Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-10
MARKET REPORTS
Brighton and Watertown Live Stock
Market.
AMOUNT OF LIVE STOCK AT MAR
KET JULY ., 1907

AMOUNT OF LIVE STOCK AT MAR
KET JULY ., 1907.
Cattle 2415, sheep 1889. calves 243S.
hogs 25,G75.
PRICES OF MARKET CATTLE
A few choice, $5.75m$6; extra. $3.50
$50: first quality, $4.25@ts5.25: second
quality, $3506I$4..5; third quality, S2.25
Ms3.50
PRICES OF STORE CATTLE.
Farrow cows, $1OMs1S: fancy cows.
5000, $75: mich cows from So to $50:
yearlin@s. IS to s12; 2-year-olds, $12 to
SIS; 3-year-olds, SIS to SIS; Western
fat swine. live. Ga to GiAc. Northern
dcssnd hogs, { to NC per lb. Stores. re-
tail, s. to ST.
PRICES OF SHEEP AND LAMBS.
Spring lambs. : to Sc. pc lib. Sheep
from 3 to sc per lb. Lambs, and &c.
Veal calves, 6 to &c.
The receipts of stock were the light
est for 4 very long time and the yards
had a holiday appearance. The light re-
c"irts helped trade. as the buyers also
We're scarce. For the best beef cattle
previous quotations We're maintained.
and prices averaged rather better. but
the low grades. caHlleTS anu pOloSId''
went very slowly.
F.. w. Wormell & Son sold IL beef
cattle. averaging 500 lbs, at 2Ac. Rob-
ert Connors sold 20 beef cattle at 2K to
$40. J. Lachcr &, Son sold 3 cows. av-
eraging 1000 lbs at 4c. and cows. az
eraging 900 lbs. ut Sc. J. w. Ellsworth
| sold cows Of 1910 lbs. at Sc. bull of
| 900 lbs at 91.c.. and ; cows of "420 lbs.
at SC. G. a. Wait sold 6 cows. av""lG-
| ing 900 lbs. at @lac. J. D'Erien sold .
bulls Of 1000 lbs. at Sc. y. w. Clark
| sold 10 cows, averaging 900 lbs. n sc.
s. f.. Winch sold bulls of 2150 lbs. at
3Ac., / cow of $50 lbs. at SIC. and
COW of $40 lbs. at sac.
Veal calves showed strOnge tone
| and the demand was very good. There
! was a vey light run. s. f. Winch sold
S veals at &c. and l. small calves at
| S. each J. OBricn sold 10 vcals at &C.
| and 10 small calves at $3.50 each.
Hutchinson & Dyer sold 100 calves at
&C c. a. Wait sold calves at $25 for
| the bunch. ]. d. Neylon sold 90 small
| calves at $3.50 each. j. W. Ellsworth
| sold "A veals of 1880 lbs. at &C. and
IA small calves at $3.50 each. F. w.
| Wormell & Son sold q veals, averag-
ing 40 lbs. at 61Ac.
Eogs-An advance of about LAC was
| shown in live hogs, and the demand
was better than during the few previ-
| Gus weeks. There was n fair supply
| with some choice hogs offered. j. ID.
| Neylon sold hogs, 500 lbs, at 1-Sc.
\ few sheen and lambs were brought
| in. There was little change in prices
but spring lambs We're somewhat low
err. Hutchinson & Dyer sold 4 sheep at
&c. The Pennington D. S. Co. sold
lambs at &c, and wethers at sc.
! The supply of mich cows were un-
| usually small. less than 200 being tied
up in the barns There were very few
buyers, and trade was slow in spite Of
| the small amount of stock offered. C.
a. Wait sold Q mixers at si7.50 each.
| The live poultry market was quiet.
Spring chickens were up l cent a h.,
quoting at 23c, but fowl We're about
1-oc 10 1c lower. at 13 IL to lac. Roos-
| tiers were unchanged at &c.
The market for beef cattle was
rather better. especially for the choice
cattle The ordinary grades We're no
stronger than last week. Receipts were