The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-16

D A--rHa naaH Ice w. SOD L.. a#E-- 80
.CATTLE-QuaTantine receipts
N~re pfrtts Elrral and almost double the supply
Seis bead. as9.gss - car aHl aSl head las
W-dne~lsy and ~ cars ahd s,ss head TWO wteks
ago COWS were in large proportion. but the &C.
iuand vas good AMI taade vas pretty free a.
that brought stea1y prices. calves SID well Ia
IL face q LIBERAL receipts.
There vas a good run q steers Trad, Vas
fairly ACTIVE. but there vas hardly the lie thIr
prrvailgd on Tuesday. bu; grices were uniformly
HoGs-The receipts OF hogs were Moderate the
$500 tnis Gay last week and sos this day "a year
AK IN quality tie offerings averaged reasonably
showed a define Of H.. wsi.e orfiaSrv bnlcSSrs
lower The best lights were NJ more than T-
- southwest order s0Id very sly ana Sefe fIIiv
L.v i3SsI man on Lgesdsy, TIE densnd from
SSesshl iae ~ 5ST Is ssS g' ls "a ibsT ~ s5ooSa hog
Ihe late market was a shade weaker than the
at5e hegs 5emainlnE unsoli az tbs Close.
t9T 10 best butcher and heavy hogs sold az
ibs- at sSsG5l0. the bulk al F-a5.S. lights. 80
and euls AT Hz5G1
The top % the market vas so and the bulk
q The hogs above 80 lbs average said az sd
La AGAINST a toy OF rs. and the bulk al
s~HEEP-The receipts OF sheep. xere quite
about LOO head In quality the offerings aver
esofcs sheer and 1sm6s on ale. : SooS semsnss
prevailed FOR all fair to hest mutton STOCK. con
Sequently the market was active and values
strong 70 a shade higher on the best sheep and
10 slir -focE .id ! utfle NOE reasfv ~ ~
ues were not any higher. The best lambs sold a
$50. and good to best mutton sheep at 400
H5 stocksrs were In 10 way materially
HoRsEs-rhs market Is improving. as tire
Eesk advances ,o I5sTs va . EATEsd sontIast
~ -ps H SAuaas TsfF the ~.
attracted a large number OF buyers. and thus
mST. hSs sad sesi z sTea a.. Ae 9Ssiity q is si' sesisr, to s me
Tor this reason Their, Is also additional incentive
on.s. Ssvs made 4 n5t;esssIs sdv,goe 5vsr ~
Is much more corpeuu0n-
Drivers and SOL harness horses are slightly
stronger, but a. they lost little or nothing IN the
decline last week The. difference Is not 20 dis
aspect TO he southern trade, half a dozen new
9reers aPgsaIins ~ tae naAEset Msdnesday morn,
the reduction OF a week ago. but there were not
the demand required OF the dinsrenoe would 6e
more 2Tonouneet Medium weight chunks sold
HORSE QUOTATIONS.
Heavy erstt. common 20 good rsoG15o: choice to
s5tra, SSefaS ChSnks-5lo to l5s9 rs fair
horses ana cess-EsiF to rood i4SSfss: eAoses to
iiThs sHSsTs. fair s 10 soos, rs saossaas; s sSSse- 81 az
TIA. 96Te. southern drivers. large, psar& EI-
E5ssS: esoics 70 .1sTS a6oSia BBusHsas
aslssSiss. ssas a. Tor ssSaEs.r 3n'' S~6 p ifT 70
good. 1889; choice 20 extra uoe6I5S: fancy
gated and New York aaddlers. SI5eGSo Inferior
small plugs. So8N: heavy work
MULES-DuriuE the mt half OF the week tho
receipts % mules have been moderate. Amounting
In AL 70 about 20 head, but a goodiy prupoTtiou
Of theSe were the direct country purchases Of
the dealers. The commission supply mss not been
90 large. The offerings continue 10 move ont Of
sellers hands with decent regularity, and would
sell more actively II the quality was better.
Commission interests quote a brisk and favorabIs
demand for all classes that have the quality all
sizes being In ready demand 4 they are good
enough which = maawe n fhaV A. far aFN-E g..
ished and sound. The thin ones and thoss IN
medium flesh are draSzy. and the sGles or them
are not proving satisfactory. Quite : Few q these
have been on tho market during the week: "a
fact. the supply has been made up largely %
middle kinds The dealers are AFTER the best
kinds and are paying strong prices fer them,
but they are coming IN very slowly.
MULE QUOTATIONS.
Dor broke mules. 4 20 : years old
u hands. extreme range ...-...--.s n.6o0 an
u hands, bulk q ales------------ 3-o9 @.H