The Delta independent., 1915-10-01
live STOCK PRICES
At SOUTH OMAHA
Beef Trade a Little Slow and
Generally Lower.
SHARP ADVANCE IN HOGS.
Another Steady Deal In Sheep ano
Lambs-suIk of Killing Lambs
Ss.25Feeding Lambs Ss.1o@ $40.
Biggest Run of the Year.

ldmbS-Bulk OF Nii'in9 Lamps
Sa.25-Feeding Lambs ss.1o@s.2o
Biggest Run of the Year.
Union Stock Yards, South Omaha,
Sept. 22.-Another fairly liberal run OF
cattle showed up yesterday. about
500 head. Mondays run of 17,lS3
was the largest run in the history OF
the yards. This makes 25,SS3 cattle
for the two days, or 5000 more than
We're here last Monday and Tuesday,
and 5000 more than for the same two
days one year ago. AS on Monday,
the receipts were made up almost en-.
tirely of western rangers and there
were only a few punches of corn-fed
stock in the yards. Demand was good
and prices steady for anything at all
useful in the way of dry-lot stock.
good heavy beeves going at s9.15@
920. Demand from dressed beef men
for range beeves seemed to be fair
and there was quite a little compe-
tition from feeder buyers, but $4,000
cattle in two days appeared to be lit.
tie too big for the trade to absorb
without forcing declines in prices
Steady to a dime lower would about
cover the market yesterday. Cows
and heifers were also a dime lower
than Monday. while a good share OF
the business in stockers and feeders
outside OF toppy kinds was done az
prices averaging $50 25c lower than
last week.
Cattle quotations: Good to choice
beeves. s9.00d9s5; fair to good
. -1 fai "
beeves. s6.75dS.25: good to choice
yearlings. ss.OOd9.s5; fair to good
yearlings. ss.5Od9 300; common to fair
yearlings. s6.5Od s.00 good to choice
grass heifers. s6.25d725; good to
choice grass cows. s5.S566.35; fair to
good cows. s5.25d 5.75; Gamers and
cutters, s4.00d 500; veal calves. $500
Tl0.0o: bulls. stays. etc. s5.00G6 80:
prime feeder steers, s1.90GS.30: good
to choice grass steers. sT.40G 1.90:
fair to good grass steers, $3.50 7.35:
common to fair steers. $500 q 6.75:
prime feeder steers. s7.S0GS.25 good
to choice feeders. s7.35G7.75; fair to
good feeders. s6.6Od7.35: common to
fair feeders. s5.50G650: good to
choice stockers, s7S5GSs5: fair to
good stockers. s6.75G7.75: common to
fair stockers. s5.5OG6.5O: stock heif
ers. $3.50 700; stock cows. s5.5CG
6e5: stock calves, s5.50@S.50.
Some 800 hogs showed up yester.
day. Shipper trade opened fairly ac
tive and generally a dime higher.
There were practically no choice loads
of lights here. best offered bringing
sI.S5. Anything real good and weigh.
ing 200 pounds or less ought to bring
$3.50 easily. and might beat that. The
general trade in packing hogs was ful
ly GI0c higher. A good share of the
packing hogs sod at s6.55T6,S5.
Sheep and lamb receipts We're the
heaviest OF the season, some 5000
head arriving. Receipts are larger
than Chicago Kansas City and St
Joseph combined. The fat lamb trade
opened in good season on about steady
basis. with the bulk selling at sS25
The same price as was paid both Mon
day and Friday for the bulk of the
good to choice killing lambs. The
greatest interest centered in the feed
ing lamb trade again yesterday and
prices held about steady. A good per
ccntase of the desirable lambs brought
sS10dS20 Breeding ewes were in
good supply. but the demand was very
broad. and the strong tone that has
featured the market in this class was
again very prominent Yearling ewes
Sc; new high mark yesterday. sell
ing AT S1.75 Fat sheep We're ouotably
steady Ewes sold as high as s5.35,
Quotations on sheep and lambs;
Lambs. good to choiSe. SS15GS25;
lambs. fair to good sS00GS15; lambs
feeders, s7.75GS25; yearlings. fair tc
choice s5.75d650; yearliugs, feeders
se0OG7.00: wethers. fair to choice
s50a6 $50; ewes. good to choice, $500
d525: ewes fair TO good, s4.50G 500;
ewes. feeders, s450G 5.95,