The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-27
per head, but common and medium ones are d
better.
Representative sales:
TErV 4 c Ann INDIA STEERS,

N..... rs 2.......... 100 A.. ISL. 40
HoGs-only a moderate number Of hogs s =
head. The demand was quite good. trading &C
tive and sellers able to force an advance OF nc
to lJc on the medium to best hogs regardless OF
weight. The good hogs. suitable TO the butcher
trade; showed the greatest imP P6cE neia , ea5 a'i
But little Improvement was noticeable on the
was a little quiet. but prices fully as good as
Co. to-day averaged ZIG lbs. and cost E;@: the
aged COS los and cost SO; and the main droys.
sSssased p q. :hf lbs St and LGa cost p, ,7'%' Beef o0npa"s'
Fair to best butcher and heavy hogs sold a,
Us .sa at :? &. s ass 0 the s sa s's at 6. soa ashss: lights. 100
to $50 lbs. at .sas %; pigs at s5.15aS-2 %: roushs
The top OF the market wa. s7.as. and the bulk
10. assins, a top Of 81 20. and the bulk at ss.@
G1.1s on Wednesday.
small. the receipts amounting TO les: than Loo
head In fact: the supply was "; ,5 not m hall sufficient Tsers
was no material change to the trade. the good
anN elm s'G feee ssi9ns w hsheii he si half h'i "a, 8 stun .oId
a little slow and no better. The stocSer trade
The quality. of the offerings was only fair and
did not include any real good sheep or lambs
The best lambs sold at $50 and the best sheep
H~ORsEs-ln the broad sense of the word. the
horse market this week, has been generally sat
isfactory. AT periods this estimate OF It's con.
dition has been modified by the comparison that
week. while at other times the full strength Of
last weeks market has been claimed The Buff
but this disparity was fully made up in de,
mand from other quarters. and. as a general
rule. the prices on big horses were Iittle. differ
snt. and. at any rate. was very satisfactory
Some comparisons Of sales for the same con-
sisnors this and Las, week showed up to even
market was a very favorable one. All decent
classes had a good outlet, particularly good to
are growing in pOpularlty as the sprtng season
advances The Southern demand. while not ex-
cessive. was ample to care for all the offerings
in its class.
Horse quotations:
to extra, sl6oa!s5. Chunks. 1.lO to 1.35o lbe.-
Fair to good. Se5GSo: good to choice, ss5Q11n.
s eSoiee to sSI extra ans sc SSscaf HORSES ss { Esod the si soSah.
small; light drivers; fair to good. SOFAS; choice
TO extra: 5000; Southern drivers, largs. ssa3
good. s15qso: choice to extra slOOalle. Business
drivers-Fair to good. sdI1o: choice to extra.
and New York saddiers. si5eaaoo. Inferior Horses
IComn,on; small plugs. heavy work
MULEs-The rather unsatisfactory condition
feet of controlling receipts. and the movement TO
market, has been very moderate by comparison
OF this the supplies have appeared to be heavy in
contrast with the demand The demand from
s%ottOp.mule districts ha, teen light, and the MAJ,
kinds. On Wednesday the inquiry picked. up
somewhat and a temporary respite from the dull
on the same slow and quiet basis Thursday. The
Eastern demand has held up its end pretty
mules. with size and weight. have remained on
a practically steady basis. These have been right
classes have dragged the greater part Of the
week. while on some OF the very common rough
Impossible. 1t has certainly been a bad market
for inferior mules.