The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-24
XAs AND INDIAN STEERS.


HOGS-When the market opened very small
Supply CT HOGS was On sale. 1-l bt.5rs the day
the receipts amounting 70 IN me ae!gEiprhO"i
Of 5000 head. against 300 head this day 4 yestt
ago The total number on sale at the nve pr.Eci-
pal Western markets Was un.y Sj,-gt head.
The market opened Win Il syy! demand. trad
advance In prices. which early announce. 81
Ige. Tie good lights and medium v.r.shts SUIT
uGds rece.ring the biggest pat Of ;he advance.
while lisht rxsd hay AID ordinary pacs:srsS
~ vel ar 5 !, "a trJac; rail ~ the atva:.e
had been lost and nearly ali before the close
Only few late arrivals remained uhs0ia "Heh
.sHEEPony moderate supply Of sheep ar
rived, and but few good sheep az lambs either
were on sale. y good demand prevailed and the
with values steady to firm. but in no case was
ins for good stock. and good 10 choice lambs
which not represented 10 any great extent
We're also In demand. but haIf-fat stuff and Gull
lambs were wanted and sold extremely slow
still holds up the demand. being much larger
than the supply. especially for the seod so%bns
and some late arrivals were held over.
HoRsES-The trade IN native horses this weeS
proving the sh,est Of The pssssnt SGmne: 90 pc.
get large receipts together. owing to the COM
two weeks ago and maintained during last week
with hardly any deviation
ness tnd there we're only TWO 6r three Of the
regular resident buyers. who were able 10 MI
cons!gnments. As foE visiting buyers. they weGe
Another slowing effect upon, the trade was the
suitable to the Eastern deinan offssinss IN Inc
prszSns 4aFkG; 055 md sarin y y SLOW 2aS ,S
The bes: demand in tbs current market is FOR
heavy horses Of the chunk and dtaf;eT types s,
while small, nain and inferior horses are more
or less neglected by all buyers. .. ~.
In the matter OF values the market was not
materially changed tho preceding Ntfh
The srall supply failed to arouse any :nts;f=
the same basis as last week.
The feature of the trade during the week was
The sale OF about 20 carloads Of Wsstsrn ra asi
but included nothing extra The fuli rsnse OF
iearlinss sold at siaz6. The demand for range
horses thus far has shown Itself to Do very
S3Sy 10 sE4 ,5a e e. Es2f ' Z,
lbs. fair to good sIo9a152 sGoi 70 caoics W. W.
go: CHOICE CHOICE to EXTRA ssjSa5o Horses for the
south-Small. light driver fair to sooi: says'
large. si6Ti75 Export chunks-l.2CO 20 900 lbs.
plain TO good. s1l0a19o: choice 70 extra 'Sd2-5,
10 axtra slsST9So saddleTs for Southern use
Fair to GOD as SqI ES COX o 80 ssdsTs So: 81
Inferior horses-Common. small plugs. sS'a50:
I;I.TsHfhe mule market WAS attended this
week by very quiet surroundings; II the trst
great many OF these came direct to dealers It
left relatively few on the commission market.
The demand was l.ght in all RESPECTS. There
was a limited inquiry from the outside. when
In turn confined the local demand to small pro-
portions. and 1t seemed to be fact that lGhf
as the receipts were. they were ample for all
immediate needs There features or new
Developments Sellers proclaimed tnat TIE prizes
in force last week governed what s;iies Wtr-
made and that there 10 special urgency TO
the demand on any account While the market
1 is in its present quiet mood the on.v ciasses
which stand a show Of selling to any advantages
ara the strictly choice. fat mature mules. Aged
thin and bcmIshed ones. as rule. are disap-
/ pointing sellers.
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