Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-19

CAATTLE--There was a fair run OF
cattle Tor Thursday, ZIG cars being re-
ported In. For the five days the total
amounts to 1854 head, being more than
double the receipts OF a year ago.
There seemed to be a fair demand for
range beef steers. especially fol, this late
IN the week. and anything along that
line commanded steady prices. on the
other hand cornfed beeves were ex-
tremely slow and weak. While a few
choice cornfeds always sell we'll at this
time OF the year, especially light year
%% warm G to pT TGS' good KINDS. such
cattle do not kill out ~ as good adVan-
tage as the hard. well-matured range
beeves, and packers invariably give the
latter the preference. This means that the
market on Cornfed cattle, aside from
fancy grades. Is unsatisfactory to sellers,
not only here, but at every other market
point.
Feeders sts RS as as is apt TO be the case this
late in the week. we're slow. spectators
already had a good many cattle on hand
and were not Inclined to take on very
much unless they could shade prices
| little. AS result the Leneral market was
ouotations on - cattle: Prime cornfod
| beeves. S9.75Q1o.O0; good to choice fed
yearlings, s900q9.76; fair to good fed
| yearlinss, S65jfis.OO; good to choice heavy
/ beeves. S9O0Q9.b0; fair TO good cornted
heeves. f.Nq9Oo: common to fair corn
| fed beeves S660Gg7.7b; prime grass beeves.
| S. OodS. GO; good to choice grass beeves,
ST. bOQfS Oo fair TO good grass baeves, ". 20
@7.5O; common 70 fair grass oessves' $s'11 sg
SSir S 20 good % cows cows, a75assO common 70
fair s9ys tSi0 fsr 10 S GOOD z Feeders s 500
T2B; common to fair feeders, tO.5og6bO;
good to choice stoekers, U.5o9e.oo fair TO
stockers, s55066.50; stock heifers. $3.50
67B; stock cows, si.5odto q; stock calves
ss.0jds&; veal calves, se.ooqse0; bulls
| stags, etc, tt00di6.Oo.
| Representative sales: 40, -,
crate. we're the largest of any Gay TINS
week and In fact the heaviest for any
day since last Thursday. About Sixty,
seven cars, or 400 head, were reported
IN. making the total for the Tour Gays .s
ib ON hend This Is 500 smaller than last
eek aTtd 800 short OF year ago, put
is about 1. 90 larger than two weeks age
Whipping outlet broadened someWha ~
and fully a fourth the offerings soid TO
outside buyers at prices that were any
| way bdil0c and In some cases close 70
dime above yesterday. Tops scored a
| Chicago, while still reporting pretty
heavy runs reacted this morning, aSd on
the strength OF the advance there loSal
| packer trade opened stronger, and by me
| time the bulk OF the hogs started TO move
prices were fully l0c above yesterday.
fairly active trade resulted, and q clear
! ance was made by the middle OF the fore
| noon. A few loads of underweiBht west
erns failed to sell until toward the close;
The bulk moved at % 2OqS.S 20. with the
big string at ss.S. Several punches OF
the light westerns mentioned were bought
= sH sIiSEIS Moderate supplies were again
the ordePof the day, arrivals amounting
to some thirty-five cars. or $500 head.
with the exception of two weeks ago this
lis the smallest Thursday run received
since early in August For the week TO
date supplies total e2,7S6 head. being $500
smaller than a week ago. but more than
5000 larger than two weeks ago, and a
gain OF 1900 over the corresponding days
last year.
the total offerings. and sold In pretty
good season at prices that were strong TO
az much as loo higher. Bulk sold around
$3.50. and while the good lambs that were
here were unable to beat this figure. lit
tie sorting was done. some punches going
straight As was the case yesterday,
nothing very choice was included In the
offerings. Lambs that sold at S.S were
Feeders looked fully steady again today.
and in some cases stronger. There are
still plenty OF buyers for the good light
lambs, as was evidenced when car OF
good 5s-pound Wyomngs was sold at
1855, while fleshy seventy-pounders were
bought to go to the country at $50 Few
feeding ewes sl,u Were were offered; sxsremeiy
iyearlings were bought on feeder orders
at $40
AS compared with the total receipts Of
prices ruled about steady. Ewes as
usual. made up the bulk OF tbs mutton
supply. and best here sold at sSB, which
has been the outside price for the last
three days.
Quotations on sheep and lambs: lambs.
good to choice. IS. 25d1s IS; lambs, fair 10
good. ts1ops25; lambs. feeders. S7.750
s55 yearlinss .o fair to S choice eOoSs 80
fair to choice. IS OOd6.75 ewes. good TO
choice, s. .OOd6 .25; ewes, fair to good. $40