The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-25
MINED.

HoGs--.Asain the receipts q hogs liberal;
heavy runs Chtcas5 recev}as % 5j and rspo.tsd
prices lower. Buyers rcre to0k advantage Of
ceeied in breaking the na-ke, fully .5c On the
good medium and heavy weight hacking and
e shoT;d sn ana e;E from 4'2 e B Bss e
IN Tuesday. Lots Of good butcher hogS sold al
Tuesday morning The very best lights. 10 70
Is lbs. were the best sellers AID teclined only
about e. hut lights in genera ~ 10 10 BIS
readily than the heavier kinds The close was
Der on sale the clearance was fairly goot
Si &c lights: Ie3al51 l5s ,,-,s sid a. ;5Sgs
ony S54g5 wi:h 1 a few Eo't i;shfs lSsSis9
market fos Tsrv rnoatfs ""S LAC '0@''
SHEE ~, sood snnpiy q sheep was on Of;
the arrivals were !ambs. The market opened on
a steady basis Tor al! reasonably good stock,
decided cHaHge;- ami the late trade showed q
decline Of l5g-Sc and was Very slow and dull
but the entire market late was very unsatis-
factory. HaIf-tat lambs and all thin stun was
get buysss to iocE a, them Lambs Ian SOD at
ass: mutton sheep at !tdi'5; Gull lambs at
were were unsoId at the Close -''''' = ''
HoRsES-The dFst representative auction sup
day. offerings amounting 10 about 80 head. and
comprising an ordinarily good lot Of stgff; TIE
as were decent sold readily ard At very good
prices The Eastern demand which exacted a
Ire most effective bat there were also few
buyers on the market who bought the top South
ern horses at pretty good prizes. Tie market
was not as lively. OF course. as two weeks ago.
because It has now Become later in the season
and the general horse outlet Is not so good as
Il then was bur taking all things into consider
alton. the prices paid were very good and con-
s!gnors all expressed themselves being pleased
with results OF course there We're quite few
plain and common horses Included In the supply.
These rot wanted particularly by any .!e-
r,and and was the one class which sold compare
H5Fse quotations. Heavy drat,-Cornmon to
good sI3Oigl75: choice to extra. sIs9Gslo. Chunks
-II59 TO l.3s9 lbs. tatr 70 good. :i0gIi5e: good
TO choice si609zno. Coach horses and cohs-Fs. r
to good: sl5ea259: choice 70 extra. ssooG5a9.
to good. si5qsl: choice 70 extra si0qieo: South
| ern drivers. large. s1i011.5. Expert chunks-i.-
20 10 1870 pounds. plain good. s10II5l: choice
| 10 extra, sII5q-L Business d-ivers-Fair to
| Yer Southern use-Fair 70 good, ss5gl2o: choice
| to extra. silgiis1: fancy gated ana New York
saGtlers. se.GS5o Inferior horses-Comraon,
small Plugs. S35G5J: heavy work plugs. s75GicI
MULES-Tha mule market is in rather an un-
settled condition. Though supplies on the mar
kat are very small. dealers buying very
slowly and cautiously On account Of the approach
o: the summer season. which is usually sisnifi-
] cant OF extreme quie:uess They would buy some
OF the choicer classes II they were available
| on the commission side are selling very slowly
| latter arrivals are Of a plain or medium class
| which dealers do not to load up On. There
| has been some demand during the last three
| days. from the East and from the South. but
| IL has not been large enough to create any
| furry IN the market Meanwhile the offerings
| o nthe commission side are selling very slowly
| the activity Of the market. At the same time
| II Is more than likely that all I'll. dealers would
| pay good strong prices for the strictly high
eSr-,Io Gl,n...g1ns ISSr hroLs mules 4 N wear.