The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-14


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HOGS-Ine receipts are again small the ar
rivals amounting to around $500 head. In quail
~ the offerings averaged quite good. considering
was good representation; of lights and me
diums on SALE IN III m mar opened SLOW dull.
cline Of iOG from prices paid Thqrsday Real
mon onss received Cd the fuiI benefit of the de
clin" Ordinary packers sold very slow. as pack
ious to take hold. City butchers were the most
active operators. The late market was very SLOW
s sRa dull and =" few late arrivals remained I'M
Fair to best butcher and heavy hogs sold at
s..S9g..eo: good medium weights and packers at
s. 25H. 80. tas bulk at s. Seg ~ lisnls IL 40 20
reaghs ana .cuIis at ssqs.SS. ,,.r
of The the top hogs Of the IS aa Rs 0u
5, .29a1 t5. against a top of s'6S. and the bulk
The main drove of packers bought by Swift &
Co; today averased 2o4 lbs and cost g. "a; the
eraged 2o5 lbs. and cost s7.s5 and me main drove
fought BY a., the St louis Dressed Beef Company
SHEEP-The receipts of sheep continue light.
the arrivals during tne first four days of the
than one good days supply; The demand remains
s9S and al Ssb a mutton snv si sSe n
months, lambs reaching 1.3' and native mutton
Tnses ss ad ff Su a5s
ANYTHING they get to fl urgent orders This
meet the demand To-day the supply small
and the market on firm basis,
sold at s55oa'.35. the bulk at ss.5oa1; native
and W mutton tito NIB SheeP sold At o, rsss
s snS bucks sold lo si 81 n amRs #
HoRsfs :. s; far as immediate conditions were
Friday. transactions being reduced to a minimum
by the nonpresence of buyers and the lmitedness
few private trades of a local character. which
had no significance in the market AZ to the
it was strong and was a chief Characteristic in
a satisfactory close. which has for its accom-
values haven gained ABOUT a dur
ing the week under one, of the most lively move
ard market classes, such drafters. Eastern
chunks farm bsa and an
lent demand. and the Improvement was carried
inferior kinds
Horse quotations:
to extra sSo nG g b
fair to good. ss5asO; good to choice. ss5allo.
Coach horses and cobs-Fair TO good. s1i0q1I5;
choice TO extra. s2ooq5oo Horses. for the South
Small. light drivers. fair to good. s3oTi5: choice
to extra. 5000: southern drivers; large. $50
rs Export chunks-l.2O0 to 1900 lbs. plain to
good. s75aso: choice to extra. slloalso. business
drivers-Fair to good. sS601l0. choice to extra,
S125Gl5o. Saddlers for Southern use-Fair to
fancy gated and New York saddlers. s15Od9oO
Inferior horses-Common, small plugs. s2O430:
heavy work plugs. s50d60.
MULE-The fresh offerings of mules embraced
only few odd head to the commission market
and about loads to dealers. but there were
still in first hands several carloads which had ar
rived on earlier days, but owing to the slow con-
ditions some classes had been carried over Tor
want of what owners considered satisfactory bids
The market was in line with the conditions which
have surrounded it during the week. namely. that
a strong and active demand existent for
mules of good quality with size and finish but
as the quality descended the scale the effective
ness of the demand decreased until it vas very
dull and unsatisfactory trading the COM
mon and inferior kinds. The Southern trade is
not large ii week two ago hence
dealers are more critical in their purchases The
demand has charged from the smaller to larger
sizes and the consequence Is that the strength
of prices has acted accordingly. Weakness has
been shown the least desirable end of the
weeks receipts
MULE QUOTATIONS..
fFor broke mules. to years old)