The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-19

SliEEP-,Ihe receipts Of sheep were only mod
crate but Included two double decks Of Westerns
fed In illinois. The lamb market was very I'm
Ten ;ns ana ransei from steady on tho choice offer
sheep sold without much change. but the general
Mossy Nom iS the maFke. was not quite 50 good as
Tb is eisdwhers anu not by any local reason
s9si and trading Vas fairly ' active fsee' mutton
air to 6ess lambs sold at S; .'5a6. 75 including
st59g! 80: Gull lambs at siai.59 and bucks at
HoGs-A fair run OF hogs arrived. but by no
means, means was was IT liberal supply, The market
consequently cons, tn. best medium and heavy hogs
were slow sale and shove. no Improvement what
took their time about masking s' purehases soms sm
hySs Ssrion nd lights G s"i readily but the comuon and
but little change during the day and the close
n M % soe as es w gs, S ns shs
good hogs remaining unsold.
Fair to good heavy hogs. go lbs. average and
z sh;s t;, 10 t. 10 rs: a .s55gsS5 the IufS II
tn the butt at . IS pigs anaer 10. bs.
LUX Of hogs sSve 80 Ss sod al ans .se
afainst "a nn top Of ;sso' and the bulk at s5s2sa
HoRsEs-T,here was a fair run in the auction
prsed all classes. but % prinoipsy a eas ran to 'D me
,,,,,r h,um farm Grades very good attendance of
huNtis WAS ihu. ana tnE market exhibited
siderable activity, especially the best quail
lies Select Eastern chunks were in brisk de-
inand. and there was particularly good call for
tasty drivers and anything that savored of the
harness. horses. Southern buying large
and not aggressive. the only satisfaction in the
sale OF small horses being OF those suitable for
cavalry purposes, the demand for which still
II was not of sufficient force tha d3-
cline lost on those closes during the past ten
DAYS
Horse quotations: Heavy draft common to
good slsud 100: choice to extra s160lls5. Chunks.
LIZ to / $50 ibs., fair to GOOD S6Jaso: good to
choice ss5allo Coach horses and cobs. fair to
good si4OGl15: choice to extra s2Cnd5oO Horses
for the SJuth-Smal light drivers. fair to good
sDdia: choice t. extra sJonI0. Southern drivers.
large Sbai2' Export chunks. 1900 to 500 lbs,
Bnsiness drivers, fair to good Ss5aII0: choice to
extra Sl2.al5e Saddlers for Southern use fair
to good $ioQs0: choice to extra slOodrlS5: fancy
gated and New York saddlers siJNl,sio inferior
horses common. small plugs S23af30 heavy work
MlILES-i'here has been no new DEVELOPMENTS
In the mule market during the frs, two days
" this week. Trade goes along steadily on a
comparatively quiet scale. without any indica-
tton OF a rise to the volume OF activity which
was current two weeks ago. 1t is a considerably
1uieter market than the period mentioned. South
trn business Is confined within small limits and
not all OF the dealers are handling 'cottoners''
in consequence. The farm demand too rules
without any manifestation of increase and dur
Ing Monday but very light amount OF inquiry !
had from Canada FOR good class OF farm anil |
na!s, and about two carloads were sold to the |
With demand ruling quiet generally. |
the commission market is quoted slow and no |
better than week ago. Receipts contlnu- |
Ing moderate.
Mule ouotatious (ror hrote nules 4 IN : ,-sor, |