Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-22
RECEIPTS--CAR
Horses
Cattle. Hogs, Sheep. Mules,
Total receipts,... IL "a
DISPOSITION--HEAD.

Csttle--Arrivals of cattle comprise the
usual Saturdays receipts estimates calling
for S25 head. Total for the six days Is
$500 head, this is approximately 5000
head less than the arrivals a week ago.
but 5000 less than the receipts for the
same period year ago. The-cattle mar
ket has been draggy all during the week
with small advance on Monday. but which
WAS subsequently, lost the last two or
three days and prices have been weak as
compared with previous weeks close with
values from steady to use or more lower,
Trade has been on very slow basis on
stock. the aSvasce on Monday being lost
and further decline of around 25c com
ing in evidence on Tuesday and Wednes-
day. Most OF the decrease has been on
grades selling from 5000 or better. All
grades OF calves are 25m SOC lower, al
though top of light yealers still remains
1850. Bulls and stays are like amount
lower. The feeder market has been very
uneven with moderate receipts and only
fair demand and values on some Kinds
of the less sought after kinds are weak
70 25c or more lower. stoekers have felt
the full decline.
beeyes, $ll.50Vis.OO; fair to good beeves.
s1000Q11.50; common to fair beeves,
!soogle,oe; good to choice yaarIiingss, /,
sl2sepl2So: fair to good yearlinss ss;Sa ~ ~
$50; choice to prime heifers. $10.00911.2 25;
good TO choice heifers. $so0q 1000; choice
to prime cows, sl0.o0911.eQ; good to
cows. $7.25@s.bO; common to fair cows.
s5.25@7.25; choice to prime feeders. sl1.0O
Oils; good to choice feeders. Ss7hQ
LOO; medium to so3d & feeders ~ ss;SG@ ~ sS
good to choice stockers. s9.SOQ11.25; fair
to good stockers, $7,75 @925; common to
fair grades sSoo@775 sosk 0oi heifers ifer
calves. $7,oo@s.5o; veal calves, s95o0
1900: bulls, stays. etc. $5,50Q1o.oO.
Hogs-saturday's estimated run OF
trifle more than q week ago was over
$4,000 less than the corresponding days a
year ago. The attitude of packer buyers
continues very bearish and with very lit
tie shipper demand the first half of the
week they forced prices to lower levels
until Wednesday prices were close to 81
per demand has developed the last half
however, and there has been a gradual
advance which with Saturdays market
10Q25c higher than Friday at a bulk of
almost back.to. where they were last Mon
day or around oQ4oe liver than last
Saturday.
Sheep-OnIy one or two loads of sheep
and lambs arrived today and prices re-
mained nomnally steady. Receipts this
week have been OF fair size with trend
OF values higher on all classes of killing
material. Lambs showed advances OF
fat ewes and yearlings are closing around
half dollar higher. Best lambs reached
$2o.65 yesterday, edualling the highest
price Of the season todate. Fair to good
killers moved around $19.75Q20.25. Ewes
topped at $13.25 and lamb weight year.
lings brought $500. Feeder trade has
been very quiet on most days this week
and prices show no material change. Good
fleshy grades are quotable around $3.50
01s.00.
Quotations on sheep-Lambs, good to
choice, 500 90 Q2050; lambs fair to good,
$1s.500200O; fleshy feeders, s17,60D
1900; medium weight feeders, $16.75@
1925; Gull lambs, $t4.00M16.50: yearlings,
good to choice, $l600Q17.50;t wethers,
$136o@15.00; ewes. good to choice, SIS. 90
0l3.50; ewes, fair to good, $12.00012.75;
and Gamers. s7.OOGs.0o.