The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-15
syAS AND INDIAN STEERS

HpiS.Ihe supply Of hogs was fairly liberal
against 10 30 Tuesday OF last week Other West
en- EN- markets ma, Mere also fairly We'll supplied A.
me being but Few buHcHcs OF trashy stock oE
The market opened on lower basis the decline
an ountinS to 6alnc from the early Monday mar
this basis trading was quite actiyeNon all decent
offerings. The good lights and good medium
the butcher trade. the hest sellers and
showed the least decline. while the heavy hogs
showed the greatest loss.
The late market was. loo TO l5e lower than the
Selected lights. I22 to l4S his. sold a, s. 7oa
80 lights $50 10 rs lbs. a, SIG So medium
weights at ;535a3 10 and good heasies a; s. 81
, sHE ;5- reesip,s Of sheep quite lip,
amounting ,b,Gn to nsarlv 800 good proportlon q
a'S@ s~ in w ase a IN iht G ANY Th a2
good ones were on sale rule they were only
MoEGay The s99d fat, sheep ana lambs selling
reaGiiv ana fun steady but later the market
basis and rather slow. especially on those that
we're only fair to medium In quality. the stock
several loads that came in late were held over
HoRSES-The horse market keeps up in It's
quiet strain The arrivals to market Tuesday
w ,o OF small volume and effectively were not
Guence being that the public sal" was postponed
pirate eay and TIL I'll ,STs s
air of Guietude around the market and confined
activity within small sphere.
There are few Eastern BUYERS the market.
hrt otherwise the trade presents rather quiet
SYMPTOMS. Little or no Southern demand pre-
walls. and this fact has narrowed the demand
down to good to choice heavy offerings. Values
Which were abou, .5ai5 lover than '; 1he week
preceding. The summer quietness has arrived
in real earnest and hnrsemen DO not expect any
great amount az strength or activity. I, Is
largely retail market.
Horse quotations:
Heavy draft-Comrlon TO good si31df75: choice
10 extra SseGc5J. Cnunks-lI50 TO 1850 lbs. fair
TO good SlJDEilJO. coed 10 choice s!sod2G. Coacn
horses ard cobs-Fair TO good sl50G2.ti: choice 10
extra s5cnd5oo, Horses for the South-S-inll
light drivers. fair good Si5G66: choice extra
sIOaloo: Southern drivers. large slloai75. Export
Shunksal 70? to 100 hs plain to good tll9P
Fair to good slc5dI5j: choice 20 extra Sl6n92O.
Ss5diers for Southern use-Fair to good ss5Iico:
choice 10 extra $3.50" 49, fancy gated and New
York sadders sorlT3sn. Inferior horses-CoIn-
mon. small plugs $3.50: heavy work plugs So
MULES-A load or two Of mules 70 the East
and few small punches to Southern districts
was the total Of shipments made Monda-. which
shows that the exterior demand Is very light
and that the market n result. is reduced TO
Quiet basis. There is little strength activity
IN the local demand on this account. and deal
ers arc proving very discriminating buyers. want
Ing only the best classes tit for immediate ship
ment on order. The market on medium and plain
offerings is very slow. Prices have opened the
week practically steady. with the conditions
vailing last week. which were comparatively
lower than the week preceding. The general mar
ket is a, least S5I..i0 below the prices during
! the latter part Q. June.
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