Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-03

Cattle-Receipts OF cattle were nominal,
but IL cars being reported in. Trade was
steady and Toe Qs100 higher on desirable
westerns and natives. For the week best
westerns reached $3.50, with good many
droves selling at $14.0oQ15.50, Most Of
the natives hav. been short feds ranging
from s1S.50Q17Oo. Butcher stock has
been active all week and 5O475c higher
on weighty cows and 25@50c higher on
Gamers. Light feeders continued dull and
unchanged of last week. Best heavy kinds
are 50@75c higher.
Quotations on cattle: Choice to prime
beeves. s17.000lS.25; good to choice
beeves. s15.25Q16.50; fair to good beeves.
s13. ESQ Is. 90; common to fair ccows. 50 90
@12.75; good to choice yearlings, $500
@17.50: fair to good yearlings. $4,000
l5 5O common to fair yearlinfs $4,000
1880; common to fair yearllngs, $500
II .00 choice to prime grass steers, $14.50
@16.50; fair to good grass beeves. $4,000
400; common to fair grass beeves, $500
G11.5O: Mexican beeves, Ss.60@il 90; good
choice cows. $s.oo@11.oo; fair to good
cows, ss.o0@soo; common to fair cows.
$800@7.25; prime feeders, $126001425;
good to choice feeders. $10.009l2.00; fair
to good feeders. ss.oo@1o.Oo; common to
fair feeders. $s.5o@soo; good to choice
stockers. ss.25@11.oo; stock heifers. $3.50
976o; stock cows. se.25@75o: stock
calves. s6.25@9.5o; veal calves. $500
1875; bulls. stays. ETC.. s7.50@s.50.
Hogs-There was about the usual Safe
urday's receipts in hogs, SO loads, esti-
mated at $500 head. making the total for
the week 25,s00 head. Trade was active
from the start. There was not much diff
ference in the range from yesterday, hogs
selling from $500 to $500. There were
fewer sales below $17.2b than yesterday,
however, and the kind that sold from
$17.25 to $3.50 were bringing generally
,$1740 to $3.50 and possibly more today.
The general market is 10c to zoe higher
There Were no real toppy loads here, the
best bringing $500.
Trade for the week has been Of fairly
satisfactory character. the spread has
continued fairly wide, generally in the
neighborhood Of a dollar, and sales have
been evenly scattered over the entire
range, with no long string apparent. Quite
large proportion Of this weeks receipts
has consisted Of underweights and unfin
ished hogs, making larger number OF
throwouts than for some time. The mar
ket is fully 75c to $1.00 higher than last
Saturday. \
Sheep-This market has witnessed the
lightest receipts in sheep and lambs for
any one week since the first week in
August. Total receipts for the week are
u ,oUU luc Ildthct mas bSeH Nci1
satisfactory all week and generally
stronger. SO that the week now finds
choice fat lambs selling from SIS. 90 to
$3.50, good lambs on down to $500, and
very few selling below $14.00. The mar
ket is generally Csc to SOC higher than
last week. While the feeder market has
rot shown quite as much gain. there haS
been considerable activity prices have
generally worked up until choice feede'
lambs are selling mostly from $14.00 to
s14.5o, with a top of STATS. only Csc to
35c higher than q week ago. Fat sheep
have advanced fully Csc to SOC.
Quotations on Sheep-Lambs, good to
choice, S16.5o@1s.6o; lambs. fair to good.
s13.0O@15.50: lamb feeders, s13.00@14.75;
yearlings, good to choice, s10.00@11.75;
yearllngs, fair to good, $s.00@1o.o0; year
ling feeders. $10.00@1o,50; whethers. fat
$10.50@11.25; whether feeders, $500
1880; ewes, good to choice, s9.00@9.50;
ewes, fair to good, $7,oO@S.5o; eve feed
ers, $6.00@S.0o.