Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-07


,CATTLh>-Recelpts Of cattle were very
SLOW today and killers were limited
largely TO California RrasserR, which sold
mostly ,hoy az SIS, which was a little stronger
lnah yesterday. There were no cornfeds
OF any consequence on tho market and
only a few scattering loads OF cows. heif-
ers; stocks, feeders, etc The general
steady With 0Se yesterSsE SSe ESsrytsnS SRST' ~
sight was cleaned Up at an early hour In
the morning There is . feeling on the
up by the light receipts until they are
relatively too high. Anything like liberal
receipts OF COW stuff next week would be
very apt TO result In lower prices, unless
buyers change their views
Quotations on cattle: Good TO choice
yeariings, 81 oooesb; fair TO good year
lines, N.iSla.ooi good TO choice heavy
beeyes. s.G619. Is; common TO fair corn
fed beeves, I.2ds O.; good to choice fed
heiters, E.ollts.Co; good to choice fed
SSssr. SM % 5000 sSSd to 10 sSoSs osoSs rs:s
cows. @.26061S: fair to good COWS, @5o9
| 200; common 10 fair cows, 81 T5475. 80; good
to choice feeders. N50ds.5O fair 60 good
stockers %5O6s,So; stock hsifers. S.Ia
6.b0 stock cows, s5.J0ff6,0O; stock calves,
SWna7SO; veal calves, t7.Ooqio.oo; fat
bulls, stags. etc, S.2S6tfS
| HOGS-Recolpts continued moderate to-
Cay cnly about ninety-ope cars. or 600
mead, being reported in. Total for the
week Il 34t5 head. being 2o,ooo short OF
weeks ego, but moro than three times as
lsrge as for the same days last year.
when less than i0,O0 were received. This
weeks run In the smallest since three
weeks ago. and with that exception is
the lightest since December 1914
Shipping hogs took bad slump today.
stances around a dime lower. Beet liGhts
reached H.B. which H. only nioked un-
der yesterdays top. but the load that
NtanE1aN Ia tNpll ma. l,AlnO
| one of the best punches seen here this
week. Sales over 500 we're very scatter
| ing today. and most of tho shippers pur-
| Packers have been furnishing. consider
able competition on the good lights this
week. and for the last two or three DAYS
top hogs than the shippers ere getting.
Killing hogs opened slow. as buyers
were asking big price reductions, but aa
OF the market getting better, and Il dld
not take them Iona. to make up their
minds TO cut loose at prices that were a
IN T,s amS aanS i1 InStancsS % Narrow % bulk Of the
packers purchases was made a. tSleq ~.
hut as was noted above, their dFoVes
showed the whole range OF prices,
All Of the advance scored the first two
DAYS OF the week has been lost. ana TO-
days close found packing hogs selling
shippets have not showed as much de-
| cline as the killers, and are selllnS IN
| Just about the same notohes as on last
saEEP-suppiies we're tho largest since
| TueSdav. and were very fair for FRI
day aome thlrty-five cars, or s,DO head
showing up. The five days Iees.pts % &c toUs y
| week ago. but 5000 short OF two weeks
I ago. and nearly 10,OOO smaller than for the
| Corresponding DAYS last year. -.
| The feeling was stronger from the OUT
set this morning. and sellers asked aa
| much as a quarter higher. but packers
1 first offers were no more than steady,
and. as no one seemed 70 oe IN any
well advanced before anything OF CON
/ sequence was done. When first salea
were finally made they showed loo
stVsnss' az ssSc being 4 % tie opening sale.
Even after the ice had been broken
things were slow. but In the end II de-
Veloped into a $500 market. and as some
OF the lambs were Of hardly as good quail
lity as the first ones sold. prices were
quoted at 10Gf30c above Thursdays trade
Today top OF 500. which was also the
bulk, ia the highest price paid by packers
In over three weeks ana EQUALS the sale
of one load TO a shipper at that figure
| Tuesday on paper lambs are a quarter
higher than last Friday. wnhs ~ aushiy
All. but packers have not been paying
much attention 10 quality OF late, buying
the good, bad and Indifferent at nearly
ouoted as anyway a dime above a week
ago ago. and possibly little more than that.
| Offerings OF old sheep were rather
with vearlinEs N anything a little
stronger. Ewes touched $3.50, which has
been the ouotsble top all week, and
yearlings brought s.. s5' setting new TOP
for a week a little bunch OF wethers and
yearlings sold at ,6.S.
! Quotations on sheen and lsmbs' lambs.
| GOOD 10 choice, Ss15fi9.O0: lambs. fair IA
| good a. 6cGs r.: lambs. fCeders q 5gds. p
! yearlings, fair TO choice. 4.O0dif. 20: weth-
ers fair 10 choice. S.TSGIS.J9; owes. good
to choice, t6OOgl6.b0 ewes, fair to good.