, 1915-09-23
live STOCK FniCES
AT SOUTH OMAHh
Heaviest Cattle Run In History
of the Yards.
SMALL RUN OF HOGS SHOW Up

Steady Market In Sheep earn-AlI
Classes of Stock About the Same as
on Friday-Good Lambs Again at
1925
Union Stock Yards, South Omaha,
Sept. 21.-Cattle receipts yesterday
were not only the heaviest of the veal
to date, but the heaviest in the history
of the South Omaha market. Up to
noon a total of CAB cars, 1913 head
had beer reported in, or 400 more cat.
tie Than had ever arrived at the yards
in any one day. Last Mondays run
was 11.494 head and on the CORE
spending Monday a year g 9,l29
head were received. Ninety-five per
cent of the cattle were from the west
ern range. The few loads of corn-fed
steers met with a very good demand
as a rule and prices were quotably
about steady. The range beef market
was slow in getting started, and while
some of the best cattle sold steady to
a dime lower, the general trade looked
about 10@15c lower. All other mar
kets reported sharply lower prices
Cows and heifers were also about a
dime lower han the close o. last week
II the anne was true of the bulk OF
the stock cattle and feeding steers.
Cattle quotations: Good to choice
beeves, S9.OO@9.S5; fair to good
beeves, sS.30@S,S5; common to fair
beeves, s6.75@S.25; good to choice
yearlings, s9.00@9.S5; fair to good
yearlings, SS.5O@9.OO; common to fair
yearlings, $6.5O@S.OO; good to choice
grass heifers. $6.25d7.25; good &c
choice grass cows, $5S5Q6.35; fair to
good cows. $5.25Q5.75: me and
cutters, $4.0O@5.00; veal calves, $500
QlO.25; bulls, stays, etc. $5.00Q650;
prime grass beeves, SS.00@S40; good
to choice grass steers, $740Q790;
fair to good grass steers, $685@7.35:
common to fair steers, S6.GO@6.75;
prime feeder steers, $7.9O@S.3O; good
to choice feeders. s7.4O@7.S5; fair to
good feeders, $6.6O@7.35; common to
fair feeders. s5.5O@6.5O: good to
choice s%tockers, $7S5Gs35; fair to
good stockers, S6.75Q775: common tc
fair stockers, So 5O@6.5O; stock heif
ers. $6.00@7.35; stock cows, $5.5O@
6.25; stock calves. s5.5O@s.5O.
Only FLAG hogs arrived yesterday,
Shipping hogs sold al good, stronp
prices, and in some instances might
have been q little higher. Several
punches sold as high as $725, and
tops landed at $7.35, which was a dime
above the best price paid Saturday
Bulk OF the packers purchases was
made at steady to a nickel lower
prices. Most of the offerings went al
$6.45@6.6O.
Sheep and lamb receipts totaIed 81.
600 head. Bulk of the fat lambs wa,
cleaned up In good season. practical,
all the good stun going at SS.25. which
was the figure paid for the bulk of T.
offerings last Friday. There was al
other big delegation OF feeder buyer
put yesterday. and in spite of the fac
that feeding lambs are practically OF
a par with fat stock, prices held gen
orally steady with last weeks close
A good percentage Of the desirable
stun landed at IS 1Oms.15 and som
brought as high as $500. Fat shee.
were in light supply and prices wer
about like those paid on last wecl
close Best ewes offered again too.
$5.35.
Quotations en sheep and lambs
Lambs, good to ohoIcc So 15dS2 %
lambs, fair to good, IS OOms.l5; lambs
feeders. $775@S.25; year'ings fair e.
choice. S5.75@6 so; yearlings, feeders
s6.O0@7O0; wethers. fair to cholc,
s5.OO95,5O; ewes good to choice s %
@5.S5; ewes fair to good. $4.5OQ5o
yves feeders. s45Oq5.25.