Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-02
OMAHA LIVE STOCK
Range Beeves Some Lower for
Week; Hog Prices Break;
Sheep Sales Are
Steady. !


cattIe--More cornfed steers have been
here this week than at any previous time
this season end prices have taken a sharply
lower turn. Bulk of the short fed steers
Ia selling from around s1a0o up to q little
better than s12 90 and only a. few choice
punches are moving an high as sla5aW
1890. Range beeyes were steady all week
until toward the close Friday when some
sales were t09ISe lower, There @as a
broad demand for butcher stock and up un-
I'll the extreme close Friday medium cows
and heifers we're fully steady with week
ago while Gamers and the good to choice
kinds were generally lo@f6c higher than
the previous week. In few instances sales
made toward the, close Of the week were
2sn3sc higher than cattle Of the same
brand sold Monday. Sf0ekers and feoders
broke sgian this week and are closing
A5oe lower than week ago or from SOC
to In most eases nearly a $t.ao under the
high time. Yearling and light stockers
show greater declines while the good 300
q lsoe-pound feeders have slunped less than
anything else,
beeves. sI498ai50o; good 10 choice heeyes,
sf2s1GI3.be: fair to good bceVes, stob0@
T2s0; com .aor to fair beeves, s700@i9 90.
good TO choice. s14n0M15.o0; fair to good
yearIinss. sl2 1oo0iA.00; common 10 fair
yearlings, sss69ifoo; prime heavy grass
beeves. iii soafsoo; good 10 choice beeves
sIeuD9il.se: fair to good grass baeves,
Sa006afe.60: common TO fair grass beeves.
S7,oo@sso; good 70 choice heifers' $500 %
s.s5i good 10 choice COWS. 1.76ms.25: fair
to good cows. s6.7S@T5os common 10 fair
cows. ss2S@6oo: prime feeding steers
sI1.6e012.50; good 70 choice feeders. ss
RII2s; fair 10 good feeders, 5000 so I
common to fair feeders, ys,00@7oo; good
to choice stoekers, s6.o00Io6o. stock
heifers, ss60@sba stock cows s6.o0@T60;
stock calves, se,oe@Io.4o; veal eaiyes. 1890
8f2 50. bulls. stays, sb564s00.
HoEs--ReceIpts were the largest for
Saturday In long time; other markets
were again on the downgrade, and as local
prices have been away out OF line, values
here broke sharply. Movement was very
slaw at prices that were from Csc lower
early to al much as $35 % foc down later on
Bulk sold at sf7.2o@l7.30, with q top OF
Sf7.a5. The market is around SOC lower
Than last week. Stock pigs were In q light
supply. Prices were about steady with yes
terday and higher than 4 week ago, sew
sraI loads reaching $1,000
Representative sales:
No. Av, sh. Pr. No. Av. sh. Pr,
S.. a64 40 tl7 rs so. .2is q. s17 ss
PIGS
81 iii II. IS 50
sheep-N Nothing OF consequence was on
sale today. Old sheep. have been In good
request all week and are selling steady
with week ago, which means that they
are AZ high as at any time this season.
Lambs, on the other hand, have been lower
sellers and sold irregularly compared with
last week, Good feeders have been hard to
get. and on the general run OF offerings
tie prices are 25G soc lower thar week
ago Good heavyweight killing lambs are
no more than i0@16c lower for the week,
but rough heavy comebacks, which made
up the bulk Of tho supply. arc 26Wt0c
lower
Quotations on sheep and lambs: Lambs
fair to choice $1s76miY.e0: lambs. feed
ers. sfsso@17.75; lambs, shorn. si5,so@
1890; lambs. cuiis, $4,000 90; yearlings.
iair 10 choice, sil,b0@is2b; yearlings. feed
ers, sf2.opWI4.ab; wethers. fair to choice.
s1l.00@ @i2B0; ewes. fair to choice, $3.50
1850; ewes, breeders, all ages, si0.Bedp
1850: ewes. feeders, s7.B0@t0.75: ewes.
cuis and Gamers. s600@725.
Arreaentafiya safcA.