The St. Louis Republic., 1901-11-05
HEIFERS.
1s... 527... 2.15
BULLS.
g.. el0... 2.25
OXEN.

HoGs-The supply ef hogs small and he
Ros. sod 53 sheE than n saarda
majority Of them receiving the full 1, sdvanse;
and and trashy stock were only steady to strong.
Trading was very active and the early supply
fast as yarded The butcher demand was reason
ably good which helped to & strengthen the mas %
strong and at the GOss no hogs Of any e
Saeefs S0nsh by SniStd Seson Morris CO..
head averaged Us lbs and cost $50. and the
a e5oTs Isl RRgshs Ss and y e6s sgs y g
heavy hogs. $40 lbs. av. and above. sold at ss -
iH lbs. ut s559a5 81 the bulk at 5.s5qs.75; ligh.
s. 2sei5 4o pigs under 100 lbs at 81. .50a5lo; heavy
eqs T toS sg & to anG gOGS the bns of the hogs
above 80 lbs. sold at S. .7oa5. 50, against top
of 500. and the bulk at S.o5g9.1O on satuE-
SHEEP-A very small supply of sheep was On
and act active. The good lambs sold quickly and
fully 25c higher than the close OF last week, ne
demand and were about 25c higher. choice ones
selling up to s3.75. 1t was the most active mai
was not half sufficient TO meet the demand. The
stocker demand was also better ana g1 specuInegrs
about cleaned up. There was no improvements
Good lambs sold at s. 6oa5; eqlls at s2qs;2s;
mutton sheep at s2.75G3.75, the bulk at $3.50. and
HoRsEs-A generally small supply was en- the
Contained ali classes, but, as usual lately; was
short the better grades Of CHUNKS ana uetent
drivers, most Of the receipts running TO mttcte-
grade general-purpose horses and 70 SoutheTnefs
II was very quiet and unfavoraDle opening 50
far as the Eastern demand was concerned East
eTn dealers We're in receipt of kilograms qu"tlnS
the seaboard market very poor and adVising tne
Limitation Of purchases except supplies couid ne
bought cheaper. In the face of such conditions
Eastern kinds sold weak and easy and not as
good as a week ago. on the contrary Southern
horses had very good demand and opened tne
week TO a good trade, with smooth little horses
selling actively at the values OF last week or
perhaps "a shade stronger.
Horse Quotstions-Heavy draft-ComInon 10
good S120G150; choice to extra Sl60Me0 Chunks,
$50 to 1850 lbs.-Far 10 good $.Od9o: good 70
choice sl0gGl2o. Coach horses and cobs-Fair TO
good sl40Gl75; choice to extra s2O9NJOe- Horses
s35d50: choice extra seoff75. Southern drivers
Large ss5d125. Export chunks LOO to Leo lhs
Plain to good sa0fil20; choice to extra Sl2Jdl0o.
Business drivers-Fair to good sSSd ll0; choice to
TO good S75sI90: choice to extra so04l6o: fancy
gaited and New York saddlers Syl43e. Inferior
horses-Common. small plugs s2eaSO; heavy work
plugs s40dea.
week seemed to exercise restricting influence
on the opening receipts for this week. the total
Monday arrivals being decidedly small by COM
parison with the same day of the previous week
the market was not apparent at the opening ses-
sion Dealers did not show any better DISPOSE
ton to buy under limited receipts and salesmen
quoted no Improvement; or. in fact, no substan-
movement quiet II was hard to get deal
ers to open negotiations for the offerings and
the transactions on the early market were limited
to a large degree. The opening Of the week
appears to be the very personifcation Of quiet
ude IN Southern buye-s. scarcely any BUYERS hav-
Ing orders the market. The conditions of the
trade were no better in any sense than the close
OF last week.
Mule quotations.