Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-04
Brighton and WATERFOWL Union Live
Stock Market.

NUMBER FROM MAINE.
| Cattle, none; sheep and lambs, So;
calves, 221; swine, 81.
PRICES OF MARKET CATTLE.
a few choice, $5m5.5o: extra. $4.15Fp5;
| first quality, $450n475; second quality
Sim4.25; third quality, $2.75Nr3.225.
| PRICES OF STORE CATTLE.
| Farrcw cows, $l5MlS; fancy cows. 81
Gi6O; mich cows from $40 to $40; yearl-
| ings, $40 to $l5; two years old, SIS to
/ $50; three years old, $50 to $25; western
fat swine. live, 6 "a to : cents; north
| ein dressed hogs. SOS IL cents cper Id;
| stores, retail, $3.50 to S..
PRICES OF SHEEP AND LAMBS.
Extra spring lambs. live cents;
sheep from to 5 cents per Id: veal
! calves, IL to 6 II cents.
THE HORSE MARKET
The general tone Of the horse market
held strong for the past week, with
quotations about the same as for sew
craI weeks. Dealers report a large de-
mand for all kinds Of horses which
sell readily at good prices. Western
horses continue very high and scarce.
The supply of horses in the market
does not equal the demand. The ru-
NOR that the trade in automobiles is
cutting into the horse trade is unfound-
ed, as the demand is as large if not
larger than before and prices are fully
as high as before automobiles came in
to general use.
lsburSh & Co. rcrCrt their last Fri
days sale as well attended by buyers
ana they had a large demand for driv-
ing, family, saddle and general pur-
pose horses. They sold ont briSkly and
could easily have disposed Of 100 head
more Of horses than they had on hand.
They have recently held two automo-
bile auction sales. successfully. but
they do not find them cutting into the
horse trade at all. Wclch & Hall had
in last week two express loads and one
freight load, one of heavy draft ex-
press and driving and general utility
horses. They sold heavy weight horses
from 1900 to 1900 pounds. from $3.50 to
$500 each. They call trade good for
this season. L. II. Brockway sold 20
head Of mixed horses from $50 to $3.50
each. Wheeler Melvin & Co sold
readily loads Of country horses and
IS acrlimated. They report trade good
without much change in prices. Myer
Abrams x Co. received 6 freight and l
express loads Of extra fine country
horses which sold at s175 to $500 each.
Cavanaugh Bros. received / load Of
heavy Ohio horses for which they had
4 sod trade, selling at SOB TO $3.50.
TUESDAY AT BRIGHTON.
Tie eastern train came in with only
ticipatcd a very dull market on account
Of the holiday and prepared themselves
for it. There were only two Maine ship
pprs i'll the market this week and bust
ness was about at standstlll. Receipts
from other sources were equally light,
and Tie barns were almost empty. Tho
best grades of beef cows We're iirmer ami
higher owing to thu very small arrivals.
These who brought in cattle found a
ready sale There was no fancy stock
among them.
A. G. Foss sold | beef COW 800 lbs. at A..
ana :; cows 800 lbs at SIC. Otis IL. For
bush sold bull 1910 lbs. At SIC. and Jnr.
extra. > COWS 1850 lbs. at .l4c.. cows 100
lbs 3'z c. ANA 81 off, cows $40 lbs. at
A.. and s. extra, cows @1I0 lbs. Sc. and 81
Of and ) COWS $40 lbs. al e.
Veal calves found ready sale ut last
weeks figure. While the market held
strong. it showed no advance. The sup
ply was light. L. j.. Chapman sold Is
calvr. at &C. and hobs 1T so each. ).
j. Ncylcn sold 50 calves at 612c and ].
O'Rrien sold II at the same price.
Hogs We're strong at AZ advance Of 4
quarter Of Il cont or more. All the ar
rivals were taken promptly at satisfacto-
IN prices. +. +. Chapman sold l. hogs
at C.
sheep ana LAMBS continue i'll light sup
PLY. although tins weeks supply was
fairly heavy considering the general
scarcity Of work. Spring lambs sold at
&C. live weight. with sheep At about 70
81. The Pennington Live Stock Co.
brought in 81 spring lambs.
Milcn cows and sprIngcrs-Ihc only
mixers in the market came from Massa-
chusctts and Vermont The Maine train
had none at all. There were a few. per
haps half 4 dozen, left oyer from last
week Buyers We're scarce as COWS ana
there was only 4 nominal mark i. y. II.
Woodward sold good mixer at 81 each.
TUESDAY AT WATERTOWN.
On account Of the holiday scarcely
any cattle came in to the market. There
were no receipts whatever from New
Hampshire and only few from Yer
mont. Consequently there was only
nominal market to quote.
Beef cattle were rather frmcr in
tone due to the light receipts. There
was but little change in prices, but
the average was a fraction higher. II.
r. Whitney sold bologna COWS, 1860
lbs. at IL cts.
VEAL CALVES.
Calves sold readily at former prices
The market was firm. n. II. Wood |
ward sold As calves at 6l2 cts.
Hogs were higher, with the market |
very strong, and demand heavy. Prices |
were up about "a Of a cent q pound |
both for live and dressed hogs. II. f. |
Whitney sold "a hogs, the fanciest that
have been received here for long time |
at 81 cts.
LIVE POULTRY.
The market showed but little change. |
Receipts about $4,000 lbs. Broilers p
to "a cts, fowl 121a to IS cts. old roos-
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