Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-03-27
Boston Live Stock Market.
BRIGHTON, CAMBRIDGE AND MEDFORD
For theWeek ending Wednesday, Mar. 25. 1868
Amount of Stock at Market.

This week, 1901 5255 600 900 leo
Last week, l706 6574 600 900 $50
year ago, 1868 Ass 200 200 100
PRICES.
BEEF-Per 100 lbs. on lightweight of Hide,
Tallow and Meat, Extra. $l4,75 a $500; First
quality, $l400 a S so; Second quality, $500
Sl3,75; Third quality, Sll,00 a $l2,75 a few
choice single pairs, $500 10000; some of the
poorest, Cows, Bulls, &C., 10000 10000.
Working Oxen--Nominals Sl60 a $500; han
dy Steers $l25 Sl75, or much according to
their value as beef.
Cows and Young Calves-Fair quality, 500
SO; extra, $50 500; farrow and dry, $35
$55.
Stores-Thin young cattle for farmers-Year-
lings, 800 90 a 500 90; Two-year-old 500 500;
Three-years-old, 800 500.
Sheep-Per h., live weight, a 0-0c; extra,
s LA 10 90 cts. Sheep and Lambs, per head.
in lots, 5000 5000.
Fat Hogs Per h., 600 a 00-0cts., live
weight; Shotes-Wholesale, 90 a cts; retail
100 00-0cts.; Pigs, 90 600 cts. per Id.
Veal Calves-SO,00 10000.
Hides-Brighton, 10 90 0-0c. per h.; country
lots 90 9 ID cts.
Calf Skins-16 lie.
NATURALIZATION, s 90 a 1-2cts per Id; coun-
try lots, 90 Z IL cts.
Pelts-Sl, so a $3.50 each; country lots dry.
$0,62 81 CO., Lambs 90 00c, shorn 90 00c,
each. Wool, 5000 5000.
| REMARKS.-The receipts over the Northern
road were about 400 head of cattle. Besides
these there were about 40 Canada cattle that
passed over the old agricultural road and land
ed at Brighton, and Is from Maine. The market
we think is a little less unfavorable to the cattle
drovers than that of last week. Notwithstand-
ing the snow banks which seriously impede trav-
cling in the highways of this section. the stock
trains arrived in good season. The supply.
though small, appears TO be fully equal to the
demand, at present prices, which consumers re
gard as very high. Most of the cattle at Cam
bridge were sold in the 70 renoon. Baldwin and
Brown had carload of good oxen, one pair
1900 lbs at home at 15c, one pair 1900 lbs at Ia
lie, one pair AGO lbs at IA SAC, and one pair
$3.50 lbs at lac. Batchelder & Bros. sold 16
Durham steers from Champlain, NY, at 10 3-4c
l-3 SIX. and 4 at II LIE, IS shrink. L. S. Eddy
10 oxen, HOO lbs. at l4c cows at IL and II 1-2o
per Id. Of the Canada cattle, II were sold fol
Sc and Is for lie per ID, live weight.
BY some means the sheep butchers overstock
! ed the mutton market last Monday by running
in too many of the Western sheep which arrived
at Brighton last Saturday, and they were Obliged
to put some of the meat into the Commission
, houses to be sold by distress" consequently
7 they were a little sore and good deal cautious
, about their purchases this week. and a large
number were taken on commission, as the drov
erS seemed to have more faith in the future 0
the mutton market than the butchers. One 10
of very superior Canada coarse wool sheep anC
lambs, averaging l40 lbs, at Cambridge, were
sold for 10c per 10. But for like qualities tn,
. prices were much as last week, for lots ACTUALLY
sold, Notwithstanding the holding back of buy
ers. The small number of Northern, only abou
: 2400 in all, saved the dlovers from more unfa
vorable result. Western about 5000.