Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-01
Cattle for the Week Twenty
Five to Forty Higher Than
for Week Before.
HOGS SELL SOME HIGHER

Cattle-There were no attic of any con-
sequence in sight this morning, but for the
week receipts have been very large SHOWING
heavy gains over all recent weeks and over
wear ago. The cause for the large run Is
ascribed generally to the fact that prices
,yepe high and that the country took advan-
tage OF them 10 unload surplus stock ana
thereby escape its assessment for TAXATION
Prices on good heavy beeves, that Is cat
tie selling at $ii.506l2.60, have been steady
all the week. the demand being good and
the market firm. All other grades, on the
other hind, have eased of not only mere,
but at other selling points as well. and al
the close OF the week such cattle are 2bV
40c higher than last week.
Cows and heifers, even good kinds, have
eased OF, being around l5@2bc lower. with
the medium to pretty decent kinds as much
as 25940c lower.
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
beeves. sii50a12.5o: fair TO good beeves,
sto.50G11.50; common to fair beeves, $3.50
1850; good to choice heifers s925@lo.26;
good to choice cows, ss.75Qe75; fair to
good cows. $7.b0@s.75. common to fair
cows. s5.60@7b0i prime feeding steers.
$e.bodio.25; good to choice feeders, sS.7bW
$50. fair to good feeders, ss00DS.75; COM
mon 10 fair feeders, $3.50 500; good to
choice stockers. t8.25Q9.2b; stock heifers,
ST.25R8.25; stock cows. 5000 1000; stock
calves, sS.0o@lO.25; veal calves, $4,000
1900: beef bulls. stays, ETC., &S,O0@s.00;
bologna bulls. s650Gs.oo.
Hogs---A good Saturday run Of hogs
rounded out week Of liberal receipts. About
1888 cars. or $500 head, were reported In.
bringing the total for the week up to $1,000
head. This IL the heaviest run since five
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 IT.
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 fuli
nickel higher. Right on FIRST rounds a
few scattering loads sold to packers that
were as much as 6@i0c 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 4 great deal Of being as good as on
previous days Of the week. and this made
tho market hard to quote. for while indi-
vidual sales looked steady to Be, and In
extreme cases 100 higher, the cost Of drives
was no more than steady, and on paper
most packers costs were lower than yes
terday.
The presence Of good deal Of Just fair
light stuff. and also 4 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 q COM
picte efearances being made. however. the
last hogs to sell showed little or no change
compared with yesterday, and II looked az
though In the end all the fresh arrivals
would be cleaned up without any great
concessions having to be made.
TO sum up the general market as we'll
As was possible, most OF the desirable hogs
sold steady to q nickel higher, and In ex-
tremn instances loo advances were noted.
Packers didn't buy the lights until they
had to In order to fill out their droves.
REPRESENTATIVE sales: