Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-18

Cattle-Receipts were generous for a
Saturday. estimates calling for 1900 head,
which makes the total for the six days,
45.20O head or 10000 more than for last
week and 5000 in excess OF the arrivals
year ago. With larger offerings Of
beef all during the week. prices have
declined. light yearlings being 15@ 25c
lower while the heavy beeves were 25D
60c lower than last weeks close. Butch
er stock has been very uneven all during
the week and there has been a net de-
cnne Of 25g6oc as compared with the
close of last week. Real choice shipping
cows and Gamers have shown the least
decline, amounting to no more than around
quarter. Although there was a steady
Friday, decline OF l5@25c on that day
makes the weeks close about that much
lower, The supply has been large but
quality for the most part has been only
Quotations on cattle: Good to choice
beeyes sl3,oo@15.0o; fair to good beeves,
VI: i:6o@l3.oO; common to fair beeves, 50. 90
gii'oe; good to choice yearlings. 1880
y Io;oo; fair to good yearlings, $1,000
is.0o; common to fair yearings s900@
id.o0; choice to prime heifers, sl1.509
iSSo; good to choice heifers. ss.Oo@l15o
choice to prime cows, s100oQll.5o: good
to choice cows, ss.50@10.O0; fair to good
COWS x7.0o0S.50s, common to fair cows
so,uVga choice to prime heavy feed
srs, SlZ;oo Ql3,o0; good to choice feeders.
s2oo@lo.5o; common to fair fair feeders feeders
H.5oQs.00: good to choice stockers a. so
! sYkdi.oo: ko. fair to good stockers $1,000
ssoeH 50 eaoa ae1ers, eli. ss:5oQs;75; stock cows
~, 1o.y,VVs.oo; stock calves. s7.5o0I0.5O:
veal calves $e.6o91450; bulls, stags. etc.
Hogs--Ths week closes with an ~,
usually heavy run OF hogs for Saturday
estimates calling for $4,000 head. Re.
ceipts have been liberal all week, making
the weei. .esat IN ahe largest In any, week since
under the same. period last year. The
week opened with prices breaking sharniv
o., put .nere was a generally broad demand
IN spite Of the heavy receipts and trade
active, prices firming up with Wednesday
ana Thursday, the high days of the week
top OF $500 being reached on Thurs
Sc 3nrdae ,ne market easing off Friday and
: SSaturoay. saturdays bulk being sl44O0D
as.oo ana top OF $14.70. prices that were
general 10@15c lower than Friday hut
only q trif!e weaker than last Saturday.
sheep and lambs reported In TO-DAY tbev
were nearly all on the feeder order and
ons cne trace was quotably unchanged as
compared with Friday. For the week re-
It'ooo mode than for the week previous.
and during the early part Of the week
aSanty sha was very good. Prices were also
the advance amounting to 25@Soc, bnt
later demand fell off and the early
weeks week advance was all lost closing prices
pSins ABOUT on a par with a week ago
Throughout the week there was bro.d
demand and strong active market for
ANYTHING at all useful In the wey Of feed
Ing or breeding stock.
good to choice, $ls.6091se0o; limbs, fair To-
good. s1s.2s s@1s.75; fleshy feeders, s17.5o1
11s'oe: medium weight feeders. Sl6.75@
1I.26; common to fair feeders Sls006D
1880: Gull lambs, 31s.ooQI5.O0; yearlinrs.
$4,000 1900; wethers. $1i.00Ol25o;
ewes. good to choice. s1osoQ11.oo: ewes,
fair TO good. $1o.boG1o.5o; good feeder
S6.509I50.