The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-31

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HoGS1he receipts or hogs drite good
for Monday. the arrivals amounting to around
$500 head. which while larger than usual OF late
Il 30 more than wa, should be received
to sellers and they were forced to accept lower
T Prices The market opened very slow and as
Of loc The :eod lights showed very little change
Good smooth butcher hogs and IL the ' best light
weights were the best sellers. while the mixed
Of at Rnythine Ike satisfactory prices. The mar
ket was more active t.ward noon than at the
The Close was very SLOW and the market weak
however, but few were held over.
& s,a1; q: good medium weights and packers a
70 &c. at NJ sSk g. lhe Sai Ct ~
rG Tss ,5 and d c ;ss and nnt
sssiss. top Of @ and he '3 Sat al ss. is
The main diSys q s hackers s bought by ssft
main drove, bought by Nelson Morris & Co sv-
eraged zes lbs and eost 81 os. aad the main drove
sHEEP,A pretty good run Of sheep arrived for
demand from buyers. The market was active
from the time IT opened until everything that
There was no change to the trade. prices real
as sSon ss on 80 Tar Of
scarcity Of the better Srades !. SELL prGpSr
not been able to iii ali Of their orders any time
during the past four months. Spring lambs. sold
mutton ton sheep seGa up " to .ss 5'0 " ' anu "A'''
HORSES-The horse market Is not waverins
If the opening Of this week is any exempihca-
tion. large and active demand from eli quar-
Mere fully as aa sarons and % eonssno1s
week: In fact the opinion express ed by some was
that tho market was comparatively frmer. Buy
ergy which proclaimed the urgency Of their Or
f s RauT from Tns
also the farm demand and there were several
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usar branch OF the demand vas active or not;
eess The ea openna receipts we're fary large
but were not inclined to heaviness Buyers are
Horse quotations: Heavy dref.-Common to
S to s % to GOOD sssass soed t.
choice nsgllo. Coach horses and seSs-Fslr to
sss e. The soa,h,s%sIi; hsss s1ivsTs: ssIr e sod
ss9a4 cssse 70 extra soa1 sout6 1S :, drivers
lbs;sfiaIn q good 5000; choice 70 extra iiss
Choice e sara sadds1. ssaB
Es-Fair to good s.5a9o; CHOICE to extra SIG
also Inferior hor.es~common. small plug. IS
az hssyy work P h i,g s,eaeo ,e. dsv.o.s
for any Monday since last August. particularly
like half a dozen carloads in all were registered:
but nearly all were of the country purchases of
dealers direct, and were not offered on the gen.
erni market. Within the limitations thrown
around it by the srnallness OF receipts, the mar
ket opened very actively. Several small punches
of decent mules were sold almost upon arrival,
which signifed as much as anything that trade
was In very satisfactory condition, a fact which
was confirmed by all statesmen. They quoted the
quality whatever. but especially on the good
sized heavy and weighty kinds. AS has been
the case recently, however common and light
and rough mules were slow. and there was no
on thern even though the good
mules were scarce Dealers say 1t is past the
season for small and inferior mules and that
from the best prices and best demand
will be for large and heavy mules. and that the
better they are the quicker will be the demand