Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-19

CATTLE-Receipts OF cattle numbered
ohly elevon cars this morning. II being
At the same time there was a good dc
mand and practically everything was
disposed OF BY Q o'clock in the morning.
Prices paid Tor good beef steers were
strong, with all other kinds of cattle
at least fully steady. The belief that re
ceipts Will be light at the beginning OF
TO do with the eagerness OF buyers 20
picR up the few cattle In sight today.
Quotations on cattle: Good to choice
led 6eovcs E fr to TO S SSSiU Sof SSs
beCves, IS OqiS 10; common to fair corn
teh beeves. 81 266S 10; good TO choice heif-
ersi "a oOg1 IS; good 70 choice COWS, $50
mon to fair cows. A.0oqS.bO. good TO
ofoice stockers and feeders, 81. CO.'S %;
fair TO good stoekers and feeders, 1000
Sc oom7 .Qoi stock heiters. Se-o0617 90; stock
cows. b.75dpS. 20; stock calves, 50. sOQtS. 80;
veal calves, ts00diO.2S; fat bulls, stays.
etc, 8,b0tIT 30. stock bulls, - .O0Gf7.O0,
HOGB-Receipts we're the lightest Of the
week, only ninety-one cars. or something
like 200 head being reported In. For the
five days tho supply foots up S9.1ls head,
being nearly 5000 head smaller than last
week, 5000 head short OF a year ago and,
in fact, the smallest for any similar
period since five weeks ago.
Encouraging adYioeB received from
other points started the market out in
good shape, and shippers tackled another
dime onto values this morning, buying the
bulk OF their hogs at S7.S5Q7.6O. the latter
price being the top. for the day and week.
Today's advance puts shippers back to
whore they were at the close OF last week.
As was the case yesterday, packers were
bids we're not much better than steady,
| AS the morning advanced offers improved
| slowly and when the first sales were
right around 5q1Oo higher than the kill
er trade yesterday. The market remained
! draggy throughout and even at the best
The reason for this was that sellers had
priced their hogs fully dime higher
from the start. and as prices never got
that good. they were I'm no particular
The bulk OF tho hogs sold around 81 sOd
| 7b. but the sales were we'll scattered
over a 40c range. During. the last couple
| of days sharp advances have more than
regained the decline OF the first half OF
| tho week. and current values are, If any
thing, little stronger than last week q
| close,
sHEEP-Receipts. which were liberal
for a Friday, were nearly as large al
yesterdays, about twenty cars, or b,00C
Week to date IL 2Oin head. the largest
since the first week Of May. being more
than twice as large as both last week and
two weeks ago, and oIt gain OF 800 head head
Early advices from Chicago were fal
from encouraging. but South Omaha wal
the only river market TO have any sort
OF a run and 1t did not take very Ions
for buyers and sellers to get toEether o.
about the same prices as were paid yes
terday, Bulk Of the spring lamb offer
ings moved at $780, which figure bough
the big end of yesterdays supply Thii
IL the first time this week that prteei
have failed 90 show some decline. Fol
the week prices have dropped u. l5q2. W
the big end Of this break being regtstereS
Monday, when packers forced u.OOQ
lips slump. Similar declines have beer
recorded AT practically all market points
| Quotations on sheep and lambs: Lambs
Igood 70 choice, N.7bQS.8 lAmbR, fair e
lEood. 81. OOdr7 20: lambs spring, 5000 81
lyeariinEs, fair TO choice. S6.5OQ75O, ewes
good TO choice, N.76d6.2S; ewes, fair e
good, s4OOft47b