Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-19
TONE OF THE MARKET.


There was a fair supply of stock at
the yards and the demand was steady.
Beef cattle sold quite well but on all
bnt the best grades buyers demand
concessions which they received in
many cases. There were few extra
steers and oxen in the market Quota
tions OIL these range from 6i3@7Ac,
with good steers and oxen 5tsM61sc.
The choicest heavy fat COWS sell for
43M5iac, With 4 very few higher. Good
and ordinary cows bring 4T42sc. and
poor to fair CONS from aiaM3ac. Bulls
sell from Sa.@t&c, as to quality.
Veal calves range from 1iaGS1ac.
with fancy heavy veals from 9ml0c.
and poor and thin calves from 6I7c.
Tile demand is active for all but the
poorer calves. There was only mod
crate run.
Hogs we're quoted Il shade lower, bu.
there was little actual change and
dressed hogs from 10G10Ac. Receipts at
the packing nouses were q little heav
Ter but at the yards there was only
moderate supply.
Sheep and lambs We're unchanged
with sheep at 2hT4c. and lambs so
| &c Only a few were received mt the
yards
Mich COW trade was slow. and there
| was no change in the market. The
! general range was from S30TsGo, with
| fancy mixers up TO 500.
The live poultry market was strong
| Fowl quoted l cent higher ut 15@ ice:
chickens, l4G15c: and roosters. 100 He
SALES AT THE YARDS.
Beef cattle-Otis II. Forbush sold /
| fancy COW. 1900 lbs. at &C., / pair of
| oxen, $500 lbs. at 5i2c.. l COW, 1910 lbs.
at 3Ae., l bull. 1850 lbs. at 44c., 1
| heifer. 500 lbs. and l COW. 1890 lbs. at
4c. l COW. $50 lbs. at 334c.. cows. 1880
| lbs. at 3iac. and 81 off each, 1 COW.
1000 lbs. at 31ac.. l COW. 500 lbs. at 3Ac..
and l COW, 760 lbs. at Sc. j. d. Neylon
sold cattle. averaging 200 lbs. at 2tsc.
and cows, averaging 500 lbs. at Sc.
| y. II. Woodward sold cows, 1890
lbs. at 2.S5c. w. W. Mills sold oxen.
$500 lbs. at So &C., OK, 1900 lbs. at IA c..
| and cows, 1890 lbs. 2.s0c. A. p
Needham sold / bull and / COW at &c.
| Veal calves-OtiS II. Forbush sold 4
young calves for So. for S12, for
sli. and calves for SIG. W. W. Mills
sold IL veals at 1Rc. and 12 small
calves, at $3.50 each. ]. d. Neylon sold
| 10 veals. averaging 140 lbs. at 71ac.,
and 20 calves at $3.50 each. y. H.
Woodward sold A. calves. at 134c. j.
| O'Brien sold / veal at 1iac., and 16
calves at $3.50 each. A. p Needham
sold 102 calves at SIZE. Is small calves
at s1.50 each. and 1 grass calf at 4c
| Hogs-Otis Fl. Forbush sold pigs.
$40 lbs. at Size, and 4 hogs. 1890 lbs.
at SEC. w. w. Mills sold hogs, 1860
lbs. at sac, and l boar. $40 lbs, at
I4Hc. j. ID. Neylon , hogs, 400 lbs. at
SAC. and l hog, 400 lbs. at 4iac.
Mich cows--J. d. Neylon sold s
mixers at sj5.
! FOREIGN CATTLE TRADE.
The British market for State cat
tie was firm during the past week,
at slight fractional advances. The
supply vas about the average amount.
and of fair quality, and the demand
| was more active. Prices at Liver
pool showed more of an advance than
| those at London which held steady.
| with the poorer grades of beef selling
about 1sc higher, than in the preced-
ing week.
Latest cables from London quote
live cattle firm at 13A@I4c per lb,
dressed weight: sinking the offal; at
Liverpool, at 10IlIc per h.. dressed
| weight; in addition to the offal; re-
frigerator beef higher. at l0Gl1c per lb.
Two steamers sailed from Boston
during the week carrying beef sup
plies. The most of the shipments
were State cattle. there being only
1S9 Canadian cattle included in the
amount.
Shipments and destinations-Jan-
uary to IA.
BY the Winifreddian to Liverpool
Morris Beef Co.. $40; Swift & Co.,
29s State and 81 Canadian cattle; to-
tai, $50 cattle.
BY tho Georgian to nSndon--Morris
Beef Co., 3i3; Swift &, Co., 2ls state
and 50 Canadian cattle; toeal, 64S cat
tie.
Total of shipments: cattle, 1902.
THE HORSE TRAFFIC.
Boston, Jan. 1.-THE weather was eX-
ceedingly unfavorable to brisk trade in
horses during the past week and buyers
kept away from the sale stables. me
general tone of the market was depress-
ed, all GLASSES OIL nOrscS oSii'Ae - 80
and sales were made at $2oG$25 per heao
| lower. in order to close out the supphes
! received, which were OF far volume
Trade from the coal companies was light
er than usual, owing to the warmer
! weather and the lack Of snow checKeu
orders for horses for the logging camps
Heavy draft horses sold at s275@32a;
medium weight draft horses at s9Oo@2so;
light weight work horses. used mostly
: for delivery purposes, at $ls6@15o. There
rare few high class driving horses, coach
horses and saddle horses offered. and on
these there is no quotable prices. sales
| being made at high values. Ordinary
driving horses continue dun and are to
be bought at low figures.
At the city sale stables
Wheeler. McI1lveen & Co. had in during
the week large amount of horses. There
| were H. fresh country horses ana over
100 secondhand horses Horses Of all
classes and descriptions were included.
1 but bids were backward and sales were