Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-02-22
Boston Live Stock Market.
CAMBRIDGE AND MEDFORL
For the Week ending Wednesday. Feb. 2O,.SG7.
Amount of Stock Mt Market


Cattle. Sheep. Sho;es, Fat Hogs.
This week, 1852 1853 600
Last week, l75l 1904 5000 600
One year ago, 2J0l 4iO3 las O000
PRICES.
DEEF-Per 100 lbs. OH total weight of HIDE
Talow and Meat, Extra, Sl3,25 $3.50; First
quality, 10000 s 1900; Second quaiIty, $50. 90
$l2,75; Third qualify, $3.50 no; a few
choice single pairs Sl4 90 ) ; some of tho
poorest. Bulls, &c, S 900 $1,000.
Working OXcn-$I60 $17j; handy Steers
800 $3.50, or much according to their value fer
beef.
Cows and Young Calves Fair quality, So a
$40; extra, $50 $40; farrOw and dry, $40 a
stores-Thn Yonng cattle for fnrmers-Ycar.
years-oIds. 800 500.
Sheep-Pcr H., live weight, G &c; extra, -
Ices. Sheep and Lambs per head, i'll lots
5000 Il 90.
She tes-Wholesalc, 0 4 90 cts. retail, 90 a
90 cts.
Hides-Brighton, 10 alO Ice. per b.; country
lots Il ID CTS.
TaIIov-l , Il Sets per Id; country lots I Sc
Pelts-Bflghton. 81, % Sl,7j each.
Calf SEmS--l7a2Oc
REMARGs.-Thc supply of live stock over the
Northern roads is small this wcck--tha numhcr
of clttlc only AS Of which 100 were Western, by
he Fitchburg and Northern route. But that the
Northern druvcr, should not reap The benefit of
his small throw, there were something like 300
head, mostly young Western cattle sent over
to Cambridge from Brighton by the Albany dro-
vcrS. In This way the yards were we'll filled, and
The supply fully mp TO the demand. The wealth
cr is ApriI-ikc as il has been for the last twenty
days, and the frozen meat that reaches market
from Chicago and elsewhere must be quick V
disposed of at some rate. This takes the place
IF better and perhaps more Wholesome meat,
and the butchers represent the city market as
dull and unpromi>ng. Trade opened ut Cam
bridge much rs it closed last week at Brighton
several drovcrS appeared to he dissatisfied par-
ticuIarly with the bids tor Oxen as other stock
WIS generally soonest disposed Of. Good oxen
were brought at y to II l-2c, and be, were al
lowed for only those re lily "first quality" The
Western WAS sold IN IL - to Is :. per III. or
jhc 10 which Landed at ,mhrid C. 81, of about
ll3j lbs, Spdfr l. Ia: Is *. anG IS 1900 lbs
each at 49,, 81 k. Northern cows and small
,tutF from Sla,jJ Sl2 per l0J lbs.
Only 2J0J sheep from all parts of New Eng
and. Luckily for the butchers they hId Sc
cured over 300 Western, and were able to tcIc-
sr,lrh 10 Albany for more; AMI unluckiy for ;hc
'trIvcrS the city mukct j. full Df mutton Ouv
butcher said there WIS not stall in F.mruil Han
market lhLt would sell ont present stock much
/ h III of four Il ys-np lturdly night. Con-
&c luentv they stood our a@nin-t the adv NEE
which the drOvcr> thought the small >up Nv
/ iuihorIZCd ;hrm 10 make on i>t week. pr,Cc>
/ Nuilc fthC Western, We were told were sold at
/ good profit tor s. H.. through. Western sheer
| -hrink considerably less IN n Northern. Many
/ If the Northern drawers were commission
/ Those tn II were in sale brought II ~ 3-ic. pei
| 3D., over last weeks Rates. A small lot OF River
led cO>Sc>, averaging 100 lbs. cIch, Sul,l Ia
s - per H., but most OF he droveS from to I,
per 10. The butchers are confident that mex
week ''thC boot wi he ON tothcr leg"