Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-02
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| Cattie--There were no cattle OF any con-
| sequence In sight this morning. but FOR the
| week receipts have boon very large, showing
| heavy gains over all recent weeks and over
| a year ago The cause for the large run Is
| ascribcd generally to the fact that prices
were high and that the country took advan-
tage of them to unload surplus stock and
thereby escape Its assessment for taxation.
Prices on good heavy beeves, that Is cat
Ito selling at Sil,50@12.50, have been steady
all the week, the demand being good and
the market Arm. All other grades, on the
other hand, have eased OF not only hero,
but at other selling points as well, and at
the close of tho week such cattle arc 2S@
40c higher than last week.
Cows and heifers. even good kinds, have
eased of. being around l5G25c lower. with
the medium to pretty decent kinds as much
as 25@4oo lower,
The best feshy stocks and feeders have
shown very little change. being In moderate
supply and fair demand throughout the
week. Less attractive kinds have been
slow sellers at weak prices.
Quotations on cattle: Good to choice
boeves, ll.6oTls6o: fair to good beeves,
no.soai1.so: common to fair beaves, ss,aS@
1880: good to choice heifers. te.25@1o.a5:
good to choice COWS, $s.7s0a7S; fair to
good cows, s7b0GS,7b: common to fair
cows, s5.bo@I6o; prime feeding steers.
s,boG1o.26: good to choice feeders, $3.50
$50; fair to good feeders. ts.oo@s7s; com
choice stookers. ss.2b6s25i stock heifers.
tLab@9.sb; stock cows SGoo@s,oo; stock
calves, ss,00@10.?6: veal calves, $4,000
i2.0o: beef bulls, stays, etc, $SOoGs,oO;
bologna bulls, ss.6o@soo.
Hogs---A good Saturday run OF hogs
rounded out week of liberal receipts. About
lsS cars, or $500 head. we're reported In,
bringing the total for the week up to s3,S0s
head, This Is the heaviest run since Ave
weeks ago, being $4,000 larger than last
week, 10000 heavier than two weeks ago,
and almost $4,000 greater than for the same
days last year.
All of this weeks markets have been ir-
regular. but todays was without doubt the
hardest to quote, Shippers bought some
hogs early at prices that ranged from strong
to loo higher, or were generally full
nickel higher Right on nrst rounds a
were as much as 5@1oc higher but as a
general thing, killer buyers were out for
steady prices, and when they finally did
make the bulk of their purchases, they were
mostly steady to not over &c higher any
where. General quality OF the offerings
lacked a great deal Of being as good as on
previous days of the week. and this made
the market hard to quote. for while indi-
vidual sales looked steady to SC, and In
extreme cases loo higher, the cost Of drives
was no more than steady. and on paper
most packers costs were lower than yes
terday.
The presence Of n good deal Of Just fair
light stuff, and also a good many highly
mixed loads tended to make the market
slow, especially after the bulk Of the good
hogs had been cleaned up while the market
dragged until noon or after without COM
plete clearances being made. however, the
last hogs to sell showed little or no change
compared with yesterday, and It looked az
though In tho end all the fresh arrivals
would be cleaned up without any great
concessions having to be made.
To sum up the general market as well
as was possible, most OF the desirable hogs
sold steady to nickel higher. and In ex-
IRENE instances 10c advances were noted
Packers didn't buy the lights until they
had to In order TO fill out their droves.
Representative sales: