The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-23
8 y INDIAN STEERS.

H~oGs-Although a very small supply Of hogs
decline s AMOUNTING .nS ns't to about SC S from Inc best
time on Wednesday, on this basis trading was
quite slow sale. as nobody wanted them; Ihs
good. does not average SO well as two months
sEoa; there being LESS less area neal ,t sS9a h Tss sI h9ss ., I'M
ply was soon exhausted and late arrivals sod
promptly. as there was no material change in
Fair to best butcher and heavy hog. sold a.
IS. a The bulk at ss.ssas.o: Lights. i! 10
10, lbs. at Sc; 99as.75, the bulk al ss.ioa9 60:
The Top of the market was s6:s5 and the bulk
So. against a top of $3.50 and the bulk at $3.50
The main drove OF packers bought by. Swift &
G Go; today SSays b bos;sh; Sx 2S 9sI Iss; md cost I 81 sss' ;v the
bought by the st. Louis Dressed Beef Company
AVERAGED 30 lbs. and cos; $3.50
lambs was on sale. in fact not enough TO satisfy
fst. handy-weish; sheep. and lambs and all such
S @ssn nsaarty a., +, s pre-, is n5SuI re iSs hisn 81 * .nn Witch Oh
months. The best native mutton, sheep sold al
sold recently, Heavy ewes and big, coarse buck bsHas
HORsES-A heavy volume Of business has been
on a lower basis. From the start conditions
proved unfavorable. there were fewer buyers
FEVER aoS orders and no a a general fssa9lIS6i backward eh ( On d ha@s
was shown, As the week advanced. several buy
ton in Eastern markets. ard this naturally had
the effect Of further combining the weakness:
as noticeabiy as the Southern. and farm buying
was lower in sympathy with general movement;
Of last weeks quotation Plenty Of pretty good
but the deduction from their values was the least
Il an FIRST L to e.h hG5ses T lower st tend slaS; 'h The G indis
cations at The close OF the market are for a
lished. Consignors. however. are allowing the
concessions and closing out ,consignments. and
the opinion during the week that the reaction
was caused by e sudden lIl in The Eastern de-
mand and would prove only temporary.
HEAVY draft-c!cmmen to good. sisoa15o; choice
fair to good. .ssasoi good to choice. sssa1I9
s SHsss to h0s es:ra al ssOc s9sslF asrs ss i ESoa he si sSa,sM
5, Small. light .2ss drivers =. fair to good. Ssoa45; choice
s :ssaasse eheRsSt to Extra 10 . siiSeai iss.' BRa nsine se s Sfis.
50. saddiers FOR Southern use-Pa ie't to god.
and sSas S:w es yars, s to Extra ,, sls al fancy GATED
n,;on small plugs, secaso; heavy work
have reached extreme. proportions. the total for
four days approximatins 1900 head. about l. 900
sion market. the remainder representing arrivals
to the dealers: The market has been in first
Ris demands from he so.t hMe hsaes supply:
kept the supplies moving outwardlv about as fast
as they came in. and as n result the dealers
bought fresh arrivals readily on the commission
market. There were but few changes In the
essential conditions Of the trade. the trade as a
rule being on a steady basis. Good to choice
mules. Is hands and up. were eagerly wanted by
all buyers. and sold firmly to perhaps a shade
fair movement. but the thin. Ereenish and bad
haired ores were as slow as ever. Hardly as
good results were obtained from little mules.
Good. fat mature mules Of all sizes had been
selling well. but this week buyers discriminate
a little on size. and those under Is hands were
not as much wanted as before. Sales have been
going on pretty uniformly and very few hold
overs have been carried over from day, to day.
Mule quotations flor broke mules. 4 to Z years