The Portland daily press., 1870-09-01
Brighton, Cambridge and ucdford Cattle
Markets.

Especial Dispatch by International Line.l
BOSTON, Wednesday. Aug. 81.
At market this week:-3662 Cattle, 1873 Sheep
and Lambs 27s0 swine It's Veals; last week. 3Sl2
Sheep She ana LAMBS am sDo s"ne SO
PR1cEs.-Beeves~Ex quality s1s 25 q "A 90;
first quality $2 25 q $13 90; second quality 81 90
Of oae ana 6a s. poorest
Brighton Hides q 7ac;. Brighton Tallow g lie;
country hides 81 @ &c; Country Tallow q 6ic;
fb. V
Working oxen-we quote extra $3.50 @ 300; ordl-
nary Sl5O q S225; handy Steers $40 @ $1lO " pair.
Inc Trade tor Working Oxen has been very fair
The trade for Mich Cows changes very little from
week to week. most OF the Cows being OF an ordinary
Store Cattle-We quote sales Of yeariings at SIS a
20 Two years olds $25 q IS; three years ods $l5 e
The trade for Store Cattle has not been very acti,
thus season, and many OF them have been kept over
Tor several weeks past. Those suitable TOR beef COM
mand the most ready sale.
Sheep and Lambs-We quote selections and extra
1ots at VI 90 to 81 50 ordinary So 10 so " head
Lambs 81 30 g so ~ head; or from q &c " fb.
foultiy-Extra 1S q 19c; medium 16i q 163c; poor
pI Droves from Maine-T G Stone 1926 lambs; TV
tbrya van 80 90; Wells Co. Y do, 81 cattle; Es-
RIB Wells q Co. 81; b wells 80; Richardson SO;
=, W SRaulding -; Farrar s. Morrill, 20; II G!idden
s.; W Withse 81; Stimson & Morrill, 81; W W
mond 4; D Hobart 10; j Miller "a; Chase "a
Swain III Wall & Gibson Sc; w Daniels & Co.
6i; B0nney 49,; Cannon "a; Brown 81; But
terheld u White Is; Leighton u Russell 20; j Saw
yer IL; H N0rcross As; j Prescott 10; X Gilman
II; Hill 8; E Gilman 20; j Barrett %; "
Witherell IA; Fl Smell II; Libby ~ Thompson 81
McAlllster 49, Bean & Bartlett CT; Abbott 81
o. Wilbur Is; Ludwick II; r d Bllnn 10; Dian
+ Meserve z; b Estes 10; w Hussey 80 lambs; nj
Haskell CD do.
Remarks.-Tbe supply of Cattle from Miane in
market this week was not SO good in proportion to
the whole number last but the number was larger
than has been brought in from that section in any
week before this year. The demand for good Cattle
was very fair, but Tor the poorer grades tue demand
not very active, and prices were from to &c
fb lower than those of last week There were good
many small Cattle from the North and East and from
the West the number was lighter than last week and
quality poorer there being about twenty-five loads Of
Texas Cattle among Them A few of the best Cattle
Store cattle has not been very brisk.
Russell IL Leighton sold pair girth IT, for $3.50;
pair grfh IT in, tor $l35. coarse ones; pair
grth 1t in for 1855; 2paiTs girth IT 8 in, Tor
S24l pair girth IT, tor Si77.50; pair grth6 IT
ix, $125. j Htchics, pairs girth7 IT for $500
| y pair. q E Hammond Tair girth G IT 8 in, fol
$685. 1pair girta #, for Sai5 Wells 8 Richard
son, II at Sc " ib 40 per cent shrinkage; helfers
at $40 each; pair girth # in, tor S17O. Nor
| cross, pair girth 1T in, for $l47.50. Libby q
Thompson pair Durham steers home weight 4,0OC
lbs raised by Robert May, OF Monroe, Me, for 1855
pair girh it, tor $210; pair girth It n fol
| S130. Brown, pair girth # in, for $268. )
| Chase pair girth 1t, for $685. Miller II pail
girth tt, for $780, pair grth tt in, for SI75
| r Hobart, pair girth IT 6 in, for $50.