Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-18
Total receipts. a 2U9
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C.ATTLE-There was tue usual moeer-
ate run of cattle today, only thlrty-iour
cars being reported in. For the week 70
date receipts amount tc $3.50 head, when
Is slightly smaller than last week, but
larger than year ago by almost iVV'
head.
The trade today was slow and weak,
the demand not being sufficiently urgent
to put any snap and gInger into the mar
ket For the week medium grades OF
killers are around 25g35c lower, with the
best grades not showing quite that much
decline. Taking the market as "hole ~
would be safe TO call killers Zoc l0Wer
for the week while feeders a are steaGy,; eha,cs
beeves, $9O0Q9.5O fair TO good beeSes,
SS.6Oq9.0O: common to fair beeves, N;oSg
good TO choice cows. S575a7.75; fair. to
good cows. $6.25Q6.75; common 10 fair
cows, 81 dOiI6.25. good to choice teedeIs,
common to fair feeders, s6 OOGp1 3O good
to choice stockers, N.l0qS2O; stock nett
ers. {6754T75 stock cows, N.VO.Y,oaaS,
stock calves. S.OOaS.6D; veal calves, NOOg
| 1900; bulls, stays. etc. s. 5VH1. %. y
| HOGS-Todays receipts of hogs kept
| up the lively clip set by previous DAYS
! cars, or 10 800 head, showing up. The
! weeks supply is the heaviest since tour
weeks ago. amounting to 300 head, -
| against bS 800 last week, ,S32 TWO Weehs
| ago and i2OO9 last year.
! The outside demand was not overly
broad today and early shipping purchases
!
Quite a few Of the good butcher weisht
| hogs were bought on shipping account az
80. .25d9 30, and as high as S40 was palu
| Packers made their usual dime lower
| offers at the start, but found competl-
tion on the better kinds OF hogs talrly
| keen. ,,,
Al noon a good many hogs we're still
unsold many OF them OF n good class
the number being estimated at twenty
! five or thirty loads. summing up the
|
up to the close, which was very STICKY
and weak at the early decline, kulk sole
at 50 1Oa9. s. with prospects Tor quite
sprinklinE under the lin. quite a show
ing was made as high as $40. the top,
| SIEEP--As has been usual on recent
Fridays there was good run or sheep
and lambs here tdoya. The supply was
estimated at twenty-siN cars, or b.'V
head, putting the total for tho i've cay
az 32 bl5 head. This Is more than l4,V.
smaller than a week ago, 800 short oi
two weeks ago, only a little more thal
half as large as for the sam" days las'
year and smaller than for any similar
sellers finally succeeded in cleaning W
their holdings yesterday, but only az th'
cost OF making l56I25c reductions flhc
, ticaliy all the lambs carried mto th'
afternoon session were " the oNtremell
Weighty variety and after rr5t ROUNDS
Yesterday buyers develop I an antipath,
towards anything weighing above eiBhl!
pounds and statesmen found ihenSelNe
up against take what We offer or keel
\ them nfNpOSlkOnl Alnf i'hi OF NtHAtiiA
that scaled above eighty- five pounds Wa
bought at 5000 while three or lou
. loads that averaged ninety pounds an
better had to so at 1850,
A small run of ewes round the aS
: mand somewhat better today, ana Va
. fairly we'll cleaned Up early at price
6 that were at least steady. MtNical
. renc ched IS lOflS is, the highest prices pal
: since Monday. which was the last ia
! ANYTHING OF top quality showed lp, Tw
4 loads on the Navajo order landed At ~,
! Montana ewes. which were not badl
= wanted early, sold later in the day a
steady prices, S7.S5, while a load OF fai
. stuff from a nearby feed lot was cashe
y at SI75.
: BY noon a few OF the weighty lamb
y had started 60 move at prices That wer
! no more than STEADY with the finish yes
terday or were l5d25c below the rni1
Z week trade, 2 few sales being mad
around SO.tn. Three cars OF sCahbiS
: from a local feed lot that weighed
y the neighborhood Of eighty pounds sol
y steady al Sll.O. At the time OF goin
a to press there we're stil four loads, a
OF heavy lambs. unsold, being wanted
a less money than was paid for simlla
~ stuff yesterday,
Quotations on sheep and lambs: LRmh
good TO choice. NU.75dlE3, lambs, ia
To good, $40 04Odl0I5; lambs, fall clippe
In 81 O0d975 lambs. fresh clipped, - so
R 800: yearlings. fair 10 choice, light, So
q. dlO.O0. yearlings, fair 10 choice, heayl
s.. .5OdTa 20. wethers, fair 20 choice, N.1S
H. $50. ewes good to choice, G.75dS,25; eve
a fair 10 good 81 O0ffT 81