The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-29
TEXAs AND INDIAN STEERS.

day; and. as Z goed demand prevailed. the mar
close Of last week or course, about three times
the number on SALE were needed to meet the re
supply for many weeks has been entirely too
lambs. % lbs aveEse or more. are also in stroas
demand. Fair-g1de stock. on account Of the
than usual; of ionrse. the Inferior and trashy
ki gsies are ins sISS ana ,pr 4nal' lambs up to IS. mutton
lambs at S,5eaSSe mutton sheep at 'i.scasS
HoGs-The recIts of hogs were only moderate.
yet quite an improvement over Monday OF las.
fairly good. and the offerings included a reason
able proportion Of good butcher and heavy hogs.
The market opeDsd active and about sc higher on
the best hogs. while the medium kinds were only,
strong. but the tornmon ones or anything on the
sonthwest order sold ye ,Ser slS Sd and md dull dull an wn mo
as last week. The close was without material
Far to good heavy hogs. ~ lbs. average and
above. sold at 81. sVa7i 70; medium weights, 80 70
re I To is a. l5 s!ai at ,t 80 sn H. II the sS bais at at a 'is@ss:
iisht lights. ID to 80 rs at s ages. shi halk
7.iS. The top was 81 % and the bulk or the has:
81 and he bulk at sSG5.z0 saturday.
~HORSEs-The week in the horse market was
advices from the East TO all the buyers quoted
a decline of fiGa15 on most classes. and the news
a II y III ~ AAN h@aEN A"F 1850
very cold and unreasonable weather lately. which
has retarded purchasing operations with the re-
sult that supplies have accumulated faster than
an outlet could be made for them with the con-
sequence Of thu decline quoted. Such inferms-
ton naturally had a dampening effect upon the
local movement and buyers neld of and bid
NOR reseryefly than usual generally seeking
East. but 1t was not forthcoming in that full a
measure. The average difference was about $50
30 per head. Weakness on the better classes
was naturally reflected on the plain and medium
grades Of big horses, and as the trade in big
horses has been the most active element of the
felt. Some business was transacted for Southern
and British account on about the same lines
as last week. Receipts fer the auction were only
a moderate number. embracing not more than 80
head.
Heavy draft-Conlrlon to good. s12Oals0: choice
to fair ex 1a ro sls'n ~ chr nafd 10 c,6 to i'S:s s5a l9s.
Coach horses and co6s.Fa.r to god, siDai73;
choice to extra. sNea5o. Horses for the South
Small, light drivers. fair TO good. S3oa.5; choice
u. Export chunks-i. 30 TO LOO lbs. plain 10
good. S.5gso: choice to extra: siooa12o. business
sl?5ql5o. Saddiers, for Southern ue-Fair to
good. sI5dso: choice to extra. slolI135; fancy
gated and New York saddlers. sl50a3O. Inferior
small plug. S2eG3o: heavy work
aULES-The mule market was in a state OF
%quietness for the first day Of the week. owing
Only about two FILL loads and a few small scat
tered punches we've embrnced in the days supply
and it left but very little latitude for buyers
and sellers to demonstrate the conditions of the
market. Statesmen who had offerings said X was
an identical market with last week. but that
the supply was almost too small TO judge of, 1t
vas quoted very quiet. and come OF the dealers
did not show any disposition to try TO buy the
new arrivals. In brief the trade was quiet with
out any new developments.
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