The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-12-08
Briahion, Cambridge and We dford Cattle
Markets.
Especial Dispatch by International Line.l

Especial Dispatch by International Line.l
BOSTON. Tuesday, Dec. 7.
At market this week:-2297 Cattle 1893 Sheep
and Lambs; last week. 1896 Cattle, 9e37 Sheep and
Lambs, 7l00 swine. From Maine COG Cattle, 283
sheep.
Prices Besves1Extra quality, s12 Is q - 90;
Il 90; third quality $40 90 a SIT co. poorest graaes
Of coarse oxen, bulls, &C., Sc 90 q So Many of the
Cattle were sold by the pound live weight.
Country hides a 74c; Country Tallow @ SIC; Cali
Skins 16 g 1Sc % fb; Sheep and Lamb Skins 81 90 q
Working Oxen--We quote extra $225 a 275; ord1-
nary $50 9 5000; handy Steers $40 to $40 %y pair
The supply in market was full enough for the de-
Store te-Yearlings $13 to 21; two years olds at
$2l to 45 three years olds at $45 65 poor year
lings and two year ods So to 20 ~ head. Most otthe
beet.
Mich Cows-Prices of Mich Cows depend much
upon the fancy of the purchaser. Most of the Cows
in market are OF an ordinary grade prices yary from
Sheep and Lambs-we quote selection. and extra
Lambs 81 80 to 30 " head, or from to &c }5fb.
Swine,store Pigs, wholesale 94c; retail, 10 g lie
y fb.; Fat Hogs a SIC % tb.
~ q 13c ~ tb. 20' f'O'
Droves from Mane-J Prescott, 10; Thompson
G Hammond. IS; NJ w Norton, 20; j A Abbott. is !;
Leavitt q Bailey, 19; A II Clark, rs; Estes, SO;
, Ward w = Hall ri Briggs, p; Maxasd 8 Davis
Lttllefeld, 1850; Sleeps Chick, 1O4 b Blinn, IT ;
J Twitchell, IT; A Malcom, s; Ii Merriam ;
Bean & Bartlett, II Cattle.
Remarks-The supply from the West this week
was light and the quality mostly of common grade
From the North there were but light supply of
Cattle. From Maine there were nearly double the
number OF that of last week. and but few beef Cat
tie among them, the larger portion of them being
Working Oxen and small Cattle, Tor which droyers
could not get home prices offered tor them in some
instances. The market opened very dull and unless
there are more buyers around tomorrow than there
has been to-day there will be large number left
over; Good beef commands ready sale. But few
Cattle sold as high as 13c ~ ib.
We quote sales as follows:-E M Littefield sold 179
Sheep at 50 " head; johnson q Willis sold two
year old heiiers for $147 the lot; pair and OK for
sos % head, girth feet; coarse stag for $50;
yearling bull for $1S j Prescott sold cow for
$780, 10 Tbs; springer for $45; pair, feet inches
year olds, for Sill; pair year old, Z feet for
Sis; M w Norton sold two year old heifers for
SIT; Reed sold springers Tor $40 ~ head; beef
cow tor $35; Wells q Richardson sold pair 4 feet
inches, for $225; year old heifer for $22 b Estes
sold l pair, feet, coarse, for $105; pair feet
inches, for $1s5 pair, feet inches, tor $40;
two year old heiers tor $22 P head; Leavitt g. Bal
ley sold pairs, feet and 10 inches, for $120: |
pair three year old, feet inches, for $751; pair
feet 10 inches, three year DID, for $780, cow for
$40; Briggs sold poor cows tor S15 each; 1 beet
COW for $50; pair poor three year old for $40; 1
pair three yearod, feet inches for 500; pairs
feet inches for 1920 P pair.