Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-14

AT. N E. D. M. & W. co.
a. f. Jones G. Co. ...... Sc
George Heath ............ Is 1876 :
v. Jersey ...........-
Is y. ClemOnS .......... AZ
This week: Cattle 1916. sheep 67S5, calves
2i43, hogs 25626. $50 Fl
Last week: Cattle 1856. sheep 1922. calves
| 24Sl, hogs papa.
MAINE STOCK AT MARKET.
Cattle SO. sheep H. calves $685. hogs 154
FOREIGN CATTLE TRADE.
States cattle sold at an advance dur
| ing last week in the British market.
Under light supplies the demand was
| brisk and the market was strong a.
fractional advances. Despite the fact
| that export beef is bringing the high
st prices in years in the foreign mar
kets, exporters continue to complain
Of the unsatisfactory condition of the
exchange, owing to the continued high
prices of beef, suitable for the export
| trade. g..
Late cables from Liverpool and Lon
don quote live cattle firm, at 14@14%c.
per 1b.. with tops at London, selling
at 15c. per ID. dressed weight refris-
orator beef is higher, at 11hc. per lb.
Two steamers carried cattle from
Boston during the week, with an ad-
ditional cargo of 100 odd head Of sheep,
making the first shipment from Bos-
ton since the first of April, when about
1000 head were sent forward, eurtaii-
ing heavy loss to exporters.
Shipments and destinations July 3
to 10:
By the Canadian to INTERPOLATION
Jris Beef Co., 1853 State and 1O8 Cana
dian cattle; Swift & Co, SO State and
SO Canadian CATTLE, total, ISL cattle,
Swift & Co.. 1876 Canadian sheep; Ivan
fJscharuoff, horses; Swift & Co, .661
beef quarters. "a. ~ s.--~.
By the Philadelphia to London
Morris Beef Co, 3O3; Swift & Co, 2O2
State, and 1O2 Canadian cattle: j. A
hathaway & Co.. 100; total, 707 cat
tie; Swift & Co, 1877 beef quarters.
| Total of shipments-Cattle, 1853, Of
which $50 were from Canada; horses,
3; and beef quarters, 1898. H.,
TONE OF THE MARKET. 49,
The demand for beef cattle was suf-
fcient to absorb all the arrivals with
out lowering prices, but the moderate
supply was the cause of the firmness
| Only few choice cattle were re-
ceived. These are quoted from $40
SIC, with No. 1 steers and oxen So
NC, the hest cows 4K@5c, ordinary to
good cows -3lzW41ac., and poor cows 2
| G3Ac.
Veal calves were firm at 6h@71ac.,
the latter for the best calves The av-
erage quality was higher and the mar
kct was active. Receipts were light.
| Hogs showed fractional decline,
but the market was active and strong
Live hogs sold from 71A@sAc.. and
dressed hogs from 91s@1Oc. There was
good supply and the shippers found
no difficulty in effecting sales.
sheep and lambs are quoted at So
| &c, and 5@7c., respectively, but very
few are received at the yards, and al
| most all the arrivals are at the slaugh-
'er houses.
Mich cows were in small demand
| and trading was slow. Prices are un-
changed, with average mixers, from
s25GS50. and choice mixers higher
The live poultry market. held
steady during the = week without
change in quotations. Spring chickens,
22M24c.; fowl. 15@15hc.;. ROSTERS. 11@
12c. ~ 5f@1
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