Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-27

DISPOSITION-HEAD.
Total CONGRATULATIONS. 1901

Cattle-Recelpts were light this morn
ed IN and trade was nominally steady.
As compared with a week ago corn feds
are selling 25@50c higher. best handy
weight steers bringing up to $1,000 and
fair to good warmed up kinds from $3.50
OLA so. The run of western rangers fell
off sharply from last week, which added
considerable strength TO the beef market
and prices were 25@50c higher on desr-
able grades over last week. Little IL
any stuff sold up to $500 bulk of med
ium to good steers are bringing around
$9,00@l1,50. Butcher stock closed 25@
SOC higher on good cows and steady on
medium grades and Gamers and cutters
Stockers and feeders closed dull and
about steady with a week ago.
Quotations on cattle: Choice to prime
beeves. s170001S2 rs: good to choice
beeves. SIS 25@16.5o: fair to good beeves,
sl3.75@15.00; common to fair beeves, $500
@12.75; good to choice yearlings. $4,000
1880: fair to good yearlings. $12,O0@15 so;
common to fair yearlngs. sS.5o@11 90:
choice to prime grass steers. s14 0O@15,00;
fair to good grass beeves s11.50@13 rs;
common to fair grass beeves, $4,000
11.OO Mexican beeves, $S.00@10.oO; good
to choice hefers, ss.5O@11 so: good to
choice COWS, sS.5O@10 so; fair to good
cows, s750@S.75; common to fair cows,
$5,75 a 100: prime feeders. s12.0O@13 80;
good to choice feeders. $975011.50; fair
to good feeders, $S.5O99.5O; common to
fair feeders. Sc oo@7 so; good to choice
stockers. 50 O06 1850; stock heifers $3.50
0750; stock cows, s6250750; stock
calves, Sc 25@950; veal calves, $1,000
1875; bulls, stays, etc. $75o6950.
Hogs-There was an estimated run Of
300 hogs here today. making supplies
for the week 25,60O head Todays trade
was the very opposite Of previous days
this week. being unusually active and
sharply higher, with a clearance made at
an early hour. Bulk Of today's sales was
s1600Ql650, while a few hogs sold under
$500 and tops went to $1725. Quite a
few hogs sold at steady prices, but the
general market is fully 25@50c higher
than yesterday. Trade has been very
ven affair this week. with decidedly
lower tendency from the start. There
was a sharp discrimination practically
all week against heavy packers. Fridays
extreme wide range, with sales scattered
evenly over the entire range, brought tn"
market fully soc to $1.25 lower thai last
Saturday The upturn today bringing he
market generally 50@75c lower thar the
close of last week.
Sheep-There were $500 sheep and
lambs reported in today. but these were
not offered for sale, the run for the week
amounting TO 72,200 head. not quite he.f
as many as last week, when receipts were
1of427 head. The sheep barn has seen
lively market all around this week. Fat
lambs perhaps are only 50975c higher
than a week ago, with the best grades
selling mostly from s15.50@16,10. Feeders
have scored an advance Of fully $l.50@
200, with best lambs selling at $4,000
144O, and very few selling under $1,000
Fat sheep are up SOC 9s1.0O for the week
and feeder ewes are around $1.00@1.50
higher. Todays market Is nominally
steady.
Quotations on sheep: Lambs. good to
choice. s15.50@1s10; lambs, fair to good.
$l3.O0Q15.5O; lambs, feeders, $4,000
s1440; yearlings, good to choice, 10000
100; yearlngs, fair to good, $500 @10.00:
yearlings, feeders, $1O.O0@l0.50: wethers.
fat, $S0O@1025; wethers, Feeders, $500
1880; ewes, good to choice. sS.O0Q9.0o;
ewes, fair to good, $700@7.50; eve feed
ers $6000S.50