The St. Louis Republic., 1901-12-16

averaging SIS to 11ss lbs. at full range Of sass
ArEansa. and Ternessee s,eeis. 40 to sss lbs.
average. sold at $2.i5G4: cows and heiters a,
oxen at s.. s.25as..5. Mixed ca;sie sold in s ex-
sriTs. s,Gmes sn, from s . n. he. ,aS Inn, at
Representative sales:
sS 81. Az "; es- ,s
HoGS-For Saturday the receipts OF hogs were
Friday m aas sIa se %a, ss hsa
on sale the closing day of the week for several
poi1oa of pss ana lights being aiss the dSSd
medium and heavy butcher and packing grades
hogs sold about steady. while pigs and . interior
lights were Very slow sale and about loc lower
OF last week and even at the decline are very
hard 10 get rid Of, as there is but little demand
iis fSr SUCH grades Good pigs and lights sell read
The main drove of packers bought by Nelson
COS; se.ci. and the main drove bought by swift
X Co. IS head. averaged Is5 lbs. and cost So.
The bulk Of the hogs above l5e lbs average
sold at :6u6.g the same Friday: len,
lights. loo to l5o lbs average. at si.6ogs and
Iiss under Ion lbs. at siai. -
ket. and the week closes on the Friday basis.
week on all desirable mutton stock. common TO
fair kinds showed no Improvement and are very
slow sale Coarse buck lambs are badly neglect
ed. and are thrown cut anG have to sell cus;
No day during the week was the supply OF good
sheep and lambs sufficient 10 meet the demand
81 far this week the sales included lambs that
sold at siga25, the bulk at Si.51ui.1S: native and
southwest mutton sheep sold i; range OF Sl-1s9
SO with the bulk of ;he sales SONG a, sS.a5
and bucks sold at se125e. principally at ESQ
HoRSES-The market was gnder the influences
CT the usual quiet Saturday circumstances. Re-
sspts si , DID not amount e much in general and
bic to immediate sale ON the other hand. tne
buying force was small. ard the few buyers who
ing up ccnsisnnents at the close of the week.
;Aetv,ty IN all branches was small. and the mar
week. Trade ha; develop.d no Sc Serious Gus iiuc.ua- a
,lons during the week TIE supply has been
a fairly representative lot Of Eastern. Southern
@es Sere eusss saT uhs aes OF the previous
g,,eed sl.oale: choice to extia slsOaiss: Chunks-
choice :ssall9. each horsss and see-fair 10
@ @sSed ,,s sl+g;S shoiSe o to exs.a sseo9 Horses
large. .s5alss Exps5t ehunks.l29 70 $50 rs.
extra sissaiss: saddlers for soa.hesn sss4Fair
gated and New York saddlers slSVNso1 Inferior
horses.,Gemmon. small plugs s2yasa: heavy work
it e. s5sss wsss in The sgs.ss' state
the market. and the fresh arrivals being nominal.
the commission deRartent me- was left Prast,say
1t was therefore quiet. nominal close sum
ming the week up there has been little or no
light. which has left the trade in better con,ii-
tion TO battle against the adverse influences
which have recently existed, and on that account
1t has held steady with the week befo-e. The
huyinE on the various accounts has been fai-iy
liberal. ard the contested conditions prevalent
for several weeks has been more or less re-
lieved.
Mule quotations for broke mules. to years
old:
IA hands extreme ran;e..........S 50.olI 20 90
u hands. bulk OF sales. 5g.41u S1.,J
14is hands, extreme range GOA ~ 90
li. hands bulk of sales. t5.0Ds s5. al
i5 hands extreme range............. 5000 1000
Is hands. bulk of sales. .HiG 20 %
l5i2 hands extreme raage............ s1-.Hfl2a.l
15is hands, bulk OF sales. 9500Tlo5..1
16 ISL. hands. extreme ranEe.... 10 0iT 100
l6 to 16is hands bulk OF sales-.-.... lei0DfiAs.e
The first line OF quotations in each class is
calculated to represent the full range from coHi
to extra. Dealers. however. often class fy
superlatiye lunches (all tops for buyers. which
sometimes sell considerably above the highest
quotations The second line of quotations sig
mites the bulk of sales and generally represents
the various classes they are sold on the COM
mission market. more or less mixed.