Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-07-16
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CATTLE-Recsipts of cattle this week
have been rather liberal for this time OF
year some 1880 head, or about 5000 more
| tnan last week. and $500 more than for
the corresponding week last year
Quality OF the offerings has been Of the
usual midsummer character, choice long
teo cattle being comparatively scarce and
most OF the stun showing more or less
| Brass In the main II has been a duh
lower market and the revision Of prices to
. summer basis has been responsible for a
decline OF lb@2bc on practically all grades.
nuyers are showing seasonable Partially
for desirable yearlings and handyweight
steers, although the choice heavies still
| command premium. At the close of the
week prime heavy beeves did not sell much
over lo.26. while the best of the yearlings
| would stop at $1,000. Bulk Of the fair to
good 1000 to 1.300-pound cattle are now
selling at a spread Of sS.756s.OO, and there
rather weak undertone to the market.
A Few western rangers have shown up this
week and prices have also been lower on
.nsse, aithough the range Is wide. Prime
| grassers sell DIP to $500. while common and
Texas stun 10 going at s6.76@725 The
western range season has hardly opened up
yet but dealers are looking for a fair run
Of northwestern cattle next week
In cows and heifers there has not been
great deal Of change during the week.
Desirable grades are bringing about as
much as week ago, while the market has
been uneven and very uncertain on the
| medium and common stun that has con-
stituted the bulk of the receipts. Veal
| calves, bulls stays, ETC., are selling In much
the same notches as a week ago
Business in stockers and feeders has
been exceptionally light this week, but in
spite OF that fact there has been a sharp
decline in prices and closing quotations are
Country demand has been very disappoint-
Ing, a. tho rush of farm work has kept
prospective buyers at home and the
slumpy condition of the fat cattle market
has been further depressing feature.
quite good many cattle will be carried
over until next week in yard traders hands
Quotations on cattle: Good to choice
beevea, 9s.s6@lo.2S; fair to good beeves.
1s.2b@sS6; common to fair beeves, $3.50
s.26; good to choice yearlings, ts50D1 10 OF; ;
fair to good yearlings. sS.50@s.5O: common
to fair yearlings, $725@S.6o; good to choice
heifers, T26 Gs.26; good to choice COWS.
s6.7507.75: fair to good cows, $6.00Q67b;
common to fair cows. 33.76@6.00; good to
choice feeders. S7.50@S.26; fair to good
feeders. t7oo97.5o: common to fair feeders
S6.00@7. good to choice stockers, $500
S.25; stock heifers, &6bO@675: stock cows
t6.25 @6.b0; stock calves, 36.76Q8bO; veal
calves, &s.00@11.60; beef bulls. stays, etc,
t6.5o@726 bologna bulls. s55O@850
HoasEThe market was another bearish
affair all the way through. Nothing OF
consequence was carried over yesterday, and
that was indeed fortunate for fresh re.
oeipts were far too large for q Saturday
Shippers put In another light day, and with
the tendency lower at all other points,
packers had no great difficulty In getting
prices down. Movement was not quite so
lively on early rounds as It was yesterday
but at that trading got started In better
season than was to be expected.
Packers offers were fully 15c to In spots
zoe lower right at the outset. and despite
sellers protests that SO great decline was
unwarranted. that was the way the hogs
finally sold, most droves going on a full 15c
lower basis, while not q few sellers claimed
that they had to make concessions OF as
much as zoe In some instances Choice
hogs, which up to today showed less de-
cline than any other kind. were. II any
thing, punished worst today. tops dropping
q quarter.
Since today's break prices are at the low
est levels seen since the early days Of July.
In the last two days full acc decline has
been registered, which means that values
are a full 35c lower than week ago, when
bulk sold at $9.66@9.76, and the top stood
at 1896. One of the big features of this
weeks market came Thursday, when choice
heavies sold at $1,000, the first time the
price has been paid here since April. 1910.
Representative sales: