Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-17

CA1'T1 E-Receipts were large again to-
day making the total for the two days
1895 head the largest OF any recent week
and moro than double tho receipts Tor
the corresponding period a year ago
. Fortunately there was very good buy
Ing demand this morning ON the part OF
local packers and shippers so that the
market in spite OF the large receipts
opened out In fairly satisfactory condi-
ton. Good killers commanded prices that
were generally steady with yesterday,
there being no quotable change In either
direction. Inferior grades were more or
less neglected and as usual when re,
ceipts are large the feeling on that kind
was weak.
Cows and heifers also commanded about
steady prices, selling In about the same
Stockors and feeders were in fair re-
quest so far at the best grades were con-
cenod, but other kinds pretty slow as
speculstorH wore inclined to walt until
the country demand, which was not very
large yesterday. should be more urgent
For this reason stookers and feeders IN
many cases were the last cattle In tho
yards 10 sell
Quotations on cattle; Good to choice
Resves sl'SS 6glS co. fair to good cornfed
fed beeves, S6.50G7s0; good to choice heif-
ers. 50. 25dg1.O0; good to choice COWS S. S06D
SEQ; tair TO good COWS COWS S.oO1S!S; com
stockers and feeders. N.2Od7.6O; fair to
good Btockers and feeders, Sc 76a7 .2O
common TO fair stockers and feeders. S67b
S.0Od660i stock calves Sc 60dSO0 veal
! calves, SOogfl06O; bulls. stays, etc, A.75
G625
HoGS-Receipts were the heaviest since
February .. there being 1853 cars, or 5000
head estimated. For the two days the
run totals 40,5SS head being almost three
times as large as last week. and 1900
larger than a year ago.
Under the infuence OF heavy receipts.
the market opened slow. and early packer
offers were 6dIl0c lower than yesterday =
I NWaN
steady prices. and local sellers played tho
market on this basis, asking fully steady
/, figures for their offerings. For n long
! time killers would not better their early
offers, and up TO 10 o'clock things were
pretty dead. What hogs had been sold
went to shippers at figures that were
weak to a nickel lower than yesterday 8
killer trade. by this time. however, It
strong packing demand, and buyers raised
their offers slowly, until they were no
more than a nickel lower. Even on this
basis nothing much moved. and when the
supply finally began to 20 scaleward II
was at figures that were hardly a nickel
lower than yesterdays average.
After a trading basis was once estab-
! lished there was lite change In prices,
and in the end the bulk OF the offerings
moved at Figures that were right around
DC lower than yesterdays average trade.
yards II was late before everything was
yarded, and for this reason the market
| dragged over into the afternoon
The biggest string moved at $500, as
against Mondays long bulk OF 1855
Quite good many OF the more desir'
able kinds reached 1924. and there was
pretty fair showing as high at 1886.
| SHEEP-Tho receipts continue OF
liberal proportions, as 1900 head were
reported In. The bulk consisted OF colo
RADIO lambs, and the aged sheep supply
amounted TO about half dozen loads
Quality was little different from Mon.
day and most OF the offerings wero OF
desirable weights. The receipts for the
two days thus far make up liberia
supply. footing up some 36,7OO head
against 12,b00 for the same time last weet
and T,30o a year ago.
In many respects the general market
was repetition of Mondays trade, al
not much was doing until late In the
forenoon. and when movement die
finally get under way lambs sold on Z
fully steady. The big run OF lambs and
beaTish advices from outside points natur
ally had a depressing influence az e
prices. The scarcity OF mutton offering
held prices up on that kind OF stock
Some early sales OF lambs were made a
tsGb. as compared with a top of 1915 OF
Monday. A consignment OF fall clippe,
lambs moved at 500, which was consld
cred IA good price, though few OF tina
kind have been coming.
Quotations on sheep and lambs: Lambs
Mexicans, 81. 40dD97 70; lambs, fed westerns
s890Qe65. lambs, shearlng, $S.l0GDS O.
yearlings. light, Ss.75de.OO; yeRrlings
heavy. BIOLOGISTS; Wethers. good 10 choice
s. 75SIs.0 90; wstners. fair to good. s750g7 rs
ewes, good to choice. T.SO977 70; ewes. TAI