Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-09-03
csttis, Hogs, sheep. II

CAttle--Receipts this week have been very
large. In fact. the largest OF any week since
the opening Of the range season. and de-
cidediy larger than year aSo In spite
Of the fact that the threatened strike on
the railroads has thrown q cloud OF uncer-
tainty around the market. the trade ~
whole has been In fair condition Az the
beginning Of the week cornfed beeves al
vanosd sharply, but later on the gain was
lost. the market closing. II anything, a
little lower than q week ago on all kinds
except the very best grades On the other
hand, grass beef cattle of desirable quality
are Is @ 2Sc higher than q week ago, with
common to medium kinds showing less I'M
provement.
Cows and heifers OF good quality are
around Io01sc higher. with the medium TO
common kinds steady with last weeks close
The best stock cattle and feeding steers are
i6@aSc higher than last week, while the
common and medium grades have been very
week.
Quotations on cattle. Good to choice
beeves. Ssoo@1o.so: fair to good beeves'
ts.76@s.s0: common to fair bceves, t6.oo@
s.7b good to choice grass beeves. t1,ee@
300; fair to good grass beeves, sIlsg7seo;
common to fair grass beeyes sS,2o@Iiei
good to choice heifers.. $s6o17,s5; good to
choice cows, ss.40@I0o. fair to good cows,
S5.75@6.40; common to fair cows, N.o0@
~; good to choice feeders. Ms Uom,non
to fair feeders, s6.oo6s.75; good to choice
stockers, SLs59775. stock heifers, $500
$50: stock cows. S5.26@62b; stock calves.
$6.5O@s,00; veal calves. sS.o0@llooi peer
bulls, stays. ETC.. Ss.oo@T.oo; Bologna huiis'
s6.2665sb.
Hogs--The official receipts yesterday over
ran estimates nearly so per cent, 1858
head arriving before the market closed;
SO today's receipts o. 1871 cars, or e,eoo
head, while larger than any other day In
e.I .Itu n
terday's run. The weeks supply 10 db,s4b
head. very respectable total when the
light runs early IN the week are consid-
cred and II shows gain OF l6,oee heaa
over either last week or year ago. and
comes within hundred head OF peing as
large as two weeks ago
Every one was at sea again this morning
as to what prices ought TO be. Heavy re-
ceipts both locally and at Chicago gave
the market a bearish look, and while the
strike seemed In a fair way OF being
settled for the time at least, the uncer-
tainty was still acting as a depressing In
fuence on live stock markets, shippers be-
ing afraid to do much. The result was
that trade opened sharply lower. early sales
here being as much as 10000 down, and
/ similar slump being reported on the open
ing at Chicago. On the early trade II was
almost entirely q packer affair
Later on the Improvement In the strike
situation encouraged shippers to oil some
" their orders. and then the market be-
ran to pick up, improving steadily until on
he close It was almost steady with yester-
lays average. Trade was tolerably active,
hough clearance was delayed by the late
trivial Of some Of the trains. However,
eliers had no kick on that score, az prices
we're getting better right along, and they
we're able to clean UP practically every
hing by 10 o'clock. Bulk Of the offerings
vas purchased at $s.so610.f5, and best
butchers set a top OF 1850
Representative sales: