The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-18

1...1420... $50 .-.laSO.-. 40
The arrivals amountIng 70 only about s.oo head.
supply pr Buyers we're ".t out ns,i in q fuiI ff force. % All anss
iSqi for and dos Sellers sen wsTa asis I'll the fo msrs se .9 9psned
which amounted to from loQ20c early. and later
None ondag Of efs t x2Se a sses i Pigs ana an s asxfsee lis ssss
were not any higher. and were as slow sale as
arrivals r. lasted only a few minutes MIN "s' and late e ones
sold as fast as they came in and a shade better
o9a ths the ms eafey ones this being the strongest part
Fair TO best butcher and heavy hogs sold at
S7.15Ii. 50; good medium weights and packers at
s5S7.%;; the bulk at sHio9Ise lights. $50 to 1so
l lbs 10 at 1sS sS iSes Al Il, ,s 5ss b. bull. Rix at q 8. g 500 aSa g: l lisn5s!
and cuiis at IS. S5as.so N' '
the e'f ho sse sbo we h ia Ibs. s average age s snd i at s s@sk ! e.
against a top of $40 and the bulk at ss.7ea705
CT The ioI main s Srexs q ga gsck is. bought sn9 18th BY s; Swift %! ,s 8
s ssss 20 sI l's the and q. cost 9a,i 8: E pre and The her main Gnm d5Sgs
sHEEP-The sheep market was unchanged.
to strong prices. The only trouble with the mar
ket was the small number on sale. the arrivals
mand., In fact. the supply was so small that
seveLai BUYERS made no ATTEMPT to enter the
for mutton was taken. the COMMON stock selling
sold up to $50 and drS the best mutton mute D's sheep Ia' at
HoRsEs-The contracted receipts occasioned
still apparent in the market, the ruesday supply
demand. however. is nothing ab~ted. but seems
to have rather augrnented in the urgency by the
disparity in arrivals, and the result thus far has
anyway desirable. The Eastern demand has not
had enough strictly good horses to make a show
ing for al the buyers and bring out the whole
very satisfactory compared with the trade last
week which was on a higher basis This indi-
on the choice classes of chunks. The Southern
demand is fully up to expectations, a ready call
chunks and drivers.
Horse quotations.:
to extra. si60als5. Chunks-i.l5 $50 to Lao lbs. fair
TO good. s5sGso; good to choice. sssGllo: Coach
to extra. sooasOo. Horses for the South-smaii.
iisht Drivers isi o1 fair to Esod; s2Ga4s; choice to ex-
port s esgnRss sIs 90 10 /, a 800 ibs.. 'p pIsin soo sooa, , ks;
90: choice TO extra. sl00@19o. Business drivers
Fair to good. sssgllo: choice TO extra. i25@I5
New York saddlers. S5Gasoo. inferior horses
.S@tSo0n' small plugs. '"a'o; heavy work plugs.
M~ULEs.The snow blockade has had a severe !
they have been for weeks. but the worst results
are shown in the matter Of demand. Many buy
ers have been kept away from the market by |
the rigorous temperature. and a number Of others
who are on hand prefer to await more favorable
weather than suffer any DELAY in transportation.
day. when less than half a dozen carloads went
out to the South. which has heretofore started |
The volume Of trade is lighter In both the com
and dealers departments and the con-
ing interests. Offerings. unless they are Of de- !
cidedly good quality; are not meeting with as
quick a demand as last week. and in a general >.
Mule quotations 0or broke mules. 4 to ! years
old:
ii hands, bulk Of sales. .............. s.. 900 Is 90
ltts hands. extreme ranse-.-..-... z. oo41Io.oo