Omaha daily bee., 1920-10-31
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cattle--with only about 100 head OF
cattle on sale today the market was
nomnaliy steady. Reesipts for the week
lsst week and $1,000 head year ago.
week week on or beef Ma butcher cattle Even
with lighter receipts the demand has not
been broad enough to bring about an ad-
vance of more than Csc on western beef,
but cows and heifers are generally SOC
higher than week ago. Prime heavy
1910 during fhe week, Bulk of the choice
TO prime cows and heifers sold around
s7.250S.o0. Stockers and feeders ad-
vanced a5@b0c or more Monday and Tues
day. but from mid week on, demand was
light and by the close practically all the
ghin had been lost. Best heavy feeders
sold as high as sio,s5@ll.10. with choice
yearling stockers at ss,0o4s.25 Demand
market lower II anything. although hard
, ly enough are coming to make basis
for comparisons. Bulk OF the receipts
were on the short fed order and sales
palmer kinds on down and few of the
, best up to $3.50.
Quotations on Cattie--Fair to good
beeves. $Il.5o@13.60; common. to fail
si2. .oO@ is So; common to fair yearlings
50. .Oo@11. choice to prime grass beeves
sl1.26@13.00; good to choice grass oeeves'
ss5o@Il:oo; fair to good grass grass. beeves Seeves'
s5.0097.50; Mexicans. s6:o0Q 90; good
to prime grass heifers. $3.50 @s.eo; goo1
to prime grass cows. $1,000 500: good 70
choice grass cows sSssgloc ss or,mon Iar 70 70
fair grass cows, $3.5oQs.25; bulls, stags.
etc, $5.0007.5O; veal calves. Ss0gWl2.oo;
choice to prime, feeders, s5.7S g HOO; gooo
. good feeders s7.5O@s,6O; common to fail
feeders. s6.Oo@7OO; good to choice stock
ers, $s.oo09.25; fair to good stookers
sI00@S25; common 10 fair stockers, 70 oe
@6,50; stock heifers, .$45oQ7oo; stock
cows. $4.25@6.2P; stock calves, 5000
500.
Hogs--only small run of hogs was re-
ceived today and prices paid by both pack
ers and shippers We're steady to a dime
higher. Hogs carrying weight reflected
the ADVANCE in most cases and light grades
were not BETTER than steady. Bulk Of the
supply changed hands at $l2.s6 Gl2eo,
with best light hogs bringing 1880. the
days top. Compared with week ago.
average trade shows q loss OF 10@l5c.
Heavy hoss ruled strong to about a quar-
ter higher for the week, but iightweghts
are squotabiy weak. to a quarter lower.
Mixed packing grades reflected the aver
age decline noted.
Sheep-No sheep or lambs were received
and prices remained unchanged.A Receipts
during the week have been modtate sized
and of rather poor quality, but the trade
showed quite q little improvement. Fat
lambs are closing around 7bc higher ana
fat sheep show general advance of y; 90.
Best lambs here lately brought si2;6o but
good choice killers ore worth tl2.Tb and
better. Some good ewes reached $3.50,
aged wethers sold at $3.50 and fed year
lngs were reported AZ high as sio0o@
1880. The movement OF feeders TO- the
country has tapered off under limited re-
celpts, but good feeding lambs are IN fair
request up to s12.2s, about 25c higher
than q week ago. Feeding ewes UP to
142B@6.50. y.
Quotations on sheep-Killers: Best fat
lambs lambs psn sSu ana to coarse
sebo@lo:to; heavy yearlings. ss.75@aSee;
choice ewes. ssoo@s.5o; fair to good ewes.
s5.bo@6.oo; Gull and canner ewes, sibo g
500 Feeders: Best<light feeders. fl2:oo
@1225; fair TO good lambs. sli.s6 Oils;
Inferior Grades. slo.5o@n.oo; yearling
wethers, s7.o0MS.50; yearling ewes breed
ers. 81 09s.5o; good to choice young ewes,
ss5o@7.So:| ons.year breeders. sSo@ So q
80: fair to good feeders. $t504b.00;
shelly feeders. t325@4.0o.