The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-04

Shipping and E~xport-shipping and export
steers OF various weights are qlolable as follows:
Best native beef steers. .tTcsly fancy cattle.
port steers, l.50J to I.t0J lbs. average. S1.,5ds.25:
good shipping and expert steers. LYr0 to loo
i9 tsj t s5; i.4g5 lbs, f ST. $40 a me. medium shipping steers
Dressed Beef and Butcher S~teers-Steers. 1.2O
sSas.55: ste steers. 10 to 10 lG"f lbs. '9 avel a g Draiii
range ~s4.2Sg7g0. buk Of sales at s,.iod6 -;
az. bulk Sold at 81. 75a5.2 ..
stockers and ~FeedeTs-Feed.nS steers. fair to
at S;sea46o: common TO c1o-ce stockerS 500
Ia .s BULK and sf the is;Si lux ;i9 at s .ss. g. seifeT'' iail RANGE
Cows and Mixed-Fancy native heifers sell At
Choice native heifers ssI at &as. Best nsIi:e
cows eel at SIS. and COED keifers sell at So
Inferior. light and old cows ;la2. The bunk q
all the cows sold at S2.7Ja4: canning cows Eel!
caiveEveal calves. fun range. s4as.9 per
and yearlines sold at $1,000 per 16J lbs. with
the bulk at 3.2Iqi.
Of sales q. .: stocker bulls sold at $e-.5p
$50; the bulk at i34$.@-
mixers Sold at a fuli range Of slsgti per COW
and faIii !hs 1tR Fl ii!rs GfiRs at q s-@ eGarsn,tne
~ cars. and 1.f67 head last Saturday. ana cas-
and so head two weeks ago. Tne stuff made ~
the big end Of the supply and was sold at stea-F
prices. but tho usual saturday conditions pre-
vailed and on some Of the stuff trade wa very
quiet. Some strength developed On steers 'iu-.ng
the week. and the mp !emsnt over a We < az
IS around DC. hut cows snow a net loss Of aVdI"s
while bulls are a shade loTtF. and 'a.y.s
against s63 ears last week. and 49, cars W.
HOGSSN fair run for Saturday was on s1Ic:
hut the quality was not quite 50 good as usual
mand. and buyers determined to force a Ie!Uc-
tion in prices. The best hogs: such as were wan
while the ordinary packers and mixed lots were
l'c lower. Lights wete also &C TO l9c sower, an1
days. At tn decline trading was fairly active
EEVG a n al Averaged ~ ms and EIl GL
s. .62iz. The bulk Of the hogs above lO lbs. aver
S Msre sold a6 at 81 '5 snI i&e But Sest few sSld Pis at s s. g lE fRs
clearance was good and on the same basis as the
sHEEP-As usual. on Saturday. the sheep mar
kct was very quiet, there being nothing IN sSe
stocker order. The week closes about i5c lower
than a week ago on lambs. and SOC lover n
sheep than a week ago. but the market Is wei
cleaned up. and Prospects good for next week.
T me best aemand at pr resent Is Is for 5s5 g29 ,dr st : d1z1n
or fifteen loads. So far this wk snetasesasestsa
Guided lambs that sold at Sac .. the bulk Il
$3.50. Ma i've and Southwest mutton sheep 50 d
going at ss.55GS *. Suckers sold at sass. cuI
lambs at sea-. and bucks sold at sl.@g2.5O.
~HOKSES-Tne Saturday market had no active
features No neT eonsisnments Were reportsa;
II Vas was strictly a quiet satufday. with no fes-
week has been, on. an active and htn basis Tor
ern trade. as well as Tor harness horses. OF the
former there were some which sold on active and
unrcpresented, Common grades OF horsss were
slow owing to the lack OF demand other man
was poor and did not sustain a steady tone on
orally the week was not as thoroughly s1tisfac-
tory as a week before because ne qua ity was
Heavy d~raft-Cornon to good, s12od!J. choice
to good. s65qs0: good to choice. sssdiln. Coach
horses and cobs-Fair TO good. slieul!5: choice
IN VIZ my =Hl fInrGR[ fT tho
light drivers; fair to. good. 500 IS; choice to extra.
Sj by,nk X: Io Sa ri q 5H ms MAR 1T55fai iS'e r6Sj T ENhS5!
choice to extra, Sl0oa12o. business Grivers-kair
dief5s for southern useHFair to good. s75aa5:
choice TO extra. sleogI55; fancy saited and New
mon. small plugs sSGGso; heavy YORK hugs.
Mule quotations flor broke mules, 4 to I years
M~ULES-There were absolutely no fresh re-
ceipts Of mules. and the maJke; was in ve,y gu ct
market yesterday. were all closed cut before the
e the rule III tse 1aas. 9 6af hG as 4e,s SUPP t3e es carter TfeT
days Of the week, the Saturday market was the
ers on the market. and trade had a holiday ap-
pearance. The weeks market has not been as
points emanated. and In consequence the dealers
were slower buyers OF the mules which arrived
dull. hui the General supplies were so light Thai
no serious change in values developed.
Il hands, extreme range.............S 50. Goa 300
Il hands. bulk Of sa!es...."."....- e.01a eG.00
14i2 hands. extreme range...----..--. 8. 01H 500
I41z hands, bulk OF sales.............. 55.G0n 500
Is hands, extreme range.-.-........ 15.00dI10 %
Is hands. bulk Of sales........-...- 75.o0G 80. 90
15tI hands, extreme range...-...--.... 81. 0enl 25. 90
15Iz hands. bulk Of sales-..--.--.... 95.O0d155 %
Is to 16;L hands. extreme range...... ~. 9pTl6l. %
Is TO 1917 hands. bulk Of saleg..--.... Is .O0G1 90
The first line of quotations in each class is cal
cuIated to represent the full range from common
TO extra. Dealers, however. often classify super
lative punches CaIl tops for buyers. which some
times sell considerably above the highest quota
tions. The second line OF quotations signifies ths
bulk OF the sales and generally represents the
various classes as they are sold on the commits
sion market. more or less mixed.