Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-10
Killing Cattle 15c to 25c Up for
Week-Sheep and Lambs
Sharply Higher,
HOGS STRONG TO 15c UP

Cattle-Reccipts have been very liberia
this week considering the lateness Of the
season, there being larg gain as com
pared with the corresponding time veal
ago. Fewer range cattle have been coming
forward so that the offerings have con-
sisted principally of fed stock Fortunately
there has been very good demand. the
market duripg the first half OF the weak
especially Being very satisfactory. with
prices advancing sharply. The latter part
of the week the trade was not quite 50
brisk and in some cases values eased of
a little. but still at the close OF the week
the medium to pretty fair kinds of beeyes
are l5G25c higher. The advancs--on this
grade OF cornfed cattle was due apparently
to the scarcity of range cattle. which forced
packers to bid up on the palmer cornfeds
On the other hand strictly good cornfeds
which were very high last week. have not
shown much change this week,
Cows and heifers have shown about the
same advance as beef steers being around
15125c higher for the week.
Suckers and feeders were In very &C
tive demand the first half Of the week and
were quoted as much as $4,000 higher
During the latter part Of the week. how
ever. they eased off, but still at the close
are fully csc higher than week ago.
From sellers standpoint the market
has been in good, healthy and entirely
satisfactory condition.
Quotations on cattle: Good to choice year.
ling beeves, S10.00@11.00: good to choice
welghty cornfed beeves. $40 00@1i.o0; fair
to good cornfed beeves. SS.750lo.oo;- com.
mon TO fair cornted beeves, $3.50 gS75
good TO choice grass beeyes, S7.75@9.0O; fair
to good grass beeyes. S6.75@775: common
to fair grass beeves. s5.75@6.75; good I,
choice heifers, sG.7597.s6; good to choic.
cows S5.60Q7.50; fair to good cows. SS.1t
% 500; common to fair cows A.6o@675i
good to choice feeders s7750825; fair ia
good feeders, sB,80@7.75; common to fair
feeders $5.7506S0: good TO choice stock
ers. T,s5@s.l5; stock heifers. ss.25@7.50
stock cows, 35,00Gs.50; stock calves, $500
@o.0O; veal calves. $S.O0Q1o.0O beef bulls
stays, etc. S6.60@6.75: bologna bulls. $500
Hogs-AH is usually the case on Sat.
urday. receipts today were the smallest OF
the week. Arrivals counted out 1873 cars, or
about 300 head, which IL no mean run
for the closing day Of the week., Total for
the six days is $3.50 head, a gain Of $4,000
over last week, $500 larger than two weeks
ago. and $4,000 greater than for the same
days last year. -
Prices reacted from the recent big decline
the market being another Of tho uneven af-
fairs that have been 80 common, Shipping
orders were broad. and with plenty Of good
butcher weight and heavy hogs here. order
buyers made big purchase. paying prices
that were on the average fully loo higher
and in individual cases were from &c to as
much as 15c higher,
, The packer trade did not open quite SO
active, movement starting at prices that
were nickel to In many cases a dime
higher, though one or two Of the big out-
Ats were holding out for steady prices.s This
slowed the market down In a spot or two
but whom It was all said and done, there
was. no appreciable weakness anywhere on
the trade on anything that was at all de.
sirable, these kinds being at least nickel
higher to In many instances b@loc higher
Some lights that were left for the close
finally moved at prices the sellers called
steady with yesterday
Bulk OF the sales were made at $500
s.s5, the market averaging around 5910c
higher than yesterday. st
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