The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-10

during the same week OF 1907 there were received
TSs bulk of the arrivals ., tn: g ,ssn we're we're
kst q a. she stun was scarce With a train
Ss he Sui n5'3 we're sTsi iSaiuS sc the ri i e & sa. Bee ben y ysFy
active. buyers operating freely. and the week
q ioassc. Cali receipts were v.ry ,ilh, and
hardly enough TO make comparisons. but prices
TsT F. sgs:i5sssf fully TsI. steady
TEXAs AND INDIAN TIERS.
T &c.. t ssi...R Ri u 81. f No A"' ff'
T.. po... Is soows
s...ros... AGO .i.isi... rs b.. M... 80
1-..ils... aB -
sHEEP-fhSsee receipts Il shssp were small and
Of only fair quality. Some good spring lambs were
scarce there s Vas m Sat iit sHss RE s"t 70 the trade
and the market in general was iOGl5c lower.
SSSSgyet4Ts s eo ahf aot be tHi induced to ss0f fsok sO at them them. It
beng hSTd wo5k to even get rid Of the better s
without any difnculty, but nobody cares 70 buy
around 20 'n Ibs. 0H 10 ssn Tsadiiiy at sssisfsctory
pcces. Good young stock sheep are in demand.
ewes. sSrinE iambs sold up 10 SIS. mutton
lambs al $3.50. and mutton sheep up TO $50.
.h aS6smTh 10 run UniS Of a hSss Ss s.sS s%s s..d The WHICH isesiO !:
but half Of a good, mSdsrate supply for this
amounted to ale head. and two weeks ago siO0
though Sn i ies i SoGs R RsH.y On ns sale. ~ sss b sShTS Il t n,
arrivals being m the light and medium weight
prevailing from aI sources and prices were about
the same as. on "wednesday. although = few sales
a snS~s the ns sdsa' as sm much as & b sS. IN no case
The good lights sold quickly. but little COM
very slow and SuIi. Good smooth butcher grades
wsF: The best sellers: while The ordinary pack,
VS. no e eh@n GIN during The , day and the na Esss
TO hest butcher and heavy hogs sold AT q 20
Is: good medium weights and packers at s7:IS9
Il a az sal he a bulk s a s:o ssa rs; Ii is It ~ l l05 to
$50 IT'S: at S:Se6.S; pigs at S.L5g6.S; ronghs
s $40 es anS a ths Bulk Of fn the TOP Ro % 's ssG %srf Isl lbs
a ave ,ss s sOle e; MIsgI e. Ss1,n.s 2 top Ss IL;
drove Of PSseksTs 6Oqsht by sSifs g Co to-day
s9d T fSsi s7i bfe: and ' Beer PH coG S5SEs 0 sTssfsr b g! Is
HoRsEs-The supply OF horses this week was
the auctions during the nrst four days Of the
wess o oae r1 eS-ns Fl nr1I 80 d iS t1o He Of az sn9 pr iiHstte
sale; The trade during the week has no, been
preceding. he edse was on the market. The
Iss Es, Sa sur mat ,S he ,s sssT month rGs or 81 so oOf has az i
last set up an accumulation az Eastern cen
.se unfsvorabie eondisions lasted. On this &C
count. the classes Of horses adapted to Eastern
ssI YES. Other Ios GRADES shf felt Hef the of ss.ss so4 soms'
what, but there was no distinct reduction on
them Even under the circumstances. with a
decline in enec, on some classes. the market
eratinns were large ard active. and good top
Southern offerings sold fully steady with the
previous week. The class most affected by the
drafters. The good farm demand helped. TO
maintain a pretty steady tone on the medium
kinds.
Horse quotations:
Heavy draft-Common to good. s12oEi50: choice
10 extra. uso615- Chunks-Li9 to L3O lbs.
fair 10. good. Q good TO choice. NSdila.
Coach horses and cohs-Fair to good. slpGI75;
sho!GI; t. s1tTn tsoo6S@, Horses 70. sne South.
to extra. S0670: Southern drivers. large. $50
IL. Export chunksEi 20 TO LOO lbs. plain TO
good ESsS2: choice 70 extra sicSGieo Business
H2Sdi5o. Saddiers for Southern use-Fair to
good. y75dS0: choice to extra. ro9fl15: fancy
Eaited and New York saddlers. SiSf9n. In
teIior G small plugs. SNaS'
MULEs-A fair trade has transpired in mules
this week. but the business has been restricted
TO a considerable extent by the closeness OF re-
have to al intents been too. small for the de-
mand: In other words with larger receipts the
volume OF trade would have been considerably
augmented. The market was in very active shape
trade held IN well and the Eastern demand,
while not larre. was some support Prices were
steady to firm on good offerings OF all classes.
cotton mules Included but as usual the roush.
easy TO place As to the. quality. II was pretty
good as an average. and some OF the constgn-
ments were very good. notably a load from Iowa.
,isTD all around. This r. the highest saie on
record for a full load OF mules on the commits
sion market. Withal the market has been very
active and Satistaetnry. AID the week Is clos
MILE OTTOT ATTONS