The Portland daily press., 1869-10-28
Brighton, Cambridge and NIedford CATTLE
Markets.
Especial DISPATCH by International Line.l

lSpecialDispatch by international Line.l
BOSTON. Wednesday, Oct q.
At marketth this week -4579 Cattle. II $50 Sheep and
Lambs, 100 Store Pigs, 5000 Fat Hogs; last week,
ZIG Cattle IS 652 Sheep and Lambs, 800 Store Pigs,
1000 rat Hogs, and % Veals from Maine, 4s9 Cattle
PRICES -Beeves-Extra quality s1s 90 q 10 so;
first quality $12 % q S12 75 second quality 81 70 q
T. 90; third quality $40 % q 81 co.; poorest grades
1.-THE total weight of hides, talow and dressed beeil
Prices of Hides Tallow and Standardization Hides
q q loci Brighton TallOw q slc % Iii; country St
Skins 70 q SHE each: Lamb Skins rs q SIC each;
Calf Skins 20 q 2sc y Ii.
Working Oxen-We quote extra $40 q 1926; ordl-
nary $3.50 q $500; handy Steers $50 to SIS y pair.
There has been a fair demand for Workers.
Mich Cows-We quote extra $s5 a us; ordinary
$50 to 80; Store Cows $35 to S55 head Prices tor
Cows depends great deal upon the fancy OF the
purchaser. A large portion of the Cows brought to
market are OF an ordinary grade
Stores Yearings $1S to $50; Two year olds $50 to
$45; three year Odds $45 a S65 y hea!. Many OF
small Cattle that are in fair condition are bought to
slaughter.
Sheep and Lambs-Extra lots and selections So 80
to 81 co. ordinary lots from 81 Is to So 90 P head,
from to &c aY h.; Lambs from So 90 to 81 80 "
swne-store Pigs, Wholesale III to 12Ic; retail 10
to i5e ib. Columbit county Pigs, none in market;
Fat Hogs, 1000 at market; prices l0s "a 114c P lib.
Poultry-Extra 10 q Zoe; medium to good II to
1Sc; poor 16lc P h.
and 229 sheee; 6 W Hollis. 495 Sheep, j Gray, 10
Cattle; j Withee, 20; G Wells, 45; Wells & Rich
ardson, 10; d Wells Sc; 4 Merriam, 8; d
F Fletcher, -; J L Twitchell, q; j Crowley. Is; N
Racxlif, IS; FarAsworth & Eaton, Il; T J Saw
age age, 20; Withee, Il; Martin q Colby, IA; Fl L
kemarks-The supply OF Cattle in market is
larger than the demand requires so soon after hav-
extra beeves IN market, which sold nearly. if not
quite, as high as the quality sold tor one week
ago, but upon the common grades there has been
falling off in prices equal to to &c y fb, and the
trade is duh. There was good supply OF Working
Oxen among those from Maine and several lots OF
beeves.
We quote sales of Maine Cattle as follows:-G
Wells sold Is at 12c " h. dressed wei sht at lie ~
H. dressed weight; pairs Working oxen, girth 6
inches. for $500; pair, grth 6 feet Q inches, for
500; pair, prth feet inches, for $l45; Mich
GST oE e &c., Jennings for s5 P
sold pair, girth feet, for $780, pair, girth feet
INCHES, Tor $50; pair, girth feet inches, tor
lings at SIS " cad; Cow heter tor $25; 4 Cattle
at lie " tb dressed weight; Miller sold pair,
girth feet inches, for $1s5; pair girth feet
feet inches for $l4O; 10 two years olds, at 70 ~
head; do at $35 y head; 2 do at 1872 " head; R d
Bynn sold pair at l2e p tb, 40 per cent shrinkags
dressed weight; 6 at lie do; pair, eirth feet
inches, for 400 pair, grth feet inches, for $780,
feet inches, for $3.50; Wells q Richardson sold
pair grIh z feet, tor $205; pair, girth feet 10
ioche,, for s1s5; pair three year Odds grth feet
10 inches, for Sl00 pair two year olds, girth feet
inches, for $7O pair, glrt feet inches, for
s165; pair, gr'h feet, ior s195; ( $ Richardson
$40: 2 for 500 y head; two year olds at s25 y
head; 6yearling, at SIS P head; II E Merriam sold
feet 10 inches for 5000; Twitchell sold i pair,
grth feet for S2O0 pair three year Odds for $780,
two year old Heters at SAT so P held; at $32 do;
Thompson & Libby sold pair, girth feet inches,
for $780, pair, girth feet. for $3.50; Iair, grth
teet, for S1s5; pair girth feet inches for $i75;
Cows for $160; 8 yearlings at $22 Y head pair,
grth feet inches, tor $3.50; coarse for $780,