The St. Louis Republic., 1904-01-14

YEARIISGS.

l.. 80. 100 l., 40. 80
the market opened IA shade better N all decent
mutton stock. Tracing "as active and tho
early aTrIyals son cared up Halt-iat KINDS
sold rather SLOW and only steady. buyers being
ewes are are also slow sale and thin buck LAMBS
are not wanted 10 any great extent. Some de-
Inand exists for stockers. but It is only FOR the
best grades and not very urgent. However. the
offerings are also light.
on sale. but not 80 many as former days this
|. week. the supply 10 date being the largest for
any consecutive three days FOR many months.
The five principal Western markets had a total
OF IS. 100 head sale.
The marke; opened with an extra good de-
r1and from all sources, trading was very ac-
tive and the market was generally considered
the advance was even rnoIe. Good heavy and
butcher hogs showed the greatest improvement
sold the quickest and were soon all cleaned
up. with the demand stiH unsatisfed- Lights
and pigs around lGc higher generally there
not beng quite as much Improvement on them
a. the heavier grades. The market continu ID
pctive throughout the day and closed firm. with
ali decent offerings disposed Of.
Good butcher and heavy hogs sold at &jlt5.15.
as O5. lights above $50 lbs. average :i.e5di.s5
lights under 150 lbs. average "a 30n4.75. pgs un-
81 90af4 60. The bulk OF the hogs weighing iJ5
lbs more sold at si.sJao.95. against si.I5ep
HoRsEs-Airivals Of horses now ruling
heavier than last week. and. according TO adj
which VIII bring the total up to a higher point
than for several weeks: The larger arrivals
ard verv brisk and uniformly active move
meTt prevails In general way the demand
Is not intensely competitive last week.
and some OF the planer classes are perhaps
not selling TO as high a basis. However. the
market retains all its strength the good 10
choice grades Of southern horses. TopDy. little
Southern chunks and drivers are being sought
with avidity by all buyers, and are selling ap-
proxirnately with the highest time IN nany
having a fair outlet but by no means as good
a trade as the top kinds. The supply in the
auction Wednesday amounted to $50 head and
was composed OF all kinds. Some very good
chunks were available. which sold fairly well.
but not relatively high when contrasted with
the prices at which SoutheTn horses sell
ing Quite a few choice harness horses are in
ciuded in the supply. which is TO be sold dur
ing the last days OF the week. Summed up
not as keen as last week. except on the higher
gIade of Southern horses.
Horse quotations:
Heavy draft common to good. ......... .s1G0G1J0
Heavy draft. choice to extra. l7ali210
Chunks, fair to good. JlIlZl
Chunks. choice to extra. 133sl1JG
Farm chunkS-.-.. IsTllv
Southern iorses. plain to good s9fr s.
Southern horses. choice to extra. 1olnl25
Southern drivers. l2oq1l0
Harness horses .------r----------.-- l59di 400
MULEsMule receipts not coming in as
heavy numbers as at the Seginnirg OF the
week on account of the weakness which has
beset the trade On certain Glasses, but the total
OF arrivals for the first half of the week has
been very large. The coed to choice grades of
cotton mules selling equally good as at
any time last week. but all other kinds are
sz.50g5 lower. Early Tuesday the movement