Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-06
OMAHA LIVE STOCK
Let-Up in Cattle Receipts This
Week; Hogs Ten Cents
Lower; Feeder Sheep
Lower.

'dllle-ReCelplS showed q marked Ielup
this week and today's offerings only
amounted to II cars or 200 head and 5O,-
600 head for the week. Quality of the
beef steer offerings was just fair and
prices 25150c higher, best heavy west
ems quotable from s14.509l6.50, fair to
god grades from sl2.5OQ145O, and good to
fair light weight steers anywhere from
$9.50@l1.50; butcher stock Is 50Q75c
higher on all but the Gamers AID the
real good news which are arount 25Q50c
higher Toward the latter end of the week
demand was very limited and the market
draggy. best kinds were quotabie from
$9.0011S0 medium kinds from 5000
800 quality OF stockers and feeders were
very good this week. prices on all de-
sirable grades from 50Gp75c higher, with
real choice kinds selling up to sl5.s5.
Quotations on Cattle-Choice to prime
beeves, $17.5O91900; good to choice
beeves. $16.0OQl725; fair to good beeves,
$l3.50@15.75; common to fair beeves.
sl0.ooV1S.OO; good to choice yearlings,
Sl6.0O41S.00; fair TO good yearllngs.
s12.OOQ155O. common to fair yearlings.
$s.50@11.O0; choice to prime grass feed
ers, $l45061650: fair to good grass
beeves, $125OQl4.50; common to fair
grass beeves, s950Q12.00; Mexican
beeves, sS.OO@11.OO; good to choice
heifers. $9.754l2.00; good to choice cows,
$S.DU u l2,UU, Iar 10 EoOu COWS, So'UUV
900; common to fair cows, s6.O0@75O;
prime feeders. sl3250l5.5O; good to
choice feeders, siO.50013.O0; fair to good
feeders, $9,OOGp1O.25; common to fair feed
ers, $600G7.50; good to choice stockers,
$lO0O011.00; stock heifers, s6.50@8.OO;
stock cows, $6.OO@7.50: stock calves, $3.50
@1O5O; veal calves, s7OO@13,5O; bulls.
stays, etc, ss.oO@S.75.
Hogs-Receipts today amounted to 400
~ tot, for ha haip
head Shippers were practically out of
the market this morning, leaving trading
nearly all to the packers. The market
opened fairly active, mostly 1Oc lower
than yesterdays average market although
occasional sales were reported only
nickel off Trade soon became draggy
and worked to &c lower, finally closing
20G25c lower than yesterday. Bulk OF
today's sales were $1s.20@1S35 with tops
at $lS.65. The market is 50q75c lower
than week ago.
Sheep--Receipts for the week have been
of fairly liberal proportions reaching the
total OF $4,000 head. With the excep.
ton Of possibly steady prices on Tuesday
and Wednesday the market on feeders has
gradually worked lower until the week
closes from sl.OOQ1.50 under prices OF
last weeks close. Fat lambs have also
suffered declines OF fully 70c@s1.00 for
the week, $lS.76 stopping the best tat
lambs to bring $14.O0 selling mostly from
$1375 down to $1,000. Feeder ewes are
selling from s6.OO@75o although some
thing real choice might bring $500.
Quotations on Sheep--Lambs, good to
choice, 00Q15.7J; lambs, fair to good.
sl4.0O015.00; lamb feeders, slO00@14O0:
yearlng., good TO choice, $125OQ1S 90
yearlngs fair to good, s12O09l250;
yearling feeders. s1OOoQ12.OO; wethers,
fat. $s.00@11.25; wether feeders, s11.75dp
12.25: ewes. good to choice. sS.50@S.75;
ewes fair to good, s7,0O@S,O0; eve feed
ers $7.00@S.50.