The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-12

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HoIiSu n. supply = toes IA Ea:her small "a
al"Ht la,f aS inans a tn ,'iuirrmcntS I l.t
san.nIv good hut ;h.re "aS IL; a. mauy ro."i
to choice heavy ana butcher hos a. usual IL
late. Outsl!a influences v'r- arains; sellers.
arl While the huyeGs wanted I'll" n"es thy in
sisted On getting ;E'U az lover prices, cons
s"ue:aI market vas about ;r lower Than On
"Wednesday and "heE. s.Ii'!s ~e:' willing .
a,'eit IN" '''gliH" trailing Was attiv" =" ttr ~
IL" medium &" g"u'! hogs Mere concerned hut
such a. c.I~S'! - "air f1ir w"r- not univ a.
sold readily. hU, inferior ,Hos We're not wa-tri-
Tie c!caranc- was good. only a load or - e
Fair I, hos: butcher and heavy hogs 81! at
ssd.Gs.i.' god m"'i'tim Visits ard I.l,N.-S =,
la' lbs. At $ e"fts.Ia. The hulk at s5a.-c5. lights.
=. . ~ lhs. at 5!.T.s5 pigs at $5-4"p5>5.
Tn Top, of tn" mark.t Ma. 'f.45 and Tho bulk
~ ne NJ +'.F' - inS average ga a, Sol.
So lEnSa5 IN Wednesday
SHELP-The run # sheep was good. AL Will.
"'tss"d a medium ~ hctt-r c1oi lambs wsr"
market. the decent stock selling readily at prices
full steady with "Wednesday. which makes The
months. for god stock. Tier" is hut little de
mand ~ ,hc common. am! trashy kinds. esre-
mains in egga' e%"n,i.'ion and tn. dsfnan.i Jar n
lar ana so al So and the best native sheep
int t1o a t;saiii an W Sra5;G i n s 42Iss as 9 unsa fsf fec,1r2
a. any experienced since III. '-cinni : OF Sep
imminent tav:ari tn Gle y ias; wsek. hu; {,
was hel!ev"d THAT Il new week wouIi improve
70 the Trorortiou q: last ws-t. even with lighter
that the mark.t has been further depressed. \
very duh tone has been the 'rier OF the market
on southern hars,s. on accoun, % the FAC; thar
The buying force ff.m the South ras been small.
ana i:o;" vi" were ~ hand wee inclined To
grades wc-" particularly .!GlI. Thers WAS Ike
wise q Hull Sirua:i 7 c1nf-ort.aS The Eastern
from the :e;gack which it sustained three weeks
aEo Icy Te%s1r IT ,!eIlines which to K mace in TIE
kinds which. showed anything like. an active tona
s az ns . tIs'r ~rgha'. "rfs rhe most select
horses. Medium kirfs wer" taken h. Ii Of unre-
nrSIactaf The aver.S" decline o. the week has
hen about SO 10 $ p head witch II itself
had takea place previously. the slump is more
H,E.s Quotations: Heavy draft. common 70
sod sl2'Ii5a: choice 20 extra ~SIftIi1sl. chunks.
ii5n to LIZ, III. far to good $s54Nn: good 70
:@r the Ss1uth.small. iteh: divers. fair T., god
!acFs :>SEic5 ExpHrt chunks. i,2O 70 1...n lbs.
business drivers. fair to good &sFuG: choice TO
extra sI25ely'. Saddle-s for southern use-Fair
saitsi and Nv Yo!k SadsilsyTss s;5.a!a, I1 1SnfS-
hor>eS.Ccmron small plugs seoT29: heavy work
MrLE-The unfavorabre influences affecting
hnrs"S were also present this week in the mule
market Summed ur in n few words. these in
fIt rc.s wer. simply a lack ~! southern demand.
III" Eastern inquiry. toa. was smaller. but this
would have cut no great figure in the market
had TIE southern demand been active. However,
il was not. and. with the dealers having large
supplies On hand. an unsatisfactory market was
inevitable Receipts Were large IN hunters. but
We're apparently too large for the local demand
under the circumstances. rs dealers Went 10
losk n the arrivals oniv ind fferentIy. and closed
trades only where concessions We're in evidence.
I" make matters worse. a graf ulany O. the
arrivals Were Of a plain AM common character.
Toy which tEere was no demand At ALA CirCum-
stance which gave the market even q dulle. as
poet The market was Il shade lower than last
week. NJ least $50 q head. which. added to the
able reduction in two weeks. The Ci0.cer kind,
Il mules. which means al the prime. sound, fat
offerings. felt the dull condition in the market
least of all.
Mute Quotations flor broke mules. 70 . year,
0,fl:
II hands. extreme range ..........S sl.o1T a. -,
II hands. bulk If sales .....-...-.. t5.t-fI 100
~, hands. eNt-en. range .......--.. TI.tHGlIl.1I
49, hands bulk IF sales ------...-.... 50 @II ~ ~
L. hands. extreme ranE- --......--.... elrrdi ~. ~
/. hards. bulk Of sales ---..-.-....... "a sHTila ~
i5'a hands. extreme range ............ lrt'ail25 ~
i5i- hands. bulk Of sales .--....-.-.. ia5. tuT ~ -
u 20 l6i- hanis. extreme range $500. 1855
iS {" iSi, hands. bulk of sales 5000 5otSr 1900
CVlatei - represent the iuI! range from common
To -Ntra. Dealers, however. often classify slIr-r-
lative hunCres tall tops for buyers. which SOME
tines sci! considerably above the highest Quota
tons. The second line Of quotations signifies the
bulk Of sales. AMI generally represents the ya-I-