Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-07-24
DIsPosITIoN-HEAD.

Naltio-Necelpts nave been OF very fAlr
proportion this week. although unequally
distributed throughout The six days sup
ply has been approximately $4,000 head, or
not great deal different from the week
previous or the corresponding week year
ago. Receipts have included a very fair
sprinklins Of western Erassers, about the
first of any consequence that have been here
this season. Considerable irregularity has
characterized the trade from start to finish.
but In the main beef values closed Is 36c
lower than week ago, or right around 100
lower than the first OF the month. Choice
heavy beeves are stu quoted up around
$1,000, and prime yearlings are bringing
80 SO, but the bulk of the fair to good beef
lot of grassy and warmed up yearlings are
selling down around tS.b067b0. This weeks
decline places prices about on summer ba-
sis. and dealers are looking for q moro sta
pie market from now on.
Cows and heifers have also shown all
Of 26936o decline and values are tho
lowest Of the season. No corn-fed cows are
| coming at present and the grassorn are
good butcher and beef stock around $3.50
$50 Veal calves are somewhat stronger
than q week ago and bulls, staEs. etc. are
somewhat weaker. although changes In
prices have been Of little consequence.
Stock cattle and feeding steers have been
| In tolerably liberal supply all week, and =
lack of country demand has forced a Soc
decline in prices all along tho line. Later
| in the week there was better inquiry for
country buyers. and . fair clearance was
| effected. although the tone Of the market
| Is stu very weak.
Quotations on cattle: Good to choice
beeves. seb09lo,25; fair to good beeves
50 90 $50; common to fair beeves. $500
fair to good yearlings. Ss.So016o: common
to fair yearlings. s72b@s.Bo; good to choice
heifers. tL25@s.2b; good to choice cows.
sS.76@77b; fair to good cows, 1s.oo@e7b;
choice fseders. s7.sS0s.oo: fair to good
feeders. &7.001730; common to fair feed
ers, S600970o good to choice stockers,
t74o0s0o; stock heifers. s6.b006,76i stock
cows. 36.2S@6.5o: stock calves, 0.7s8S.6o:
veal calves, isoo9ii.76; beef bull: stags'
Hogs-Receipta ewere only decent even
for q Saturday and with the exception OF
Mondays light run. were the smallest In q
good while, arrivals counting out only
tai for the six days is the smallest since
the first week of April. amounting to 1891
head. as against 6&.b67 last week, bl,4bs
two weeks ago and T4S1 . year ago.
Packers were q very bearish bunch to-
day, and while supplies were only fair.
prices dropped sharply In sympathy with
breaks elsewhere. Shipper buyers bought
an odd load or two Of choice lights and
butchers real early that were fully steady.
paying a top Of 1855. which equals the high
mark Of the week. but most Of the hogs
they bought were quite . little lower
Something like ten or eleven cars were
carried over from yesterday. part OF them
of q real decent sort of stuff A few loads
sold In the afternoon at figures that were
as much as SC lower than the early trade.
but buyers seemed perfectly willing to let
the balance 20 over until this morning. This
broadened the offerings q little, and. point
ing to the breaks elsewhere, killer buyers
talked lOc lower right from the outset Sell
ers put up a fight before cutting loose. and
some of them were able to better early bids
a little, calling their sales only $1,000 lower,
but most Of the offerings sold at q decline
of about n dime, and some were quoted as
much as l0@16c down.
General market was called mostly loo
lower Movement was fairly active in spots.
and most Of the offerings changed hands
before 10 O'Clock. although, as usual, there
were a few loads left after the bulk Of the
offerings was cleared up. A good share Of
the supply sold at Ss.lb0s.25, with q sprink-
ling to $3.50 and a top of 1885. As COM
pared with a week ago, a few shippers are
steady or nearly so, but everything else
Ia anywhere from n dime to In extreme
cases zoe lower. Light supplies have kept
the packers from widening the spread as
much as they would like to. but by dint Of
steady plugging they have broadened out
the range little Good light and butcher
weight hogs are now in best demand both
packers and shippers preferrins them to
best heavies. Common thin lights and old
packing sows are both unpopular,