The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-30
LIVESTOCK MARKET.
Native Cattle Scnrce-Beef Prices I'm
chnnSed-Sheeni CIone Lower.

NATIVE IA ATTLEI r, Steers: Native cattle attic
tdHry.p there wef being q sSoa very 9i small ,lhs 'n lepre g aaii Of
any class on Sale. II beef steers there were
market ruled quiet and prices steady with Thurs
day.
The five days, supply has ruled very light and
with the same time last week. a loss OF arouni
Win the hsaq same Ti' Time Sst Of si i5Ss. d Ssss g, H i.s55 he aaa
The. extremely low prices last week had the
was hardly anything offefed. ba, on tuesday
a fair supply came in which met with very god
from 16G2Oc. but as the week ADVANCED. although
outside markets that buyers. had the advantage
and The advance early in the week mas been
There were only n few choice cattle amongst
the supply. but quite a few that were good. with
most cases cattle we're generally plain qualities.
a good many Of them showing coarsehess The
TO the trade has been on the handy weights.
where they were fat and good. and on such
Friday. Medium flesh, common kinds and the
ppr Iain TAT Of a sxp3yts sat' are and nh,x the s,s snd5reI nsd Il heh bss
been a matter Of real hard work on the part o,
demand has been practically at a standstiI.
which have left offerings of this sort to local
the medium and poorer classes have also moved
slowly. for they came in competition with the
preference for. as they could get a very decent
10 good class at more moderate prices than ma
sales i week Xxi have INCLUDED fair to good 1900
to 1.G1 lbs. average. at tg5i medium to choice
to Y.1s . lbs. at s4csa4.ss and butcher grads weigh
Ing Fo RslST i'G Is ies lis; At q e s Saots al based upon
sales during tho week:
SHIPPING AND XPOR STEERS
Best native beef steers. strictly fancy:
choiss export steers. ii.5o6gi.sD ib~s:::::'IsSa5.5s
Good shipping and export steers. 1.soO, 49,.
Fair to medium shipping steers. 1850 49,
1.4O 4.O0I4.0
NE I~-CI-D py-E Mt Dr-TE-IEy2 c,ry~I-pC
steers. 1,2gegl go lbs-. rough to best...* .eegs.9S
s s,esIs. 1;geg ,b .ly9 I IGso iIb;.. s.3sai.s
Butcher cattle-A light representation OF butch
f se, eai sdsc wss had ,ss not not enough saGs rs to test ,g The the mar mar
Thursdays prices.
The supply has not been overly large this week
while the proportion Of heifers was very good
steers, ZEE the make. SLOWING how an "a a4 VaTss th as f Sfst
part OF the week and declining some later. TIE
and 500 lbs. have met with the best support
from buyers, and on such classes trading. has
fat and showed green, buyers have. bought spar
ana where they were TOO heavy thsy have sold
siowly. for very few buyers want heavy weights
are abou. steady on all glasses OUTSIDE Of handy
s EsiahiS eh saSe hs samsxh as' By san 1Ss d rn1ss5 h fas
young COWS: and where they have suited such
mean sellers. as they have been the past few
WEEKS. Inc Dull market presents hardly any
change, while values on veal calves are around
75c higher.
Sales of butcher cattle during the week were
based on the following quotations:
SOUTHERN fair supply OF quar-
antine cattle arrived. and they were generally q
good lot OF Rrassers. with but q few that were
common. The market opened rather slowly. but
soon ltvened up considerably. and IN q short
while the pens were well cleaned at prices good
and steady with Thursday.
OF the calves on offer the nghe-weight kinds
sold readily at full steady prices, but the heavy
and coarse class found slow sale at prices that
showed a decline OF around Soc,
The supply for the day was - cars, containing
LIS head: against 4, cars and 1:2si head last Fri
day and 50 cars and LESS head two weeks ago.
The supply for the five days foots 81 cars and
shows = deorease Of q cars with last week and
sc cars the week before. but a gain of 70 cars
over the same time last month.
During tho week quarantine steers sold at S1I
6+S5, mostly at alod425: best 6rasssrs at $e5.
and best fed. steers sold at A.aS: cows sold at
81: soG3. s.: heifers at 81 ss93 10: bulls at $212.75:
mixed cattle at & 5SGs. 90. and calves At S2d28O
per cwt. and, $7G11 each.
Representative sales: