The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-19

HoGs-A good moderate supply OF hogs vas On
sale, the receipts ano-ItiLg T. aieund i.y3 read.
and as usual Of late taey averaged fairly sot1 in
Satiity, Very few ls4at o. ecn:mon hogs OF any
slow. win values In senviai about ~ lover
tan on Monday, \ good demand exstei from
market ON the best nogs, as PACKER buye!s were
very ueSrIsn and took eve.y advantage possible
readiiy. but those that We're only far were in
poor demand. Tine late tlade was very weak
portance remained unsoid. Fair 10 best butcher
alum weights and packers at so.39u1.s5. the bulk
at $6-zJg6-sV; lights, 100 To 100 los, at S1.logo.sp,
s6ae.25; Pigs at S6at5.i5; flughs and cuiis at 500
81. TIE Top OF te market was SOD and tne
s9.lSa6:S6, against a top Of So.sV' ana the LUX
sac, and in quality Icy sEsraged better r than On
ysohaay. Sssefal ioaus OF "es.Srns wsse "in1Vhhss
demand was good and the maikeu opened sct.re
stock. while Inc common to only fair Grade
ones we're steady TO strong. Not hall enough
gooa sheep and lambs were on slie TO meet tue
requirements Of t~e t.a1e. stOchers were also
in good demand. but values were no better tnan
sheep UP to $S.sJ and Western sneep at -, 55as.so;
hSitSEss-Duiin the t aESt tS9 Gays ddnnes t eaal
loaos below the receipts 4 week ago. the auction
good arrivals in the supply, but. as mas been
the case recently. the bulk OF the offerings ran
market was in very good shape, and the I'M
provement in general tone manifested On the
opening Gay was again in evidence. ,Severa!
Eastern buyers were IN The market for the good
heavy horses and drivers. while Southern oruerS
took pretty good care OF the strictly good. small
offerings. The common and medium classes sold
with only 4 passaDie activity. Tae slight toniag
up in the market is not due primarily to an in
crease IN Southern demand but rather that hght
receipts have come into conjunction with 4 frecr
inquiry.
Horse quotations.: Heavy d~raft-Common to
good Sl2OGi50. choice 10 extra Sl6Jp Is5. Chunks
LILO to l,s5D his, fair to good y65aso: good to
choice sS54I10. Coach horses and cobs-Fair to
good slio4li5; choice TO extra s2lopS9h Horses
for the SOuth-Snlail. light drivers, fair TO good.
s3OGi5: choice 70 extra s5pG,0: Southern drivers.
large, Ssq1.5. Export c~hunks-l, go to $50 lbs,
PLAIN to good sl5ugJ, choice TO extra slJyGl1-
Business d-ivefs-fRir 10 good sSsUll0. choice to
extra Sl-5Hla0. SadGlers FOR Southern us=-Fair
to good Slals9; cho.ce 20 extra siy0glS5i fancy
gated and New York saddlers $l5oaS0V. Inferior
Plugs $4,000.
MuLES-The market was almost as quiet as on
the first day of the week. A load or two were
sold by the dealers. and n few buyers were
looking about. but as for the general rule. the
situation wcs extremely quiet, and there was
not one-ffth the amount OF demand necessary
TO stir the market up to a substantial condition
was. came from the South. but 1t was slow, care
full and exacting, ana there was no encourage
men. In IL. Iha dealers all being full Of
mules" the dullncss OF The situation was nat
urally reflected in the commission market. HOW
ever. there was b1t a very small supply and tho
fiuctuation in the market, but the movement was
slow and there WIS nothing Of encouragement
held out to sellers, even on good mules, which
are rather slow. The decline OF $50 TO SIS a
head brought on last weeks market. Still gov
ems the trade.