Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-29
Watertown and Brighton Live Stock



Markets.
| Amount Of live stock at the local
| markets Jan. IS:
Cattle 25O7; sheep 5SSS; calves
| 171S; hogs 1867.
| PRICES OF MARKET CATTLE.
A few choice $5.50G6.50; extra $3.50
| $3.50; first quality, s3.50N4.50; second
| quality $1.50@2.50.
PRICES OF STORE CATTLE.
Mich COWS, $25 to $50; farrow COWS.
| SO to SIS; fancy cows, $60MS0; D
year-old SIS to $25; yearing IS to $12;
| 2-year- old $l2 to SIS; Western fat
swine. live Az to AZ cts; Norther1
dressed hogs, 81 to 5a4 cents per Id.
| Stores. retail. $3.50 to $3.50.
| PRICES OF SHEEP AND LAMBS.
Sheep from 3 to 4 cts. per lb Lambs
| &C. Veal calves to 714c.
TUESDAY AT BRIGHTON.
Receipts of stock We're light and the
market showed Improvement. The
| trains came in promptly and trading
was quite brisk, with prices averaging
! rather better than last week.
Thompson & Hanson sold a fancy
pair of beef cattle 2S00 lbs, at &C. The
! Pennington L. S. Co. sold l pair of
ken. 300 lbs, at 12c., and l small
bull coo lbs, at 21ac., and 3 cows, av-
eraging $50 lbs. at INC. NJ. S. Brock
sold cows. 1900 lbs, at SIC. A c.
Fcss sold pair of oxen, 3240 lbs. at
C., bull, 1900 lbs, at 42.c., l steer.
1000 lbs, at 4Mc., l COW, $50 lbs, at
31ac. , cows, 1920 lbs, at SIC, l COW.
o. a
&c. H. A. Gilmore & Co. sold 10 cows
from IA to sac. ]. d. Neylon sold ,
cows, 174O lbs, at 2Eac and 3 cows,
21OO lbs. at 1Ac S. E. Winch sold 10
COWS, at 2Ac ]. w. Ellsworth sold l
bull, 1000 lbs, at &c, II cows, 1850 lbs,
at 2i2c, 2 cows, 2120 lbs, at 2Ac.,
cows, 1920 lbs, at 1.S5c, and l bull,
$50 lbs, at q C. J. OBrien sold cows,
1900 lbs, at "a c. a. Wheeler sold
cows, 1900 lbs, at FAC, 1 COW, $50 lbs,
at 3.40c., and l COW, 920 lbs, at 2.60c.
o. H Forbush sold oxen, 3170 lbs,
at SIC, 8 cows, 2S70 lbs, at &c. and
l COW, 900 lbs. At 3hc.
There was Il light run Of veal calves
and prices held strong. averaging rath-
er better than q week ago. j. OBrlen
sold l veal calf of 200 lbs at &C., and
Il small calves at $50 each. j. W.
| Ellsworth sold l choice, fancy veal
calf of go lbs. al Sc, and 10 small
calves at $3.50 each. $. +. Winch sold
10 SNAIL calves at s. so each. j. D. N"y-
lon sold 80 small calves 1T S2zo each.
NJ S BrOch sold VealS at &C. Tie
Pennington l.. 5. Co. sold Al veal
calves Of 5000 lbs at Gl&c. \. Wheeler
sold u small calves at SO each.
Only q few sheep and lambs were
brought in and prices ranged as be
fore. The Pennington l.. 5. Co. sold
lambs Of $50 lbs. 1T di2c. and " sheep
Of $40 lbs. at &c a. c. FDSS sold z
cosset sheep Of 10 lbs. for 81. Re
ceipt5 Of hogs from New England
points We're very small. and prices
| were fractinnally higher with the de-
nan1 good. Receipts from the west
were heavy. Mich COWS sold slowly,
with little change in prices. TIE sup
ply was small. j. O'Brien sold }
mich COWS ut $57 each. J. u. Ney!on
sold 8 mich cows AT So each.
TUESDAY AT WATERFOWL.
Beef cattle found a ready demand,
and the market was active. The de-
mand for beef was better and buyers
were more willing to meet the de-
mand Of shippers +. G.. Piper sold 3
cows. averaging 500 lbs, at 2.6Oc.,
! cows averaging $50 lbs, at 2E,cr
| cows. avera ging $50 lbs, at ZIG, ana
| cows averaging 700 lbs, at &c. MINIS
| & Holbrool sold cows, 1880 lbs, at
| 2Lc. and | COW, 1850 lbs. at &c. Otis
| H Forbush sold l bull, 1850 lbs at
| 3Iac. and 50 on, and cows, $3.50 lbs,
at 3Hc.
Veal calves We're in light supply and
| brought about the same prices as last
| week. Minis & HolbrOok sold 50 Veal5,
| at &c. Otis II. F'orbush sold l small.
salt at So
| Hogs were quoted a trifie higher.
| Scarcely any were received at the
yards. Sheep and lambs also were IN
scant supply. with no change from pre-
vious quotations.
Mich COW trade was rather slow,
but the supply was light, as for several
weeks previous. Otis H. Forbush sold
mich COW at $65 and for $50 each.
Minis & Holbrook sold mich cows at
$50 EACH
Live poultry was higher by about
| &c, with the market fir1ner. Fowl and
spring chickens IL to 12kc, aud
roosters &c.
THE HORSE MARKET.
Greater activities were manifested in
! the horse market during the past week,
! especially for commercial horses. Fresh
country consignments which of late
have been greatly diminished are COM
| ing a little more freely. Sales still
/ drag. buyers being unwilling to pay
present prices. although they are now
down to nearly the level of first cost.
| with small margin of profit to dealers
| Prices on fresh horses have not recOv-
cred from the slump Of two months
back. Acclimated second hand COM