Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-12-14
Boston Live Stock Market.
CAMBRIDGElAND MEDFORD
For the Week ending Wednesday, Dee. 70, 1866.
Amount of Stock at Market

Amount of Stock at Market.
Cattle. Sheep. Shotes. Fat Hogs.
This week, 1900 1880
Last week, 2lS2 1924 800 1000
One year ago, 247l lOO57 $50 1900
PRICES.
BEEF-Per 100 lbs. on total weight of Hide,
TaIow and Meat, Extra, Sl3,O $780, 90; First
quality, $1,000 : 1915; Second quality, 81 90
a Sl1,75; Third quality, 5000 a $3.50; a few
choice single pairs 800 90 a $ some of the
poorest, Bulls, &C., s 100 $500.
Working OXen--Sl75 $3.50 handy Steers
$15 $50, or much according to their value fer
beef.
Cows and Young Calves Fair quality, S45
so; extra, $50 500; farrow and dry, $50
S45.
Stores-Thin Yonng cattle for farmers-Year-
lngs, $50 s22; Two years olds 1913 S45 Three
years-olds $40 sos
Sheep-Per h., live weight, 4 sc;
Sheep and Lambs, per head in lots, 81 rs 81 90
Fat Hogs-Per h., a IL cts live weight.
Shotes-WhOlesale, a 10 cts; retail, 10 q
ii cts.
Hides-Brighton, 10 l-2 IL ID c. per h.. country
lots l-2 9 cts.
TallUW-8 IL a cts. per ID.
Pelts-Brighton, 81 90 ST. ,25 each.
Calf Skins-20c.
Observation-Disclosures of cattle over the North
ern roads about 900 or something over 100 more
than last week. There were some good oxen
but the general quality of the stock about the
same as last week, anu we can See Out uLtIS I'LL
! ference in prices as compared with last week
Most of the drOyers had more or less sheep as
well as cattle; and this week the sheep occupied
! a large share of the attention of drovers. This
| with the delay of the Vermont Central trains
| over the Fitchburg, made the trade appear drag
/ ging and later than usual, but we think prices
about the same as last week The sheep market
! however, is quite difficult in most respects The
receipts at Medford and Cambridge, according to
our count amount to the enormous sum of 10000.
| With some 600 from Albany and 900 from Maine,
our sum total for the week, approSinates 5000
! a number unparalleled during the period of our
| acquaintance with the market. The great bulk
of the stock is fair to poor. The best lots find
much more ready sale, and ut comparatively bet
ter prices than the commOnality. The Vermont
Central trains over the FItchburg, very largely
freighted with sheep, did not reach the market
until nearly II o'clock. nor until most of the
butchers had bought largely. In consequence OF
this delay we had little time for the trade al
Brighton. Early in the morning the droverS held
J up the market pretty well, but later in the day
they were obliged to lower prices, until they
found themselves pretty much at the mercy OF
the drovers. Lots sold very uneavenly, but
we think the market will average full SOC pei
head lower than last week. and very many lots
ST. Good sheep, IS to over 80 lbs, were sold fol
sc and some culls as low as one dollar per head
81 25, 81 so, $500, $3.50 sc. One or two lots o.
, extra good coarse wool lambs brought LIE il
the forenoon We heard one of the butchers say
2 after the Vermont Central arrived, that he migL
then pick up 1000 to market on commission
Drovers were glad to listen to any proposal by
= which they should be rid of their tiocks.