Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-12
BEEF STEERS.

llogs-The third hog run Of over 800 cars
OF the week showed UP this morning. csu-
mates calling for sA cars, or 24700 head.
While supplies have not yet been large
enough any one day TO break record. the
four days total indicates that the week Is
receipts record will almost certainly be
smashed.
sales on tn, late trade yesterday were AZ
much MS 2bc lower than the previous day.
Lights were almost unstable at any
price, and In the ncighborhood Of sixty
ears were carried over. An acute stockesr
shortage developed yesterday afternoon,
shippers being unable to get out all Of their
days buy. while Morris 4 Co. who since
the fire destroyed their hog killing depart
ment hero last fall have been shipping
everything to other nints to DO Killed,
wero unable 10 move any OF their purchase,
Last night and this morning several roads
single decks TO the east or south, and as
they were unable to furnish double decks
In any numbers. II looked AZ though ship
per bus. ess was almost cut on
Up to midforenoun today the car short
age situation had not been relieved, and
shippers were only able TO buy such hogs
Ms they were certain of being able to move
Naturally they bought very. cautiously
though they did take a few hogs on early
rounds at about ioc lower prices, paying as
high as 5000 for choice heavy butchers.
Although markets further east reported
nearly steady pri.,B early. local packers
were out TO make all the capital they could
OF tho car shortage They made no bids
their first offers when finally made were
nat quarter under yesterday
BY IL o'clock the ice had been broken
packers buying some mixed and heavy hogs
is9:oc lower and taking few lights a
quarter lower than yesterdays early trade
Up TO noon there had been no noticea bic
change and good share Of the offerings
yarded up to that time had been sold
though lights were as slow as ever and
where II was possible packers passed them
up entirely. The fact that Morris would
probably be kept out of tho trade alto
gether made the outlook slim for any
thing like clearance. az this weeks big
run has loaded all the packers up. Ship
pers did little after first rounds, their
buy up 10 noon being very small den
cral market UP TO that time was lbR
Csc lower. Bulk was quotable at yeT5m
1895. with an extreme top of 1880. 1t
was impossible TO get anything like a
fair showing Of the hogs In the representa-
tive column, for owing to the cougested
condition Of the yards and the lateness OF
the market Ia starting not great deal
of stun had been weighed up at press time
Representative sales:
No. Az. Sh Pr. No, Av Sh. Pr.
40, so7 40 10 7O..2Is -. 10 Is
7s 23s $40 20 81. .s7s 80. 10 IS
sheep-The sheep and lamb supply was
another generous affair, arrivals OF sixty.
1--we cars. or 1850 head, bringing the total
for the week to date up to e7sss head.
This Is exceptionally heavy for this time
OF year. being 10000 greater than a week
ago. 2s.s00 larger than two weeks ago and
an increase Of almost $4,000 head over the
corresponding days Of last year.
Lambs were yarded in better season this
morning. but II was again well along In the
forenoon before a great deal of business
was transacted. Steady prices were obtain
able almost from the outset. but sellers
were nearly all Of the opinion that they
were entitled to more money and II took
traders quite while to get together on
prices.
Eventually the bulk Of the lambs sold
al steady to 1oc higher prices q big per.
centage OF the good fed westerns moving at
si3.25@l3.t0, with some choice stun at
$3.50. No prime Mexicsns. such as brought
$3.50 yesterday. we're offered, and a top
Of ti3.so was quoted on this class. Clipped
lambs continue TO be conspicuous by their
absence. none having been here this week.
No sales OF good muttons were reported
up to noon, there being next 10 none In
cluded In the offerings. Some fair stun
sold at about steady prices. Feeders were
also scarce and continue to move upward.
Dc Yesterdays late trade several loads sold