Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-10
LIVE STOCK

Omaha, November ., 1918.
| Receipts were: Cattle Hogs, sheep
| Official Monday ,,.,.ls,46i 6,t0a Aes,
| official Tuesday ,.,..it72& s,4Oa i2,ise
Official Wednesday s,To9 s,l62 b.6sf
| Official Thursday -. 5,s6t 7,7ls IL sas
| official Friday 49,. Ass 1,76S l.bs,
Estimate Saturday 400 5000 $50,
Six days this week 81, 81 .667 +0,l6i 5l,so4
Same days last week Ss.ss5 24aos 5s.0St
Same days 2 wks age. Ss.s7T ?5.+Ss 76,s4i
Same days 3 wks ago, 52,0s2 26,$67 ie4,42i
Same days year ago, .4s,oS0 1882 sS.si;
| Cattle--Fresh arrivals in the cattle al
vision were light, amounting to Is cars, o.
| 400 head. consisting mostly butcher
| stock and feeders, Trading was nominal,
| ly steady on everything and csc TO zoe
| higher than last weeks close on desirable
! beef steers. both native and westerns
| Butcher s took opened the week yer,
| draggy, and by Wednesday had gone 81 o.
| to I,2b lower. but closed up stronger. 8,
| that prices are now soc Use lower thar
week ago, best cows selling at $3.50 Il
$1,000. medium grades from 1875 Il
| 1895. Stockers and feeders continue dul
on the medium and inferior grades. bu
25c to soc higher on the best kinds for ths
week.
! Quotations on cattle: Choice TO arm,
beeves. sl700@IS2o; good to ehoic,
beeves. $l5.26 @l6,50. fair TO good becves
| $l325Ql5.o0; common to fair beeves, 80 1t
| Ql275; good to choice yearlings. $4,000
1850; fair to good yearings, si2.o0QlS,5e
! common to fair yearlings. SS.50Qii,0n
| choice to prime grass steers. sl4.50@l6,o0
fair to good grass beeves $l2.750l4.0Q
| Mexican beeves, $725Q9,5o; good TO choics
heifers, $9,000l2.00; good to choice cows
$S,760i0.50; fair to good cows. $3.50
$50: common to fair cows, $5.50@7.ss
~,t., n Ana.
| choice feeders, $l0.00Gpl200: fair to sooc
feeders. $s.5o@s,50 common to fair FEEDER
Sc, 80 Q7.s0. good to choice stockers. $9,ss
@1l.00 stock heiftrs, $G25G7.00; stock
cows, sG00Q6, so; stock calves, $6:5Qe.50s
veal calves, s6.S03l3.75: bulls, stays, etc
S7.50@9,50
Hogs-There was fair run OF hog;
here for a Saturday, 10 loads, estima.el
at 5000 head. making Receipts for the
week 10000 head Todays trade was 4
very uneven affair and much more s.
than yesterday, and opinions varied In re,
gard to comparative values. Few of th,
best hogs sold early largely steady witt
yesterday but mixed and heavy packers
sold unevenly lower and light hogs sold
from sl7.50QlS.0Q, mixed loads frors
si725Q17.5o, heavy packers from $1,000
lT40. The general market was steady l.
10@25c lower than yesterday. Trade has
been an up and down affair all week with
one day active and higher and another
slow. draggy and lower The close finds
prices not very much different from
week ago, range being the same but the
averages show a decline OF a dime.
Sheep-Receipts of sheep and lambs TO-
the week amounted to 81 200 head. Their,
has been a bearish sentiment in the IA,
lamb parket and prices have gradually
worked lower. Trade has not been really
active at any time and the decline fol-
the week amounts to Sl.0oWl.25, best here
selling from $500 to possible top Ct
$3.50. Feeder market has scent little
change one way or the other and prices
are about the same as a week ago with
perhaps little more unevenness with
lower tendency. Fat sheep are steady.
Quotations on sheep: Lambs, good to
choice. sl5.o0@15,5O; lambs. fair to good,
sl1.004l5.o0; lamb feeders, sl3.00@14.5e;
yearlings. good to choice. slo000ll.75;
yearlngs. fair to good, $9.00Gpl0.00 year.
ling feeders. slo.ooQ1O5e; wethers fat,
si0.50@l1.25: wether feeders. s5.50Q 1850;
ewes. good to choice, se.O0Q9.25 ewes,
fair to good, $7oO@S.50; eve feeders
$6,00mS0O.