Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1869-09-08
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BOSTON CATTLE MARKET

BOSTON CATTLE MARKET.
RePOrtsdaAf autographed Epressly 10 t4eGrssn NJ 9
tam Freeman.
At Cambridge and Brighton, for the rect
ending Sept. s, 1869.
ThefoilOwing is the amount Of stock al Marker.
Garlic sheer sholss- Swine. Veal
E [a.; week ~ss s sss5 ls ssss 200 90 5000 5000 :.
one year ago. ag7 1881 100 1900 I ISa
Beef-EItra SIS % to Sl3 p: arsr quaint, sl2o.
si2 IS I'd quality $40 50 to Il -; 81 q%usiii, a. ~ 10 ~
$40 30, per ewt, on total weight OF hide. -. "a ana
adsss e oeei. A few choicest single pairs zoe 90 10
working oxen-Sl5o to 250 per pair. OF according 10
Mich COws-S40to $40; extra good, s75to $50. W.T..
OF withoutcalves, as may b~eagreed farTow and ord M
ry, $50 to $50.
sroRE'-fearlings $3.50 SIS twoyezre ole So
% three years old, 500 to 90.
Veal Cslves-S0 TO 500 per head.
sheeP+to 5 ! PC; extra I to Sets. per Id.
Sheep and Lamb-Ss 10 ST..
Fat HOgs-l0 10 lie.
Shotes Wholesale, II to I2c; retail Ito I4.c.
~Hides-Brighton 5tO 10 cts; COuntryTots, s - trQI~
1allo"E TO 81 Country lots : to BE
Pelts-wilh wool 60 to So each, country Iots s25
to s IS. Dry, 90 to 50 90
Calf-skins. 20 TO % Cts
REMARKs-In consequence of the falling or q
nearly half of the usual supply Of Western cattle.
prices advanced at Brighton from IA to LIE. perln.
this has made the demand for best Northern cattle
better than last week, but as one of the butchers
Receipts over the Northern roads at Cambridge.
were larger than on any previous week this season.
amounting TO lO65, viz. $40 from n H, so from VI.
l4O from y. y, and 100 from Canada.
F.. F. Brady, sold 80 Champlain Valley cattle as
follows ? oxen, 23 years old and - years o8
steers for be IS SIX. or S720; 10 steers, 1928 lbs.
each live weight, at lie. dressed weight I extra
) years old heifer for SO or II 3-4c. per ID: and DRY
cows and young cattle at 9 70 Zoe. per H. An.
Bowen, sold 53years old steers at 10 lie, - *.
625 lbs dressed 81 years Old heters at : I-2c. / COW
and young calf for SIS g. w. Brownel sold
heifer At lie 40 SIX, and , at = l2c. 10 SIX, A Alden
sold 1 coarse pair of oxen for $l65 or 10 II on est
mated weig&t- g. T. Houghton, sold Is 3 years -
steers. part of s. fed by ED. Wilcox, to J. b. ThofD
as on private terms. 10 to f. :. Williams, at he
6 at lie; ? milch COW at $50 and $50
OF the Western, - were sold AT 8 Sic L Al ; lie.
% at - 1-oc- u at &C. per Id. live weight OF PSI
weighed and shrunk, , at 10 he - Al lie. 81 al I2--
6 AT y Lie 81 at y lie Il al BE. - at Is lie per
10.
The lowest priced were Texans, the highest for
extra steers The number OF sheep and lambs from
West is only 1923. As lambs Increase in size and
their wool In length the price ~ the head may II
crease, while the butcher is getting his meat cheap
er. There are this week many excellent coarse
wool lambs from Canada, New York, &c. >elec-
tiOns from which were sold at 81 70 $3.50, but good
lots at % TO $3.50 1. Wilson sold at s. CIV
BrOwnell at 1915; Dan Brown bought a car load al
S4,l2, and one at $3.50; r, Z. Foster sold a mixel
lot for $3.50; c Ii. French sold 4 sheep at SIS per
head; q. d. Berry at S3,25 and $3.50, 40 Canals
lambs at 7c. per pound