The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-11
was ilrTn anu Na!ue' 49, .N.O.-e.
Try.S aND INDIAN STEERS.

day and as a rule they were good in quality.
some few common stock, Of course beng IN
points ,i being $50 Head The market osehed here
was active. and sellers were able to fore. az
advance OF 6 on the good hsh5 and me- nedi Ia,
mand was quite good from city butchers s.so
from Eastern order 6Iye. Ihs cary supp ,ss
as they came in and coaId be unlosded. The late
market shadS better s Than Ina 1hs early az cns
SIS: lights 10 10 IS lbs. at s. 6sn5ss; medium
The bulk OF the good medium and heavy
hogs sold at sa.5Jf5''. against s'.SeaS'S sat
sHEEP-A good fair run OF sheep arrived for
Monday. and they averaged reasonably good IN
arass the soed "a, lambs ana mutton sheep
both selling readily and TO. tnl,y as . meeh and
want. little common lambs az the slaushteIers
se n sl %an l2s "a sheep
The same as last week. The s best lambs sold at
HoRsEsGThe week in the horse auction orensd
With fair s s 5q sa .he Ts 9nay
however. has been the case since the summer
period eommenced was not very high and she n
the supply. Trade was on al active basis. as
could be expected unte. the conditions Of season
and while buyers had nothing but medium
grade to sn rTa Nsrs oi one n I
support Of the market. az there were several
from the South Indeed. II WIS remarked by
many tia. the representation OF Southern buyers
was larger than usually seen Of this period OF
the year OF course. this branch OF the mar
kst was neither important or aggressive. but the
demand prevailing had some influence in con-
serving a strong tone IN the general market. The
quality would have met With more activity and
would have ensendered a better feeling in the
market, as Eastern buyers seeTrei anxious TO
buy. even though the quality was not UP 10 thsiT
standard.
Heavy dratt-c5rnuron TO good :ioai.5: choice
70 extra sls0T259. Chunks. j. 80 to l.syl lbs.
choice 10 extra Ssotgsoo. Horses for the South
Small. light drivers. fair to good sfaaso choice
10 extra siod 100. Southern drtvers-Large SioGia5
Iss r rc: 30 to RIsin to s TGea
ess-Fair to GOOD sl25giso choice 10 extra slsnS
2go Saddiers for Southern use-Fair TO good SIS
gleo: choice TO extra slseaise. Fancy gated and
View York saddlers s2etas5,. Inferior horses
Common small plugs ss5S5o: heavy work plugs
S1sIl0o.
MULEs-The supply Of mules. did not open as
large as last week most probably because OF tine
declines in values which followed last weeks I'D
erai receipts. Neither to the dealers were re-
ceipts as large they have been Of late. The
commission pens were moderately supplied there
being about carloads ard few small lots
The quality varied. comprising major -
of medium mules The early trade did not shoS
much symptoms of activity. u IVES hard TO get
dealers to look the offerings. and sales during
the forenoon were scarce and not large enough TO
represent the feeling in the market The same
element OF conservatism prevailed: besides deal.
ers were waiting to see what the exterior demand
would bring forth, and IL was certainly small as
a beginning. In brief. there was no activity
manifest IN the trade. and the slow conditions OF
the previous week were ruling. Common mules
were quoted as having very dull prospects
Mule quotations efo- broke mules. TO . years