The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-28

supply Of hogs was again small.
Il tsg.'p tbsre should have been over twice this
number on sale to make even a moderate supply.
day. and this caused buyers to be rather eau
while trading was reasonably active and values
steady or nearly so. there seemed to be a weak
than the best time Tuesday. Butchers were ac--
tive competitors. which helped to hold the market
S SR Isl 'a and so incli hSsi' to e1' BBT asnSFS the Es'e ma1kst
wherever there was an opportunity, consequently
the fair medium weight and mixed hogs SHOWED
more weakness than any other grade Good iishts
The marset was Very IS SLOW and weak after 10
o'clock. and closed with several loads that ar
Fair to best butcher and heavy hogs sold at
8. 7oa s.; good medium weights and packers at
100 lbs. at 1851 so. the bulk at S7.55QT 20:
lights. 100 to $50 lbs. at s6g1 $; pigs at S6-ISg
The toe Of the market was .7-s5. and the bulk
Of the hogs above 10 lbs average sold at Si-ee
q; - against a top of S.?5 and the bulk at
rived. but nearly half of them were not on sale:
leaving only a moderate supply. The market
trading was a little more active than at the
close Tuesday on both sheep and lambs. bit
hard to sell at satisfactory prices. bu. all The
thin sheep were wanted for stocker purposes anu
Fair to good lambs sold at a.5eg5.75. the bulk
at ssa5.g0: Gull lambs at s3.85a4: mutton sheep
at S3.50ai: stcckers at S3G3.So. and bucks at
HORSESHOE Of the biggest runs in several
weeks was on the market. in fact 1t was larger
than any since the decline Of the spring trade.
1t included all classes and was a good average
in point of quality. The better classes OF horses
showed their usual strong tone. choice chunks
for the East being eagerly sought and as well
sold. but on the medium kinds the same amount
Of buoyancy was not shown Quite a gOodly pro-
portion OF the supply contained chunks which
sold at Sl2SGl55. but above this figure the offer
tngs were scarce, although BUYERS wanted them
as good as they could possibly be secured. Much
grades. which found a pretty free outlet through
Southern and local channels
Horse quotations:
Heavy raft-Common TO good s120H150: choice
TO extra S1s0d1s5. Chunks. 1.l5o to 1850 lbs
Fair to good s65ds0; good to choice SS5GlI0. Coach
horses and cobs-Fair to good Si401l15: choice to
extra Sa0GJ00. Horses for the ~South-Smali,
s5Od7O: Southern drivers. large. Sjn12I. Export
chunks. 100 10 100 bs--Plain to good s75Ge0:
choice 20 extra Sl096i21. Business drivcrs-Fair
to good .SeGlIG; choice to extra Sl25t315o. sad
dlers for Southern use-Fair 10 good $3.50:
choice to extra Sl01Tl35; fancy gated and New
York. saddlers sl5oa3D. Inferior horses-Common.
small plugs. S20T50. heavy work plugs Si9-f60.
Wednesday reCe pts were pretty
liberal. embracing three or four full carloads
and many small consignments. They made up 4
very generous supply fer the first half Of the
week. The market was in a peculiar condition.
While with the dealers the trade was very light,
the latter showed i E7od disposition to purchase
was active. The feeling IerlaTs was not as
strong on account Of I 9 backward outside de-
mand. One class OF mules was wanted by all
sources. and these were TIE Choic st big ones
They are in good dena-d. but very few are
available. anywhere. Dealers are searching the
Mule quotations tor broke mules. 4 to 7 years