The Portland daily press., 1869-09-30
Brighton, Cambridge and Mcdford Cattle
Markets.
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BOSTON. Wednesday, Sept. 20.
At market this week: -3256 Cattle, 1856 Sheep and
Lambs. 400 Store Pigs, 1900 Fat Hogs and 40 Veals
last week, 1921 Cattle. 2,653 Sheep and Lambs 725
Store Pigs, 1900 Fat Hogs and 40 Veas; from Maine,
"A Cattle.
PRIcEs.-Becves-Extr quality s13 90 "a 10 25;
first quality $12 20 q S12 75 second quality s1i Is q
u 00 third quality $40 90 a $11 co. poorest grades
Of Cows, Oxen, Bulls, &c, $500 @,9Oo y 100 TBS.
Prices of Hides, Tallow and Skins-Brghton Hides
81 q 1Oc; Brighton Tallow q SIC % ID; country
Hides g 9se country IailoW q 7sc H.; Sheep
Calf Skins 20 a 2ic % ib.
Working Oxen-We quote extra $235 q $50; ordi-
nary $3.50 to 5000; handy Steers $50 to $3.50 W pair
The trade for Working Oxen was dull and q large
stofes-vearlngs s1s to s2s; two year Odds $2s to
small Cattle are bought up to slaughter
$40 to 70; Store Cows $35 to sos " head.
to 81 80; ordinary lots So 90 to So so R head
from 81 to &c ~ tb.; Lambs So 90 to 81 90 " head
The trade for Sheep and Lambs was about the same
Swine-Store Pigs, wholesale 10 a lie; retail II q
l2lc " h.; Columbia country Spring Pigs, wholesale
Poultry-Extra 19l q zoe; prime IS a 19c good tG
medium II g 1sc; poor L g 17c y IL.
nDI9ves from MaineIB & I, Is; Foss & Pesil, 2s
Thompson s. Libby, II; J H Withee, a ; H F Frost
%; % Worthley, %; Chick. 20; Fletcher, 20;
cro.seS Russe Crock
er, SO; L Twitohell, 10; A Malcolm, 10; M Hopkins
2; VIM Hottie, Q; A Farnum, 81; j S Richardson,
81 Martin d Richardson, SO.
Kemarks-The supply OF Cattle for the week is not
so large as that of last week. Those from The West
OF better grade and cost less Albany prices
tor beeves were from to Sc % b lower than those OF
last week. The trade for Working Steers and Steer
Cattle has been dull and drovers complain that they
cannot sell their stock at home prices. There were
several hundred Cattle lett from last market
winch with the fresh supply this week makes full
many Cattle as is required for this week.
We quote sales OF Maine Cattle as follows:-L
Worthy sold two year old heiers for $35 ~ head
at S3S; at $50; at $780, Chick sold 10 two year
ods at $780, Cattle at lie % h. So per cent. shrink
age average weight 1881 lbs; H F Fletcher sold 8
Cattle at 12c ~ fb 50 per cent shrinkage, average
weight 1881 lbs; two year olds at $35 SY head:
Cows for $3.50; w Dyer sold at 13c " h. dressed
weight; at 113c " fb, dressed weight; at 10tc
h. dressed weight; 20 two years olds at $50 each;
pair, grth 81 feet, for $3.50; pair, grth feet il
inches, for S175; pair grth feet inches, for $40
Frost sold two year ODDS at $81 the lot; three
year old for S43 pair two year olds, girh feet
| inches, for $50; Withee sold 1 pair nice ones
erth feet inches, for Se5; pair gIrth feet II
foches for $162; pair girh feet inches for $125
pair live weight 1000 TBS for $3.50; Cows from $45
| to S65 each G Wells sold Oxen at 121c ~ h.
dressed weight pair, girth feet 10 inches, for
firth feet for $I1O all good clean looking Cattle
| d Wells sold pair grth feet inches, for $780,
pair two wear oids at $50; B & sold pair, grlh
feet II inches for $3.50; pair, grth feet. tor 4O
| pair girth feet, for $l33; J Savage sold
pair three year old Steers at $35; Prescott sold
pair, girth feet inches, for $500; Cow at $40;
OK at $780,