The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-31

SHEEI;PI'-onIy fair supply of gfepe arrived IL,
IN sa d1s fair supply of sheep arrived
moderate run. but the demand was not az good
few choice 81 lam, Iste was plenty TO 80 around
as as. rule the offerings were got good The mar
were quotabiy lower. they We're Ma ha!dv as
Eo op as r wtdnesday. and. besides. it took awful
all day. and at the close some stuff Vas Yet
unsod. The Stocker trade steady and quite
,H9GS-A good moderate number Of hogs ar
rived tor Thursday. the receipts amounting to
around Il sop head. against $50 head Thursday
or last week. and $500 head this day year ng6
oIher western markets reported moderate sup
pies piles, as2 the total at the five principal points
The market opened slow with buyers working
,t to force them into paying steady prices tor
me me good butcher and hacking hogs, while the
LuIt 10 medium ones were &c lower. From the
start pigs and lights were 1Oc lower. and rather
s bH;M s i. at the decline the Eastern demand
hogs seemed to be in the best demand. such rs
sood eoth the b. fy butchers and pskers Tho
continued con slow and duh to the close but Moth
$50; lights 80 g is lbs at t5g5iS i medie
TRe bSk 81 ,ha d r5 god s hSyss ,a5
VIZ h2gs sold at S53595So against &5.fo95 GO
., H on I very quiet condition has existed
I IN me tIorse market during this week. made
which which. COMPARED with former weeks. represented
s .eI M smallest supply Of the season. The lin
were there more than half hundred head or so.
ana and consequently neither the full amount OF de-
at any stage of the market. Such u small and
Within pa a9Hn s Of ACTIVITY yH kept the trade
any change in the market, and po consequentiy
Ing the previous week had been s as to 1.-The the
possibilities OF the trade had receipts been larger
there appear very large demand Early 'G in the
Week some Southern demand appeared. rather
bE e Hi i s6a Of adt f On abe
smaller. but desirable grades. but it was short
not really benefit much BY it, There were the
a asg ns @ others aen 6 Yer hand
were SO few that this demand did not have much
General d Way sFsnf ihs market was
nearly on retail basis. and the prices on the
probable that had fair humber Of good good East
ern horses been available they would have sold
reasons for the extreme quietness was that no
range horse sale was scheduled. which always
helps out all deoartments of the market
Horse quotations:
fair to good. sl0gal59; good to choice si69a5e9
s2s $ fsSs5
10. Export chqnks-i 900 to 1:se lbs, plain 10
sisSe2So saddess Tor souther Gi' ase p to
gated s5d S:w e9 Ydf SO s I
ferior horses.,Cosnmon small plugs. $500; heavy
work plugs, S156l09.
MULES-!Though not large. the supply Of mules
this week has shown an excess over the preced-
Ing week and has been verv liberal for the sea-
son. Some of the arrivals have been very good.
while others Of them have been quite medium.
The choicer classes the order OF miners and
heavy Eastern mules have sold very well. but the
palmer, and more medium grades have been a
little slow. Measured by the demand for outside
sources. the local demand from tho dealers has
been very good but the dealers at the present
time not doing great amount Of business
and are consequently very careful buyers The
orally steady prices. however. Dealers are said
to be really buying more mules than they are
selling which means that unless the demand
from the East and elsewhere improves the local
There was some cali from the South for mules
this week. ard this in degree stimulated the
general market. but no great difference
shown.