Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-12
Sunday,

cATTLE-Reoeipts we're moderate this
morning as was To be expected on
rhursday, but they were plenty large
the early part OF the week and the lack
Of a brisk demand.
Prices en- ali kinds Of killing cattle were
900 lower Tor the week. Light Etock cat
/ tie moved a little more freely today, hut
feeders were stlli slow, the market show
ing very little change from what u was q
Liberal eonsignments Of cattle as we'll
as other kinds OF live stock are arriving
from east of the Missouri river, but under
the new quarantine regulations are being
sold exclusively Tor slaughter or for ship
ment 70 other points for slaughter. This
re enS snat none hs Of the stock aTrvi ~.
feeding purposes and taken back into tho
Quotations on eat,:e, Good to choice
eornfed bctvcs. STess Is; common m ITO to
fair cornfed beeves, s6.O0a6.OO; good to
choice heifers. te.0oa67bi good to choice
ss s common 10 Is'T fate ip s SS%a oSTs
good to choice stockors and feedera, 500
also; fair to good stockern and feeders,
seSers oS n % 9oss s ns s1gSkerS snS
500 stock cows. tf.7bQ6,1s; stock calves.
t6OO0LOO; veal calves, SI.0oQl026g bulls
etags. etc. N.7596.0o
4 Representative SAFES.
| HOGS-Receipts were not nearly so
largo as on Tuesday ana Wednesday, but
were liberal. about "a cars, or 1900
head, being received. Total for the four
days Is 75.Sll head. being more than twice
as large as last week. and 2,OO0 heavier
All other markets. reported lowe. prices.
and, as local receipts were so liberal,
buyers though this good chance to take
off some more, and accordingly made
their first BIDS at fully. loo lower prices.
first offers being made at 6.soas. Tslt.
Sellers we're pricing their hogs at steady
Figures, and as buyers refused 70 raise
their early offere. the trade dragged
along until nearly 10 O'clock before any
thing was done. Buyere wanted the hogs
badly enough, and as salesmen were hold
ing firm, packers were the first to give
IN. raising their offers TO a 30 lower basis
First sales were made ut these figures
when the big end OF the supply started
10 move the market was no more than
q shade lower than yesterdays average.
basis. but before the close shippers. who
were rather quiet early. got into the
game. and this strengthened the trade
still more, 80 that good many OF the
later ealeg were made At prices that were
fully as good asiyestorday.
The extreme close OF The market wal
very strong and active. several cars OF
late arrivals sold up to $3.50, the high
: sHEEP-The continual decline in prices
has cut down the receipts 70 very mod
4 crate proportions, the supply this morn
ing footing up only 900 head. as against
q, 2ls a week ago and 1904 q yeas ago.
/ There was little activity In the sheer
barn at an early hour, as the packer
buyers got down to work in good season
/ and picked Up eight or nine loads OF fed
western lambs az $500. YeariingB and
ewes also began to move early. Prices m
the main on both sheep and lambs showed
no material change from Wednesday, Z
market. II might be noted here that the
bulk OF the lambs finally sold yesterday
at H.9008.l0, and only two or three loadl
were carried over for todays market
The big drop IN prices this week amounts
to fully b0@75c. II has been caused by
the unusually liberal receipts during the
fore part OF the week, and aieo BY Tie
demoralized condition OF the eastern
dressed mutton markets, which always
have an important bearing on the live
stock trade.
| Quotations on sheep and lambs: Lambs
Mexican, ss.lo9S. 2oa lambs, fed westerns
| 81. 75GIS.l0; lambs, shearing, N.65fDS 90
Iysarlinga. light. sl.iog7,boi yeariinsn
heavy. t6.5O0710; wetheTs, good to choice
i 81. 20GlS.4o; wethers, fair 20 good. 5000
$50; ewes. good 70 choice, IS. 7blD6.25; ewes
fair 70 good, s5.60fb6.W.
Representative sales: