Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-25

Beef cattle trade was good and
prices We're well maintained at all
grades. while the best heavy cows
averaged a little higher Only few
The best sell for 6'2@7Ac, good aver
age steers for 5HG6l2c and small and
thin steers for 5I54c. The best cows
bring frol;; 5T5lac. With a few lit
tie higher. Good medium COWS range
for 4AM424c with ordinary COWS for
81. 6ff14c. and poor cows for 2l2n sac.
Bulls range from 3iaN514c as tn
weight and quality
Veal calves were unchanged III
price for last week. but fever sold at
the top quotations as The buyers
were more discriminating and threw
out some thev would have taken be
fore. The general range was for SM9c.
with q few extra choices at 1ec, and
poor and ordinary calves from Gi41t
1.acc. The receipts were about as
usual.
Hogs were III good demand at the
previous range for S@SAc, the latter
covering the best hogs. while sales
were reported of small hogs down TO
1a,c. The packing houses received 4
smaller supply for the West but the
receipts at the Yards We're about as
usual.
Sheep and lambs were dull and
weak with receipts light at the yard
Sheep 3@4A and lambs 5G6c.
Mich cows continue in rather poor
demand with the range of prices an
changed The average is 25Mo0 with
heavy mixers up to 800.
Fhe live poultry market was STEADY
without change in quotation. Fowl,
quoted 15MlGc.; chickens. la 15c, ana
roosters 10Ml1c.
SALES AT THE YARDS.
Beef Cattle-Hall & Lowell sold l
DIT. oxen, 2600 lb. at 6.
7. w. Ellsworth sold = oxen. 2'So
lbs. and . cows 2340 lbs. at &C.; :
bulls. POLO lbs, at 4c.. and : cows
1850 lbs, at 3Ac. J. Lacker & Son
sold 13 cows, av. 100 lbs. at Sc. .
cows, av. 1000 lbs, at 4.10c., ana "
cows, av. 500 lbs. at &c. Fl. +. Whlt-
ney sold cows, 2650 lbs, at 4lac..
cows, 45300 lbs, and l bull. $50 IDS,
at 4c, bull $50 lbs, at 3Hac, ana
cows, 3070 lbs, at SC. Minis "
Holbrook sold 8 COWS. 2010 lbs, at
2&c ]. d. Neylon sold l COW. SOU
lbs, at &C., and l heifer. ago lbs, at
|2a4c A P. Needham sold l COW at
&c. S. E. Winch sold l beef bull for
$64., cows, 1870 lbs, at 3Ac., and
2 cows, 1870 lbs, at &c. H. A. Gilman
& Co. sold 10 cows at 3@4kc Otis
H. Forbush sold / COW, 100 lbs, at
4hc., l COW, 1850 lbs, at 4c.' cows
1S40 lbs, at SIC. and l COW, sou io'''
at 3Bc.
Veal Calves-J. d. Neylon sold %
small calves at $3.50 each n. H.
Woodward sold 3S veals at 71a Wotsc"
and small calves at $1.5o each. N,'hs
& Holbrook sold choice veal, ioo IDS
at 10c 9 calves, av. W IDS, at 72c.
]. w. Ellsworth sold 70 sufaH caves
at $3.50 each. f. G. Piper soiu 90
calves at &c. A. p. Needham soio ~
calves ut 5kc., and 1S small calves
ar s1.5O each. Hall & Lowell sold
80 calves. av 12O lbs, at SIC. Otis
II Eorhush sold calves at $4.50 eacn'
8 for SIT, and for $14.
Hogs-S f. Winch sold 10 hogs at
&C. n A. Gilmore & Co. sold hogs
at &c. ]. w. Ellsworth sold hogs.
2s7O lbs. at &c., and a boar, $50 lbs,
at 41he. ]. Lacker & Son sold hogs
at Sc. II. f. Whitney sold l boar
at 4Hc. Minis & Holbrook sold 26
hogs at Sc. n. H. Woodward sold
hog at TIC. Hall & Lowell sold 40
hogs, av. 175 lbs. at Sc. Otis II. Fur
bush sold 2 hogs. 71O lbs., and 2 pigs
$50 lbs, at 8.10c., IA pigs from 20 to
115 lbs. at SIC.
Sheep and Lambs-A. p. Needham
sold IS lambs, av. 72 lbs, at 6Ac. Il
Mich Cows--L. II. Winch sold !
stock bull for $33. J. D. Neylon sold
2 milchers at $55 each.