Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-16
Brighton and Watertown Union 1--we
Stock Market.
PRICES OF SHEEP AND LAMBS.
AMOUNT OF LIVE STOCK AT MAR
kET

~ to SIC. per ID: stores. retail. Sc to
sac
PRICES OF SHEEP AND LAMBS.
sh, ers from TO &C. per ID; lambs.
F4asi{ G.: veal calves. 10 nc.
TUESDAY AT BRIGHTON.
Buyer were more anxious to purchase
beef cattle and We're prompt to inspect
the stock as Il was uploaded. The choice
cat-Ic sold readily at rather stronger
prices than were noted week ago. but
the cheaper grades showed no advance.
though sales wer, made more readily.
A. NJ. Bags sold a pair Of oxen. sos"
lbs, at &C.: . oxen $3.50 lbs at &c; oxen
o36O lbs. at Sc; cattle $3.50 lbs. ut &c: :
bulls 1920 lbs and 1890 lbs. at SIC; ? cow,
go and $50 lbs. at 3lzc ]. W. Ellsworth
sold bull 1910 lbs at 3lzc.; bull 1880 lbs.
at &c s cows $3.50 lbs at &c, and 9 cows
from II, to 2lkc. J. O'Brien sold l cow
Coo lbs. at &c. ]. d. Neylor sold . cows
1910 lbs. at lac. and COW 30 lbs 1T 2'
Il. A. Walker sold cows $50 lh';. at 3L,c.
and cows $40 lbs. at lay. J. Lach,r &
Son sold cows averaging 1l1 lbs at
3'Hc.; 10 cows averaginG-S1 lis. at 2lac.
and 2 cows averaging T0 lbs. at 1.S0c. A.
Wheeler sold 9 cows go and 1000 lbs. at
3,ac. and 3 cows averaging 800 his. 1T &c.
Weston & Hutchins sold 4 oxen averaging
100 lbs. at 54c.; boloSnas at I.9Oc. ana
I cows at to 3lac. A. G. Foss sold
oxen averaging I4OO lbs At Sc. OTIS II.
Forbush sold . cows 20eO lbs az SIC and
81 each on; l COW 7GO lbs. at 21.c 4 cows
32G0 lbs at Zoo. and / slim COW 100 lbs
at &c.
THE HORSE MAR!.l.'r
Horse trading. for the rcst -reck. WIS
| good. Values on chunks heavy drafts,
milk and express team horses, held
| steady throughout the week, and the
| demand on such horses continues ur-
! gent. All dealers are hoping for the
| long deferred snow stem, which will
boom business. Trade for acclimated
; drivers is quiet, but with the smaller
! demand prices show no decline, a good
! driver or family horse sells at as high
! price as has ruled for n long time
! Western dealers assure Eastern traders
| that quotations. on fresh Western
| hpises will advance with the coming
! month
New York dealers complain that good
| horses are brought in for sale. and that
| they find it hard to get rid of them,
| laying il to the auton obiic traffic.
| This is very unlike the Boston trade
| a:' our dealers find it more difficult to
get enough of the right kind of horses
to satisfy the demand. Heavy. rugged.
fresh Western horses are selling at 500
q 325 First class. matched pairs. of
drafts. averaging 345O lbs, sold at $500
! dt $500. General purpose mercantile
! norSes sold at $50 q 225 according to
! quality. At the city safe stables At
| ISburgh & COS. trade was quiet, but on
all sales of family horses and drivers
| prices were we'll sustained. Wclch &,
! Hall & Co. received two loads of mix
| ell horses weighing from HOO % 1900 lbs.
and about so head of acclimated horses
Trade shows 10 trade from the preced-
ing week. Moses Coman & Son, of
| Cambridge. had quiet week. some
| buyers were about and some good sales
| were, effected in drivers. family horses,
light business horses and pony teams
Wheeler. McElveen e Co. received three
loads, Of fresh Western horses, mostly
chunks, there were some extra good
heavy weight horses in the lot, and
they sold we'll at steady figures. Mycr
| Abrams & Co.. disposed of five freight
loads of fresh horses to a good de-
mand and at steady prices. They re-
port business in a fiourishing condition
VEAL CALVES.
| The market for veal calves was good,
land prices averaged fractionally high
Ter. +. "A. Carney sold 10 veals at &C,
land 3 small calves at $3.50 each. j. D.
Neylon sold 80 small calves at $2.3u
each. J. o. BUN sold % small! calves at
$50 each.
Hogs we're unchanged from the prices
of last week, but the demand was good
Receipts at the yards We're light.
SHEEP AND LANES.
The tone Of the market was easier
and only the choicest stock brought
the top prices Receipts were modcr-
late.
MICH COWS.
The supply of mich cows was ad"-
quate. but buyers were at hand to take
all the choice cows that arrived. Tho
demand for the best mixers shows nc
decrease.
| TUESDAY AT WATERTOWN.
The Vermont trains were delayed ny
an accident ana ulu not arrive uHli
late. The market for beef cattle was
about as last week, but with a better
demand for the choice cattle. ChcaI
cattle showed little change.
Fl. F. Whitney sold / bull. 1920 lbs.
at 3ac, COW. 100 Tbs. at 3hc. bull
. $50 TBS, at 224c 3 cows. $500 IBIS. at 234c
, and cows. 3030 TBS. at 1.90c.
otis H. Furbush sold l COW, 11oO ms.
at 4c and 81 off. | COW, $50 lbs. at SIC
= cows, 1880 and $50 Tbs. at sac.
VEAL CALVES.
The market for veal calves wa!
strong. with prices trifle higher thar
a week ago. Otis III. Furbush sold
calves. 100 lbs. each. at 7isc. II. +
: Whitney slaughtered % calves at Ha
ward.
2 HOGS.
Hogs were unchanged. but the de
, Inand was good at the former level. II
IF. Whitney sold hogs. averaging %
lbs, at $780, boar. 800 lbs. at &c. AM
. coarse sows, 400 TBS. each. at Sac.
MICH COWS.