fresh stuff still in first hands,
Chicago reported fresh advance this
morning, and the local trade opened out a
good dime higher than Tuesdays average.
The keen demand which featured yester-
days market was in evidence again this
morning, and before the close some sales
were made which looked almost lbc
higher
The general market is a good, big dime
higher. Movement was, on the whole,
active. and a pretty fair. clearance had
II nf
the supplies sold at FGOW7.i5, as against
yesterdays bulk OF t60OGD7.00, while tops
reached 800 just l6c better than Tues
paid this month. This is the first time
since the last day OF November that the
bulk OF the offerings has sold at 500 or
last month. values show a reduction OF
,Sc, and current prices are around 800
lower than on the corresponding day last
eeipts for the year to date are over 800 :
goo smaller than for the same period OF
Quotations on cattle: Prime yearlInRs.
s.. 5000. 20; good 10 choice corn-fed beeves,
| SS.756I10 90; fair to good corn-fed beeves,
IS. 20qs7b; common to fair corn-fed beeVes
4 YSSS Is fair 10 good % range s beeves SeYTes 81 e
| al .76; common 10 fair range beeves, 81. .00
| Q7.B; prime heifers, 81 .bndS.60: good 10
choice heifers, ss. 26W7 80; good 10 choice
cows, S5.750is.75; fair 10 good COWS, g.. 256i
5.75 common 10 fair COWS. s.. 5o95 Is good
to choice stoekers. and feeders. T.750
SIS; fair to good stockers and feeders
feeders. feeders 30 coal 90; stock heifers. IS 5oGl
| 6 80; stock cows, IS .00fl6. q; stock calves
i So. .OOlS 90; veal calves. N,00a9. 80; bulls
stsgs, etc, S5.25Q7.1 10
| sHEEP-The packer buyers lost M
time in picking up another moderate
run OF sheep and lambs at a sharp ad-
4 vance of $4,000 on lambs and fully 15q
about as much advance as lambs West
ern lambs fed in Nebraska sold up tC
tS,75, yearlings t7.65 and ewes t5.S. topi
tority Of the lambs found an outlet a
IS 256ls. .65. with the bulk OF the ewei
going at S5.25g5.D Trade was orisl
throughout and everything was weighed
handle the offerings. the clearance be
ing before 1890 o'clock. The receipts
footed Up 600 head. against 1851 las
Quality OF the lambs showed little Il ans
change from yesterday, but the year
nngs and ewes were not quite as good
The top on ewes was not much higher
than that on Tuesday owing TO the alb
senoe OF quality. There were no feeders
The bailish features were the moderate
| receipts today, and for the week TO date
coupled with a better feeling being re
| ported at eastern points. The continued
| colder weather was also given as stimu
lating influence For tho thee days thus
/ far in the neighborhood OF D,1SO have
| been yaTdod, compared with is7N durine
/ the same time last week, 40i020 two weeks
ago and 8.66i a year ago. Prices now
compared with last weeks close are lb6l
&c higher on lambs. with aged sheer
showing an Improvement OF fully l04l5c
and possibly more in some instances
] Quotations on Sheep and Lambs-Lambs
Food, tsOOgs.50; feeders. fair u good, t75
OTIS; yeerlings. good 70 choice. N.&Q
7SS; ysariings. fair 70 GOOD, N.o0Q7. IS;
sood, 10 choice, % 4elS 50; wethers, fair 70
good. tS001DaB; wetherS. feeders, MOO
500; ewes, good n choice, t61561A.s6: ewes,
far 20 good. G.ooQsS; ewes. feeders. go