Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-28
cane Markets,


WEDNESDAY, Feb. ~.
At Market lwatertown and Brighton cattle 27Il,
sheep and lambs 6j35, Swine l5,60l. From Vermont
-WatcrtOwn-cattle SO, sheep and lambs 4Gl.
Prices Of Market Beef-A few choice lO.75 10 SllOOj
extra s975 SlO25 first quality ss2j $685. second
quality 5000 a $50; third quality $500 n $3.50
Prices Of store cattle-workins Oxen, v pair, soo
$50, 500 n $3.50.
Mich Cows and Calves from s35 "a 500, extra SOS a
S55. Farrow Cows $50 a s3j
Yearlings $40 a SIS two years old $40 a SIS three
Prices Of Sheep and Lamhs-In lots, $3.50, $500 s45o
$500 a $3.50 each extra 81 a 5, from 40 40 v b.
Spring Lambs a Sic y ID.
Prices Of Hides Tallow and skns-Brighton Hides
81 a &C p ID Country Talow a. ste v H.
Pelts sI.75 % $3.50 each, Calf Skins l6 a 2Oc v h.
CLAssIFIcATIoS or CATTLE AND SHEEP.
y. B. Beef-Choce grade includes nothing but stall
includes the best large fat oxen. Second and third
quality includes oxen two and three year od steers
ferior quality are shrown out.
REMARKS
CateIu coneq uence Of the blocked railroads there
were no live stock trains made up at st Adams Water
bury or Montpelier IL was almost an impOssbility to
get stock 10 the depo and therefore no cars called
for. From the Lowell the three Northern trains com
bned made fifteen carloads, and arrived on time. We
have 10 report only IS head cattle at market These
few were hardly sufficient To establish price A few
Hastings sold oxen 10 dress 1000 lbs each, at l0c
dressed weight other oxen at shade higher. w.
Gilman sold threey eaTOld steers at &C. dressed weight
200 lbs each. The above at WATERFOWL.
At Brighton, the supply Of Beeyes was larger than
last week and Of better grade. The following sales
are reported, all live weight w. ScOllans 10 head at
74c average weight 1853, Woodbridge 81 head at tic
av. VT. 1876, Il head at Ole, VT 1857, Hathaway
SWIM head at 7sc av. W.T. 1876 head 7ic, 1885, s
head at nc av VT. 1860 head at sc, av VT. 1886
Monroe % head AZ 7tc VT. 1853, Is head az ne,
1895 10 head at CSC, W.T. 1868 II head at 6ic,
ay VT 1865 p bead at ITO W.T. 1885, IA head at 6lc
VT ji5, head at 70, nv. VT ll2b, 20 head at &c,
av VT. 1888, 10 head at 7!c, ay. VT. 1902.
Working Oxen The trade continues quiet aud few
pair each week Is all the market requires. We quote
sales of pair grth n, $500, pr. H. SIS, pr II s
in, $50, pr # in, sos pr # in $3.50 pr n
in, Sl45,
Store Cattle-Must Of the small cattle brought into
market sold FOR Beef The trade for store cattle
does not amount % much at this season Of the year
Mich COws-The supply in market was light, aud
most Of the COWS in were of common grade Prices for
Mich Cows do not vary much from week 10 week, We
quote extra o. no $40 ordinary % D $50 store 20
"a $50 v head Many Of the COWS are bought up to
slaughter,
swineNo store pigs in market and not much call for
them Fat llogs-l56O0 In market prices - a. 5ic
h,
sheep-ltis understood that az soon as the Western
trains arrive at Brighton, tho market will be full Of
sheep prime quality Western sheep aud lambs cost
landed at Brighton, from % a 40 y h. Sargent
sold l0I sheep, average 80 ibs at 7c also part of
load OF lambs, average u lbs, at &c. George Baldwin
sold 80 sheep, average IS lbs, at 7c v 10.
Poultry -Poultrymen were after live chickens and
were ready to pay better prices there we're none Of
fered this week from stock trains The few in market
received from adjacent towns, Prices fol Ows, best
turkeys aud chickens nc " h. medium grade fowl lGC
h, ordinary lots "a a. loo H..