Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-30

CATTLE Receipts were liberal again
this morning az all points the supptS ~
Q. .626 head, which Is larger than week
ago. but little smaller than most pre-
Killers of all kinds we're very slow.
with prices around l0al5c lower than
yesterday. IL was lato In the day before
enough business had been transacted 10
really establish quotations.
Stockers and feeders broke badly ON
the close, yesterday and were lower
stock cattle are all OF 25Gt40c lower than
last week with a good many accumu-
Quotat tions on cattle: Good to choice
beeves. 81. S5q93O; fair 70 good beeyes,
ss lOasS5: common to fair beeves, t7;boq
good to choice cows, So 75a7 rs; fair to
| good cows, 6.0O06.15; common to fair
COWS, n.5Olf6.25; good TO choice feeders,
| common TO fair feeders, 81. 50dp7 30; good
| to choice stockers 81 I5nS.25 stock hel1-
ers, s.. 76G7 70; stock cows Ss.OO0. ~
| Ql0.25: bulls. stays. stc.. S5.5Op7.5O
| HOGS-The hog supply was Larger even
than Tuesdays. estimated receipts Pc
| first half OF the week receipts foot up
| no. go head, being a few hundred smaller
than for the same days last year by hVVo
Added to liberal fresh supplies were
some fifteen or twenty loads carried
nEs very generous, other points were
! reporting sharp declines all along the
line. and while all buyers were very
decent season with shippers and some
OF the packers buying fairly freely on
Two OF the packers demanded 15c con-
| cessions right from the start, and as
| they refused to raise their hands they
| lier part of the forenoon.
Light and common mixed hogs. which
we're hard to get action on st any time
at the time of closing this report many
Of them, as well as some OF the better
practically ali left the yards and II
| looked as though there was bound to
be liberal holdover for tomorrows
Bulk Of the hogs sold landed at 1910
6t9.85, with some OF the best heavies on
np to fs.45. There were some sales sales below
| be expected to sell there either moved
late or failed to sell at ALL. SO the sales
| quoted In this column could hardly be
taken as a fair representation Of this
sHEEP-Another heavy sheep and lamb
| run was on hand today, the days re
celpts of fifty-four cars. or 1900 head. be-
| ing the largest of any one day for some
time. Three days total Is 8,OA being
| 1900 larger than last week, and 1880
heavier than two weeks ago. but $500
smaller than a year ago.
Buyers were still In a very bearlsh MOOD
today oiearenos ,,,,h @Sesterdsy @ & wss S, rather E
discouraging advlces from all other
markets the outlook was anything but
good for the selling interests. A few
punches OF light and handy weight stuff
that were sold right on first rounds did
not look over l00l5c lower. but as a gem
eral thing buyers talked a full quarter
lower fIom the start, and during the
early part OF the forenoon at least, actual
bids were few and far between.
The trade continued extremely slow
and dull the best light lambs generally
| lower. hRaVX
sheep neglected and showing even more
decline than that
Quotations on sheep and lambs: Lambs,
good to choice handy, fll .256rli 80; lambs,
fair to good handy, SIC. .9OGiil %; lambs,
fair TO choice heavy. $40 50Giii 90; lambs.
fall clipped. 80 .00d9. 50: lambs fresh
clipped 81. 30; yearlngs, fair TO choice
light. 81 60d1O. 81; yearlings. fair to choice
heavy, $1,000 50, wethers, fair to choice,
SS0Ous,S5; ewes, good TO choice, IS ,lSd
$50; ewes fair TO good. 81 .60dS.1 10.