Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-02

SUNDAY.
CATTLE-Receipts wers moderate to
day. only il6 cars being reported In. THIS
makes the total for the four days WIS
week lAieS head This u 1000 smaller
smallest OF any recent week. although
close to 1900 larger than for the same
Beef peef steers were 1Oa1bc higher on the
good kinds, the best heavy oeeves bring
ing te.5O and the best yearlings SD hish-
est for the year. This means tnat p tlStns.
higher than last week. Cornfed cows and
heifers were in good demand at strong
prices, but anything showing grass Wa
market on that kind being steadily work.
ing downward. There was no material
change in Rtockers and feeders.
Quotations on cattle: Good to choice
yeariings, IS TSa7e. e: good to choice heavy
beeves. 50 ,00gs.b0: fair to good eornIed
beeves. IS .bOqs 90; common to fair corn
fed beeves 81 25ps, 80; good TO choice heif-
ers, S7.50(l8. Is; good to choice cows, 1910
an 10; fair 20 good cows. s. .TSefS. 10 COM
mon 70 fair cows, f4.O0d6 .1b good to
choice feeders, 81 .Goqs 20; fair to good
feeders ocg7 5O common 70 is a. ,t s5eI nS.
stock COWS, 81. 5Od6.50; stock calves, $;OO
al 80: veal calves, IS .O0al9.7b; fat bulls,
stays, etc, s. .2dT %,
morning and active enough at the ad-
vance TO effect q clearance by 10 o'clock
in the morning. shippers took hold very
freely. picking out the best OF the lisht
shipping grades, for which they. paid as
high as 81 80 and on up 70 S.bb, which
was the top, as against 81 10 yesterday.
Packers, while not especially eager 10
take hold on the opening, still wanted the
hogs, and when they had once made a
beginning they bought very freely. The
bulk of ali the hogs sold at T.toq7 ,tb. as
against N.SOQI.tO yesterday. All III all
Il was a very satisfactory market
Receipts OF hogs have been running
very liberal this week, amounting for
the four days TO IS S22 head. which is a
few hundred head larger than last week &
liberal run and the largest OF any similar
period since four weeks ago. AZ COM
pared with a year ago there has been a
gain thus far this week of about 5000
head.
sHEDP-sheep and lambs have been
pouring In at quite a lively rate this
week, although the total for the four
days Is only about the same as for the
corresponding period OF last week. How
ever, as compared with year ago there
is n gain OF over 5000 head In the run,
As has been the case every day this week
the big end OF the receipts consisted OF
spring lambs. but still there was quite q
little sprinkling of aged stuff,
Buyers evidently wanted the sheep this
morning and the offerings of that kind
OF stock changed hands for the most part
| in good season. The market was not far
| from steady on the desirable kinds
Prices were a little lower on their face
but some OF the offerings this morning
were very wet. which would make up for
| a good share, II not all OF the decrease
! in price. A siN-car bunch OF Oregon
| wethers sold at $3.50, as against 81. 60 fol
| the same stuff yesterday. However. the
| fleeces today were very wet.
Early advices regarding spring lambi
| from other market points were very dis
| couraging, with the result that buyers
at this point held back. making the mar
| ket slow on lambs the same as It hal
been every day this week.
Quotations on sheep and lambs: Lambs
| spring. $9.40Q99 90; yearlings. fair to choice
Sc. soar 90: wethers. fair 20 choice, IS. 500
| $50; ewes. good TO choice, IS. 0066. 90; ewes
| fair to good. A.25G6. 90.