The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-25
TEXAs AND INDIAN STEERS.

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Including two double decks Of good, Missouri fed
lambs. but not enough to nj the demand. Not
sheep ast ' Were e on. sale Se'4 to mi f0S Saaer asu The market
was on a good active basis from the time it
carry supply was we'll we'll cleaned e%Gs'i" up s'S Of course "Hsat h
real good sheen and lambs We're the best sellers.
usual. as BUYERS are unable to get enough Of the
the hes Ssst native mutton sheep at $50, n,
the ao TsseiDts a saRnlSt Ss hogs TO ar Sss ar n's,o lif sssd,
which is the largest number received any one
b bayer 8 determined let rafa fe 10 break rai % paiess. s SRsnsS M,fR
trading early was pretty. Glow. but later. when
life to the trade. Al the opening. values were
about loc lower. but in a short time the decline
fair grades mixed lots selling SGc lower than on
s MSeSsg; T Ms,s Ssn1 ssr. w cgns qaiIs good t From city, ,g
the early trade en- the best medium and heavy
every means possible to force the market down.
The real good light hog, sold readily and not so
that. looked soft was almost unstable. The late
marx market som was i., very slow and dun. and at ne
fairly good hogs remained unsold.
& Tie &c. m to:a,S drove SyerS Of 5Pa sls ibs bought by sw,ft
the main drove bousht by Nelson Morris & %.
Company averaged 2Io lbs. and cost Gr S. So Beef
4 SO s.; 5api 10 s09 the P sgls at s. T 'ssas: l nnd p1 Isl rs
1se lbs; at Sc: GSM6.sS: the bulk at IS. So@s. 90:
Sc; roushs and eulls ct s5.75as.50. "'"
-, The he top Top Of the market Yr ct was $40. and the bulk
80. against, n top Of $40. and the bulk at SD
HoRsEs-1he horse market continues in fairly
saiiaiactory shape. In brief. it is active and
Is reasonably certain on al consignments bought
was a week ago. but at this selling interests are
mot s r1f1 prs as the market last week wac in
amounts IN some cases to only. a slight easiness.
easier. tSTeringss i i&.ass a s5s a'? TUESDAY q p smo asaa
ed TO about 10 head. The quality was varied.
CHUNKS. but as s"s rule raS 4 f0G was cG nt mn 9a .S q.
standard required by the trade. All demands
ment prevailed. for everything that looked in
any snSd w s,, desirable ,sa The southern demand is very
which are very favorable for good. big horses.
to H .4sys . a1af,Nc0% %PSn. to F9 'ss = s ; g cheIes
horses ! and eeSs-:F Esiq t. . s sSG,:: si4s ssse5ic choice Es'f to
light / , STIysiss fair 70 Eg3od; ;s93ai5: sheIss to e:
sse: choice to Extra . s ;oSS Hss-' B stain = So S d2fSer. ..
saddle s1 f for southern sssggil1; n ssolfs to to eHs sccd. 'i ;:sasS:
choice to extra. slo2a135: fancy. gated and New
mon. small plugs. .2OaSo: heavy work plugs. $40
anything but encouraging. Exterior demand Is
snSw TING i Hs + dem Hompar naturally LIGHT sslnr pre eoTsn1eg
thereby. is not satisfactory. Since the heavy
storm a week ago the market has been on q de-
ciining basis. and nov a reduction OF S. to $50
per head is quoted on some classes. The South
ern cotton mule inquiry has been ruling decidedly
light and the main dependence of the market
have been the Eastern and farm demands. These
nave been only moderate and not by any means
adequate to sustain the previous high range OF
the trade. Receipts have not been large. but the
s,ow-worktng process OF the market has brought !
about a niling up Of supplies. as was shown by
he fact that at the opening of the market Tues
lay about 31 head were on offer, most Of which
we're carried over from the day before, and some
rom last week. Additional arrivals made the
commission supply about 500 head. Sellers quote
In almost steady market for the best quality big
mules. but common and rough qualities are
dull.
Mule quotations 0or broke mules. 4 to I years
I'D:
4 hands. extreme rang-......S 50. oea 5000
4 hands. bulk of sales 65. 00Ge 1900
Az hands, extreme ranxe...,, 70.D11 90. 10