Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-25
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CATTLE Receipts showed n heavy fell.
ing off as compared with yesterday, only
~ cars being reported IN This leaves
the total for, the two days at l9,si4 head
spending days last week and smaller
than year ago by 1.6OO head.
Quotations on Cattle Good to choice
yearllngs, f.s59s76; common to fair fed
yearlingH, ". lbQi,I5; good 10 choice heavy
eeeves, t9ooqs.4O; fair TO good cornfed
led beevss, ss.OSas Is; prime grass bee ewes
EoNslb; good TO choice grass heeves
N.SSgs.26i fair TO good grass beeves. tI.iO
SisO good to q choice ice FED hefers. s7cSs
$500; good to choice fed cows. S6.5lG7.26.
good TO choice grass heifers,. t6Jg1lOo'
g Soo % S soWs S SSw so$mSn % f fsr
COWS, NO0dfe.15; good to choice feeders.
T.S5Gfs.U0; falt to good feeders, t6.I0QT.S5;
Sei9s2s tSsr s'0 saSs esTs ssos
stock calves, IS 5OdpSOO; veal calves, ti.Vod
1000; bulls stays. etc. t6OOG7,0o.
sc MSGs0OS light hGE' mere rather
and shippers were willing to pay prices
that were dime higher. and In some
eases case even higher than that; They also
lightlsh mixed kinds on the same basis
Best lights soid the highest OF the month
and as sellers SH ali IL" wanted hl sSeE money money
nothing was sold TO killers until the mid
die of the forenoon, by this time values
had improved until they were In the ma
Iority OF cases &c higher, and II was on
this basis that the bulk OF the mixed
butcher and heavy hogs was cashed
Towards the close things slackened up y
good deal. as packers did not seem 10
want the rough heavy hogs, and In some
cases refused to even bid on them.
Most OF the killer sales landed at S. 30
db,bO. with a sprinkling on either side OF
these prices The biggest string sold
Receipts were no more than fair about
12 loadB or 5000 head showing up. Total
for the two days In l2.lS6 head, being i,0DJ
smaller than a week ago. and just about
the same as Tor two weeks ago and a
sEIEEP-sheep and lamb receipts We're
on the liberal order again today, al
yesterdays big run. About eighty-slx
cars. or 5000 head, were reported In
bringing the total FOR the week TO date
up to 81 ,126 head. This Is 1000 largol
two weeks ago. but is smaller than last
year by $4,000 head.
It was nearly midday before much OF
anything sold. but in the end sellers
full y steady, while some sales we q quoted
AS strong to l0c higher. Eight cars OF
the same lambs that brought $50 .yestet-
day took 1885, under little heavier
sort, and a seven car string topped the
days trade. bringing 1870 which equals
the best price paid since August II, Move
ment livened up after trading basis
had been established. and II did not take
long to make a fair clearance.
Feeder lambs were in very eager re-
quest and many OF them had been sole
before a thing was done by packers
Prices ruled stronger, and in many In.
stances were as much as 1Oc higher
A good many feeders sold around SSg5
with others at $3.50. and tops reacheu
SS3b. Feeding yearlings sold as high a.
1910 today.
Aged sheep shared the strength noted
in the lamb trade and sold at generally
stronger prices. Good native ewes reached
$3.50, while 1875 was the outside price
for westerns.
Quotations on sheep and lambs: Lambs
good to choice S.5Oas.70; lambs fair to
good. N,35IS.50; feeders, t.5OlS.35; year
lings. fair 70 choice. &.5Oal6. so; yeariinEa
feeders, t6.00d6.75; wethers, fair TO choice
IS ?5n6,OO; ewes. good to choice, 5000,
$40; ewes, fair TO good, N50q5.O0; ewes.
feeders. S425d4.T.