The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-02


HOGS moderate supply OF hogs was on sal.
the receipts amounting TO IN the neighborhocd OF
were sale Monday q last week A good ta-
Elant prevailed. trading was active and seIIers
TO choice hogs but the fair only medium kinds
were but LITTLE. II any. better than the close OF
last week. Lights and pigs were higher the
advance all 6eins CT the good butcher and PACK
ms hogs Pan AN psess s, Tefs ca, 2.y 5hads
more atlly than any time recently unless they
looked soft. in which case they were about =.
was equally as good as me carry one. and at
the Close nothing OF importance remained unsold
s. seasi5' the bulk az :ss5asiG: lights Isl 70
100 TO l50 lbs, at S5g1s:i:, pigs az f-15lg5.30.
The top # the market was IS 20. and the bulk
OF the hogs above 10 lbs. average sold at SJ.D
a.. .. against top OF S6-iIi-. and the bulk al
3 S545 Saturday.
\ fair run q sheep arrived :. liberal pEopor
market was active. geed demand prevailing,
ard sellers were able TO secure prices nearly -,
higher than at the close q last week. OF coirss.
the advance was principally on the best sheep
and lambs. but even the common ones were in
much OF the advance as the better grades. Lambs
sold up to s. 81: yeaIiings Up to 81 ard mutton
HoRSES-The horse receipts were ys-y sim
L expected that there would be u fair sup
out the floods. Two or three loads ware reported
out around Kansas city. unable TO get here. and
couple more loads which had been started from
Nebraska were laid out somewhere and dId not
arrive \ little more tran a load comprised the
total offerings and while these sold pretty we'll.
it was not enough 10 elicit any interest There
were quite n few buyers on the market. but
they ware not going 10 begin operations on sGcn
small supply and the market did not show W
as we'll as i; would hare under normal conditions
A few 0f thu best offerings sold we'll while otn-
ers sold slow, but the developments We're no cri
terfon By which TO judge the market, which
at least as strong in appearance as a week ago
Horse quotations. Heavy dratt-Commou 70
good si30liiI choice extra siSgG.sO- Chunks
80 to $50 lbs. fair to good siQcrlS0; good 70
choice SierC.2lc. Coach horses and cObs-F'air to
good st5ns7a5i: choice 70 extra S5c@d5i1. Horses
Tor the S0uth-Su-aIl. light drivers. fair to good
sijIs0: choice 10 extra ST0ffrJ; Southern drivers.
large SIiOGII5. Export churks-l.2Dp TO 1.50 lbs.
plain 70 good sllOIJiso choice TO extra 3T75d225.
business drivers-Feir 10 good Si25tl5J; choice %
extra sie0ag1. Sa.idiers for southern use-Fair
10 good ss51Is0. choice 10 extra SlSgGi5o: fancy
GATED and New York sadtlers s9p0I;5a In
ferior horSes-CoIur1or. small plugs SIS csc; heavy
work plugs SI5EIt TO-
MJ-I,ES-AhoIt i've carloads OF mules marked
tho onsnIrC Of the week in this department but
an with the exception OF one load went 70 deal!
erS This was not. Of course the basis Tor much
activity in the commission market. and the trade
during the forenoon was quiet. no sales being
reported p..orx the dealers there were n few
buyers inquirinE. and most OF the dealers de-
clared themselves in the market for choice big
mules Statesmen also said that the marker was
steady on the best kinds. The, amount Of bust
ness transacted too small TO show any
change In conditions. but the fact that dealers