The Portland daily press., 1867-08-29
Cambridge Market.


CAMBRIDGE, Aug %.
Receipts-Cattle. 1896; Sheep and Lambs, 10, 161
Horses, SO; Swine, 2,e3s; Calves, none.
PRICES. Beef Cattle Extra, $11 20 q II 90; first
quality $o25 70 7S second quality, g 90 q 10 co.
prices Store oxen pair $780,
Mich Cows and Calves from $40, 500, $7S, $50
Ysar ra go s two years old $40 so; three
Prices Of Sheep and Lambs-In lots 81 70, So 90,
SSZo @ 80 90 each; extra 50 rs q 3d. or from &c
Spring Lambs 50 90 q 50 50. XIX, ~. -. +.
Veal Calves So q $40. -, sad ,.i,s.t. - 4
= Hides 10 q 10kc. Tallow q 7tc y fb. ~ 81
Lamb Skins 60 q 15c each. Calf Skins 20 a 25c y
Z NIB. Beef Extra and first quality includes moth
quality includes the best grass-fed Oxen, the best
stal-fed Cows and tho best three year old Steers
ordinary consists Of Bulls and the refuse of lots.
Sheep-Extra includes Cossets, and when those Of
inferior quality are thrown out of the lot.
kemarks-Cattle-Re Receipts including Western
a orr from Brighton We're 266; Of this number,
9lZ mead were from the Northern States. The in
creased number of arrivals has been damper upon
prices, which have fallen off all OF 81 ~ cwr. from
last week The general tone of the market was fair
Sheep and Lambs-The supply OF this week was
the largesti of the season. Drovers looked dubious
when they got bids Of 50 80 P head for Lambs which
sold a week ago for SO so New York drovers sold
full 81 lower; The supply being large, buyers had
nearly the whole control of the market ti-a-H'
N. B-The long talked of change in the DAYS ior
the Cattle markets. which we had thought would not
occur has again revived and it seems to be almost
Thursday instead of Tuesday, and at Brighton on
Friday. The prevailing feeling among the drovers is
to that effect 1t will save considerable amount Of
work now done by drovers on Sunday. Pr at
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i'N t''f Brighton Market.
- Brighton. Aug, %.
Atmarket for the current week: Cattle, 1851 Sheep
Cattle 2,l5i; Eastern Cattle, sss; Working Oxen and
Northern Cattle 25o Cattle left over from last week
quality $12 so q $1275; second quality $11 90 a
$l2 co. third quality SO 90 90 Sl1 90 y 100 lbs 1.-THE
total weight of hides, tallow and dressed beef.
Country Hides 10 q 1oac y fb; Country Taiow, 2
Brighton Hides, lie p ib; Brighton Tallow, q s3c
F3 ib. N 7t.e'E - -alt
Calf Skins 16 g 1sc " ib. Sheep Skins, 80 q 75c
market than has been in before this season in any
one week. The supply from the West is very large,
and the quality. especially of large portion of them
is poor. Most OF the best lots were taken at COM
mission. The prices upon the best grades have not
declined more &c of cent " lib; but upon the poor
er qualities drees have declined from 5oc @ 81 from
Of working oxen and stores for which there was a
fair demand. is't 44"t
Store -Prices-Ye arlings $40 a 25; year
olds $50 g $45, and year olds $50 a $50 as head.
Nearly all the small Cattle that were in fair cond-
ton were bought up 10 slaughter. t.rl,.fs &.
Working Oxen-There was good supply in mar
ket. Prices were not quite high as they were last
week. We quote sales at $685. $780, $685. $500, $2l0,
$225, s235, $3.50, $500 to $40 }y pair.
Mich Cows-We quote sales extra $s5 q 500;
ordinary $50 q $50; Store Cows $45 q 30 per head.
Prices Of Mich Cows depend altogether upon the
fancy Of the purchaser. ..t4
Sheep and Lambs-The supply from the West was
large. We quote sales of lots at g. 5f 81, 81 65c P
10 for Sheep Lambs at 50 so, $275, 49, 80 20 50 80,
Swine-Store Pigs, wholesale at a &c ~ ib retail
at 6t &c P h. There were about 400 Store Pigs IN
market, mostly from Columbia county. Fat Hogs
1890 at market; prices at II @sc ~ lib.