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

EoGS-Compared with the past two months. a
good liberal run OF hogs arrived. but il was only
what generally would be called a moderate sup
ply ply the Teceipts amountins to about @tOo head;
few trashy or inferior hogs OF any weight were
With lrE!pog rac ialTHs ven, tTy at bearish. ic con sseaaruasfnrt SPef the
medium and heavy hogs we've lower than on
t Sef f5S, bai in The iG.ts sSsti9e w ": a the 6Tie b Sm0" %sfe
only fair pTicts were considered l5G lover.
ID. native hcgs are selling for almost as much
as the average, packing. grades weighing 2oG
at !" s 7Ps; a aSd 8 us. tsir t RRsek anne a as s R5l1ff fis hGss i Thi
c'q Fair was "a g Ts5seF bs slTw Snd dF 3s X. ,r.rs,. and
sSovs sold 1851 .; medium WEIGHTS 80 70
fss los isd at to s. i5 : u.s. So at th s7.ss sa!k at ih g t sSfE -' o;
Fsfoa ibs ,I Hight lights so 20 a. to Ma 10 l nsJ. at g g. so
good mixed at s5.55a7.45. The top wa. s7.s5 and
r. 3 against q TOP of N.Tis. and the bulk at
to-day; in fact. the receipts were the smallest
10, Ihursaay in a LONG time; The market opened
Eeod mutton sheep leGl5c higher than on
small supply exhausted in a short time. with
the demand not half satisfied for good mutton
FAIR q good mutton lambs sold at s,.2565.5 80.
n: at 8 ssSs e al and %S SueRs s at .e.5 g. 'S'''q'' STOCK
sESL the standpoint Of receipts and
auleter. Receipts were fair on two auction days.
s sn6r 9pT Tin ,s the I Tsg1SiIdeT 7 Of the the r week they .c Tsre
so far as the supplies went. Most Of the activity
was manifested on the good classes OF horses.
These kinds opened stronger and higher on Mon
dsv and the average sales OF them were on a bet
situation on the common kinds. These lacked
demand in every way and under q slow movement
sold easier than the week before. The market
had nc dirtinctive features Supplies as a rule
oughly and few offerings remain on the marke..
Bv. reason Of the fact that this was a week in
ance Of buyers was smaller.
Horse quotations.:
70 extra. slsod1s5. Chunks. 1.l0 to $50 lbs.
Fair to good sss6s1; good to CHOICE. sssGllo.
choice to extra. s2ooa5Oo. Horses for the South
Small: light drivers: fair to good; sDS5; chs s.s
drivsrs~Fair to good, iS5diio: choice to cxtra.
1880: choice to extra. sl6n6t35: fancy gated
and New York saddlers. st5162On. Inferior horses
Common. small plugs. sso630; heavy work plugs.
MULEsLMule receipts started out very libsr-
ally this week. Dealers received numerous con-
well favored with offerings. on succeeding days.
however: the arrivals have been rather small:
has not been any larger than last week. Tn
market has been irregular. When the week
started there was a good exterior 6emand. but
count dealers bought the commission arrivals
very readily at times. while at others the move
ment was rather slow. According to sellers,
however. there was not much difference in he
market as against the previous week. The R1od
Glasses Of commission mules sold on a very FAR
week before. The common kinds were Flow and
hard TO- sell. at times: and Were considered a ut
able on the Tnursday market All of the arrivals
during the first three days had been disposed cf
signment. which was reported Thursiav.
Mule quotations Gor broke mules. 4 to : years