Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-17

CATTLE Receipts this week, while
very much larger Than last weeks run,
IRE with that exception the smallest N
any recent Week. Htiil ~ compared with
year aa0 there IL considerable gain.
Al tho beginning N The Week receipts
Wef1 especially large ana the fnafkst
suffered = sharp slump On beef STEERS
However, ~ tbe Heeh adyaneed ne 9s.
mind proved 10 be very bfiSk, WIN ne
result that tie decline WaS epesdiY
made EOO0 A. the hl0S6 ~ The week
lbe market IL b0ek ~ where u W9s -
last Nfeka high close, which means Inst
Killing cattle IRE nov ~ nigh ~ tBeH
have bern Any time this gesf The best
cattle have sold % 10 M,W IBIS Wtek,
The highest tJice ~ the geaf ~ DATE.
C0Ns, belfofs ahd butcher sfOeh gepefs
ally 1i1 not show - much change ~ ne
BEGINNING Of the week ~ beef steers,
but they have held their 0Wn, having
efT6bRfhenfd 20 recently ana are as
high 80 any time. stockefs ana feeders
are strong
Quotations On cattle Good 10 choice
Beeges, ts,Stu5 W, fair 70 .goo1 bssegeas,
80 E0Od ~ choice LETTERS, N,It05s III
good % choice c0Ns, N,z5us0, far 70
good COWS, B,zlU7s1f common - falf
COWS, tl,COus.z, good y ebolcs feeders,
~, common 10 fair feeders, ts.Dlt7. ~
good 10 choice stOekefs, b,7t1ssIf st0ek
beifers, gs.f6ll7s 1bs at0ek e0Ns, ta45Nsslgt
stock calves, s1.O,lIs.0o, veil Calyes, H,U
nl0.D9; b0lis. stays, ete., bl00N9.W
HOGS The gOod markets of the last
few days SvldsBfy iaffed loose good
many hogs N ne country, for todsY
rnn Nas unUfuallg large for = satgfdaz,
receipts Of ~ Nafa, o.. l9Hy he1d, BONG
lafasf thsn for any dag MS Tsek ~ X
oepf Tueeday, The wesks total h. W,0u
head witch Ia more than i50D larger
than week sR0. and liN10 heavier tlian
last nar. but over i.eO short 81 Two
weeks ago.
Trade opened out fairly well On
good steady bssls. Shipping demand was
not very broad bot what hogs shippers
goi earle they paid fully steady prices
for and couple ~ packers Who had
urgent ordfrf bought sofne hogs on first
rounds ~ FfidaG's prices, The other
prices right from the start and after the
most urgent bfdffs had been filled the
market dropped % = lover basis.
Cumming W The whole tnsrkst early
prices WeFe fully steadT, but trade soon
weakened ana most ~ The hogs sold q
nickel lover, extreme close being weak
III the decline. Eulh ~ the sales WIS
made ~ Ey5JljJ,b6. and tops reached Nfb,
equAilng Inc best figure paid ~ fsf 'His
year. AZ compared With fast wesk's eiogs
foday'H prices arc fully iJc ~ W spots 20
higher, Yesterday The aYergGe cost Has
f3A. Il being the high DAY since tho
sNflUH ~ ifFf
guEEp- There we're 10 fresh receipts
today bit for the week the total amounts
to H.s0 head, the largest " any recent
week
The continued firmncsa IN light lambs
leaves best kinds Just aDgut wnsfe thsy
we're a. the high time Wednesday, that
H. fully M,e and IN s0rne gases - iaHeh
a. 1he higher than last weeks close The
upturn on Welghty Kinds vas lnSt about
chopped IN tWO Thursday and FRIDAY
leaving them no moro than igUge higher
for the week.
AZ tie start Of the ueeR best shorn
lambs from II 20 IL pounds % we're
bringing tg00ng.26. but since then u has
been sticky deal for anything minus
fIeeoe. and closing quotations are nearly
a quarter below Monday. u being doubt,
raj IL ANYTHING Weighing ~ pounds or
better would beat 800. What few ma
Tive apring lambs we're Offered sold at
tif.b0ltia.p
Ewes made ap almost the whole u
the weeks slim old mutton supply They
weored 4 couple ~ i1c advances early fn
thn week some real good hexifaua
Touching 1850 but from then on u vas
Al unchanged affair Friday prices
weakened little, leaving quotations
around iguibc above 1881 week food
ilngn Or wothers ~ consequence we're here
mi they nre credited Nith the same adj
vance a. ewes
Quotations on sheep and lambs. f,hmba
good "a choice handy, fii .lNii@. lambs
fair IL good handy, 81 sbafiiN lambs
fair 10 choice heavy. fehN1i No. lambs.
clipped. 81 iOuf3 yeariinRs, fair 20 choice
ifaht 81 aQi0 ~, yeHfiines, fair 20 choice
light 81 gbfii0 ". FeaTiinRa fair 20 ehaieF
heavs a nae % weihers fair 10 choice
Il neda6N, ewes. good 30 choice q s1ff
so ewes fair 20 good M0,msa0