Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-08
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DISPOSITION-HEAD.


Cattle-Receipts of cattle, as usual on a
Saturday. were not large enough to be Of
any consequence whatever. For the week
the RIM has been the smallest since Decem-
Der. barring only two weeks ago. when the
threatened railroad strike cut down the
run. At the same time that receipts have
been light. the demand has been more ac-
tive than ever Packers all realize that the
supply of fat cattle in the country Is rapidly
being depleted. and with the country plung-
ing into war they are all apparently anx-
ious to store away title beef. At the
same time the current consuming demand
is very good, SO that all In all the market
has been very brisk and prices have steadily
and rapidly advanced At the close of the
week killing cattle, which includes cows
and heifers, as well as beef steers, are 500
soc higher than last weeks close, which
means that the market is the highest that
1t ever has been thus far. The best beeves
received during the week have sold up to
$780,
Stockers and feeders have been In moder-
ate supply and fair request for tits season
of the year, while prices have remained
practically stationary, showing little change
in either direction.
Quotations on cattle Good to choice
beeves, 60@12.S0; fair to good beeves,
$10.60@1150; common to fair beeves, $3.50
plO60; good to choice heifers, $3.50
1925; good to choice cows, $S.75 Q10.15; fair
to good cows $7.509S.75: common to fair
cows. s5.50@750; prime feeding steers.
s9.50Q10.25; good to choice feeders. $3.50
$50; fair to good feeders, $S.009S.75; COM
mon to fair feeders, s6.75@S.00; good to
choice stockers, $s.25Q9.25; stock heifers.
S.25Qs.25; stock cows. s6.O0@s.0o; stock
calves. $s.0O@1O.50: veal calves, 5000
12.00; beef bulls. stays, ETC.. $s.009925;
Bologna bulls, $6.500S.00.
Hogs-Hog receipts were very moderate
even for Saturday. The run counted out
ninety-three cars, or some $500 head, being
the smallest here on the closing day Of any
week in more than q month. For the six
days supplies foot up 62,33S head, as COM
pared with S4,42S last week, 50,40S two
weeks ago. and 44,2O6 the corresponding
days a year ago.
Trade was reasonably active at fresh
5000 advance. Shippers bought what hogs
they could use early, taking somewhere
around fourth of the total offerings at
figures that were generally 1oc and In ex-
treme cases loo higher. As was the case
Yesterday, packers went about putting up
their droves rather slowly. and did little
during the first hour or To begin with,
they put out steady offers, but these were
later improved, and when they finally bought
their hogs, 1t was at prices that were in
the majority of cases 5@10c higher than
Yesterday. r. r-.- 80
Values were pretty uneven. some sales,
particularly among the shipper hogs. being
l5c higher, while others were no more than
\ SndQe nlgner. MOST OF the nOSS were
cleaned up before midforenoon. but close
was draggy on a few loads of the palmer
mixed hogs. By the time 1t got down to
these last few loads, all buyers had about
all the hogs they wanted and the best bids
sellers could get on the finish were no more
than steady with yesterday. Not enough
hogs were involved. however, to make much
Of any difference in the general market.
General quality was probably not quite
90 good as yesterday. The percentage of
lust decent mixed hogs looked to be larger
Than yesterday, while good heavies were, II
anything, comparatively scarcer, condt-
ton that Is not unusual on Saturday.
Bulk sold at sl5.45@15,7O and tops reached
$3.50 Compared with week ago. todays
general market is just about Use higher.
The week opened with a big dime break,
but Tuesday prices frmed up, and from
then on it was higher deal, the market
taking on a true war time aspect Thursday
and Friday. owing mainly to unusual ship
ping activity. This week has been the high
est in the history Of the local trade.
Representative sales: