Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-16

CATTLE Receipts were larger than
last week, but smaller than year ago
The big bulk of the receipts consisted Of
eornfed steers. the demand for which
was good and brisk The market opened
early In The morning and II did not take
buyers very long TO clean up the ~
sGpipis ps e. prices that that were re-, Eeod 10, zoe
beef steers here brought 500, the highest
price paid on this market since Decefn-
ber. and the highest ever paid during the
month Of May
Good cows and heIfers we're also l0c
higher. with the medium and common
kinds at least steady.
stOckors and feeders were IN moderate
supply and fully steady n anything o
little stronger than last weeks weak
close
Quotations on cattle: Good TO choice
ycarlinga. s9.O0qa50, good To choice
beeyea t90Qf9i5; fair to good beeYes,
" 75d9O0. common 20 fair beeyes, 81 6bW
good TO choice cows F30uSi0; fnir. 70
good cows, B.boa7.s0; common 70 fair
cows, b25Gl5.b 90. good TO choice feeders,
NIS 26. fair TO good feeders, .4olt
1.s5; common 20 fair feeders, B.Gu1. %,
good 70 choice stockers, N7bds q stock
heifers. t25n6.8 stock cows. se.t0N7. %.
stock calves. 81 E00lfg %. veal calves, 5000
no. buuls. stays. etc, ts0O4s00.
HoGs-Recelpts were fair for the open
ing day of the week, some nlnety-seNen
cars Of 1900 head baing reported IN. This
IA 100 larger than week ago, but
smaller than either two weeks ago or
tho corresponding Monday OF last year
by 800 head.
Carried upward by a lOe advance prices
today reached the high mark Of the sea
Tho highest since 1910 shippers had
larger orders than at the closs OF last
week and bought greater percentage
of the hogs than on most days IN the last
two weeks. They wanted good butchers.
and paid l0c higher prices for what
hogs they could use.
Packing requirements were fairly large,
and with shipping competition so strong
a. 4 was killers got into the game early,
and put up tho long end Of their droves
al l0e advance, IN anything. best hogs
showed the most advance. but on the
early trade at least all kinds shared the
uptudn. The palmer kinds Of light and
mixed hogs were as usual somewhat
slow 10 move. aud few loads OF these
were left for the close.
The general market was a dime above
last weeks close. and bulk OF the offer
inga was cleaned mp before 10 o'clock
Most Of the sales landed az 81 65G9.s0
with a aprinkling from tas0 down, and
n few loads Of good heRvies on up 20
- 81 The top reached 1890, the highest
price of the year To date.
SHEEP Most OF the receipts consisted
az California spring lambs and as fed
FEW orders for them. trade opened early.
aud everything IN this line sold early at
prices that we're around a dime hiehef
new record on wooled MeXicana vas
established when one bunch uf Colties
sold al si9 %. No choice handy clippers
were ON offer 4 pretty good Kind of
ahOfn lambs Weighing lu the neighhor-
hood nf eighty pounds landed AZ SO g.
tha highest price paid 40 far this season,
and 4 bunch az Neli finished stuff of
hlg weights landed at flNo scarcity .nf
supplies evidently auietlng the fuss pack
erx have been mRkinE ah0ut iaktnH
heaNles Prime llkhi or handy clippers
ought 20 sell at tlan and SONS irad9s
are quoting ilN u un ehaite llshts
nuVera and SELLERS had hRft time
setting together pn aiN fets ~ California
spfine lambs that we're on offer, hut
pbsa fhev finally sald Il was AZ prices
that vTra considered about steady aWH
laA weeks glase rWa cars ~ NaUg
sood auaiitt selt ~ ~ g with twenty
tiKe head nut nt AiNA. WhNs A tntlfsfaF
bunch that Wts hardly - Desirable NRA
farted 4 piRNer teil end inoA 81 q. Niih
% hsad nnt A ehuige hlufh af natifNa
W stlll 4uoiahie ~ lesst az N&8 shi
maaht hfins 4 NtiiH more
taas Hafa extremely slarEU Rnt tht
feW NsFe hfa3eht steady ftsuFes nue .aat
af MaNifA MestefMa. the WniN AluHM mt
.tnaeHueuse an effer seni Al . iN WhiFh
aaa tha rftFn fat1 far r ent nf tle seine
nfUff ai iha eiasa of iAst ases
@WNtatiafs# ah ahH@p AHN 8m@A t#ms8
gsHd fa Visa hHmtf tt@wffN HWts
ftif ta ae5t hsHlf. Ntss4lte ieHsha
fsN ge .hetse hea t4eNi tasH
lfpea hahas y hsaiet RNha lptFa