Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-04-10
H,eterte,pm CnftIe Market.

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At market this week Cattle 46l, Sheep
and Lambs 1894. Number from Vermont,
Cattle 80, Sheep and Lambs 5l2. Calves 374.
Prices Market Beei-A few choice 900 to
10. 15 extra 200 10 950 first quality 80 90 to
3 so; second quality 8 so to so; third quail
ity 50 rs to 25.
Prices of Store Cattle. Working Oxen pr
pair from 300, l75, 200 to $50.
Mich Cows and Calves from 1886 to IS;
extra 20 to IS. Farrow Cows 25 to 30.
Yearlings $40 to ls; two years old 20 to
% three years old 30 to 45.
Prices of Sheep aud l.ambs-in lots 4 co.
4 so s 90 to 25 each extra 8 so to 8 SO
per head, or from 8 to SIC pr III. few
fancy sheep ut l-2 to DC per III.
Veal calves 5000 to 900.
Prices of Hides Tallow and Skins-Bright-
ton Hides ~ to Sc pr ID; Country Hides &c
to 75c pr 10. Brighton Tallow Sc pr III;
Country Tallow 41o pr Id.
Pelts $3.50 to $50 each. Calf Skins l2i to
l4c per lb, Dairy skins 75c each.
CLASSIFICATION OF CATTLE AND SHEEP.
N. b. Bcef-Choice grade includes moth
ing but stall fed 100 to l400 lbs BullOcks.
Extra and first quality includes the best,
large, fat Oxen. Second and third quality
includes Oxen and two and three year old
| Steers
Sheep-Extra includes cossets, and when
those OF inferior quality are thrown ont.
| REMARKS.
More working oxen ut market than usual
| for which there is n fair demand. slight
| improvement in the mich COW trade. The
supply OF beef cattle was light from the
North, and advanced prices would have
| been the result wer' it not for heavy receipts
| OF Western cattle at Brighton. We quote
rates a good ic off on all grades. A. NJ.
| Bowen sold oxen, To dress $50 lbs each, at
| 61c per ID, ID W. 2 oxen mt 91c, to dress
| 1850 lbs; OK at l0c, to dress 1850 lbs. l..
| Hastings sold oxen, to dress 1000 lbs each,
at $500. G. w. Brownell sold cows and
heiiers, to dress 800 lbs each, at 9bc; 7 steers
to dress $50 lbs, Mt Sc. B. Dow sold 9 oxen,
to dress 100 lbs each, ut l0c. Hastings,
Campbell Il Co. sold . oxen at 6Ic live
weight that weighed 1910 lbs; 2 steers for
S65. J. S. Nutter sold 3 oxen, to dress 1000
lbs, at lOc; Mt 9Ac, dress 100 lbs.
Sheep-Butchers would not fully commit
themselves, hut would give thus and so,
provided the supply from the West was
light. G. w. Brownell sold 81 sheep aver
age 70 lbs, Mt 7Ac. s. A. Weston sold 65 old
sheep, that weighed 1890 lbs, ut 9Ic; so
lambs weighed 4730 lbs, ut Ole. w Kicker
sold u flock of sheep, average rs lbs, mt SO. so
for the lot. G. j. Wallace sold So sheep,
average &c lbs, at Sc. |. b. Sargent sold a
lot of sheep at 7 lie.
POultry-There is no decline in prices on
live poultry. The. market is very strong mt
quotations. We quote hest flocks l83c DER
III medium grades l6c ordinary lots at
Is lie.
.S'eIs FORK Market.
April 8.
Flour steady, with moderate export and
home trade inquiry; Western and State
$500 to 6.75: white wheat Western extra
6.75 to ITO; extra Ohio 6. 30 to $50; extra St.
Lonis $40 to IL; Southern $40 to ii. Wheat
| Tai n.sfi 10 htr mil
ply; No Chicago 81. SO TO | SO; No. Mil
waukee l.58 to l.59; ungraded Iowa and
Minnesota spring l.48 to l,59; No. Duluth
1888; No. | Chicago 80; white spring | SIS ;
do Western LIS. Corn active and firm with
Il good business for export and home use !;
new mixed Western 80 to ssc; high mixed
and yellow Western 80 to soc; old Western
mixed 98 to 90c white Western So to $50
white Southern Gle. Oats firm; Western
mixed SO to SIC; white Western 50 to Csc.
Coffee nominally unchanged. Sugar shade
firmer and more active; fair to good refin-
ing "a to 7 ll-l6c; prime n TO 1850
Mnscevado "a to Tie. Molasses quiet Rice
firm. Petroleum easier; crude 71c; kero-
sene l53c Tallow firm at "a To- l3-l6c.
Pork hrmar and active; new mess SIG SO
cash; May $l7; June Sl7.25. Beef quiet
and steady. Lard firm; prime 10 lie.
Butter heavy; Western 26i to 33c; state 35
to 43c; do new SO to 43c
CATTLE MARKET.
Cattle-Becves to &C. lower on the week
and weak; Texans o TO 9ic; poor to medi-
um native steers 10 to l0ac; medium to fair
l0i to ll4c; fair to good liz to llic; good
to prime ~ to l21c; prime to choice l25 to
lower and dull at to Sc for common to
choice, with best mutton ut lie. Hogs, live
nominal at 81 to &c; dressed. firm ut "a to
7ic; Pigs q to'9ic.