Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-21
Brighton Cattle Market,
For the week ending Wednesday, May ]
From the RoSfon JouruaJ

From the Boston Journal.
At market for the current week-catte
2246; sheep and lambs 1882; SWINE $500;
number of Western cattle 2076;I Northern
cattle and milch cows 10; Eastern cattle
2S82
Prices of beef cattle per 100 lbs live weight
extra quality $3.50 to 7.75 first quality
6.s73 to 1874 second quality 6.25 to 6.75;
third quality 5.25 to 6371 poorest grades of
coarse oxen, bulls, &c, 49, so to 5.l2t.
Brighton hides 74c; Brighton taIlow &c;
country hides 81 to &c; country tallow to
SIC per ID.
Calf skins IA to l5c per lib. Sheep skins
$500 to $50 each. Lamb skins SOC each
Shcared skins SOC each.
The supply of cattle for the past week has
not been quite so large rs that of one week
ago The quality upon an average was bet
ter and the trade quicker ut prices fully sc
per Id higher than those of our last QUOTA
tons. There were but few cattle sold ut
our highest quotations, prices ranging prin-
cipally from St to 7Ac per lib live weight.
Working Oxen-There is not much call
for working oxen, the market having been
well supplied of late. a few pairs each week
is all the market requires. We quote sales
OF pr, 9Th II o in, live weight 1890 lbs, for
S240. They We're but few pairs in, the trade
being confined principally to beef cattle.
Store cattle-But few in market and
limited demand for them, nearly all the
|
| ing bought up by butchers to slaughter.
Mich cows-EXtra $55 to 95; ordinary
$95 to so; store cows $lS to As per head.
| Most OF the cows in market were of u COM
mon grade. Good COWS sell well at fair
| prices.
Sheep and Lambs-From the West tho
| supply for the week has been light all own
ed by butchers. and costing landed ut Brigh-
ton from ST to 7Ac per ID. From the North
the supply was light prices obtained same
Us those of one week ago.
Swine-Store pigs in good demand; whole
sale 10 to lie per III; retail l01 to l3c. Fat
hogs, prices 81 to BIC.
AT WATERFOWL.
Cattle--Trade in cattle is brighter than no.
ticed for n number of weeks The weather
remaining cool has helped the demand for
beef, and us cattle have been selling the past
few weeks without profit, and even lossto own
ers, they were stiff on prices, and full &c live
weight advance was obtained. Owners COM
plain of too high cost of cattle out West.
The expense of shipping from Chicago to
this market is about lie per h. Hathaway ~
Swift sold 2 car loads of Western cattle to
George Wild at 7ac: GO Texas cattle to
William GOwing mt sc. 90 per cwt live car
loads steers to w Leavitt at &c; 30 cattle to
$ + Woodbridge mt Tic; 8 steers to Mr. Cow
ard ut 81 90 per cwt live. X p Pollard sold
2 oxen. that weighed 1860 lbs live, at &c
live. II II Aldrich sold oxen, tedress
from 1000 to 1900 lbs. ut lO4c, ID w. -
Sheep-The sheep market is light very
little doing. The dlfierent lots run off ut
prices corresponding with last weeks rates.
A fow sheared sheep at 3 to SIC; wool sheep
81 to &c. ms to quality. John Griffin sold 1879
sheep, average ll6 lbs; said TO be the hest
flock in market B + Wood sold so sheep.
average 954 lbs, ut &c. Il q Spencer sold 80
head weigh 1890 lbs, at Tc. Il Pollard
sold SO sheep, average 70 lbs. at &c,
Poultry-Rather moro poultry than last
week, and prices last quoted are held to-day
Turkeys and chickens l6c; fowl l5Io.