Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-17
TONE OF THE MARKET.

Beef cattle were IN gOOd supply,
and the demand was excellent, prices
showing advances over a week ago.
The choicest steers and oxen which
were In good supply. sold from 7m7&c.
with No. l at 612M7c; and fair. oAm
6hcc. The best cows sold from 5A acc.
with good cows 4le@5A: medium 10
fair, 3$4 Gg4Rc: and poor to ordinary,
2a. 6D3Ae. Bulls ranged from 3i2@5c.
Veal calves were lower, ranging from
61amSc, with very few above that fig
ure Small calves sold from $3.50 down.
ward. The s. p. c. A. has announced
that it will enforce the low against
the sale and slaughter of calves under
4 weeks old Receipts of calves were
family large.
Hogs were unchanged from TAd7&c,
live weight. and ga M9Ac, dressed
weight. The packing houses received
very few from the West but receipts
at the yards were quite heavy.
Sheep and lambs were in small sup
ply at the yards. The market was firm.
with sheep 3615c, and lambs, 5GSc.
Mich cows showed no change. Good
mixers sold quite readily from s75I
$50. while the general run of cows
GIT S-oND3b', INC abtiiA'S 49,
high.
SALES AT THE YARDS.
Beef Cattle--W. II. Neal sold to
VIM. Killian 2 prs. steers, l pr, $500
lbs, raised by Dudley Leavitt, Mere
dith. n. H., and l pr, 3470 lbs, raised
by Ephriam Smith, Tilton, N. H., at
the top of the market price; pr.
steers, 3470 lbs, at I'VE, l pr. steers.
1920 lbs, at 7c., 2 cows, 2370 lbs. at
&c. COWS $500 lbs. at 4c. and cows,
1920 lbs. at Sc. J. Lacher Il Son sold
35 cows, average 100 lbs, at DC. "A.
p. Brown sold COW, at size, and :
cows, at &c S. Z. Winch sold cows,
at 4Ac., l cow, and / bull at 4c., and
| cow at Sc. c. |. Rich sold pr.
steers, 277s0 lbs, at eye, COW, s20
lbs, at 4c., and cows, 1920 IDS, at
2Ac. II. F. Whitney sold l COW 1l0o
lbs, at 5hc., fancy pr oxen at nc
l pr. steers at 6Ac., and cows, aV-
erage 800 lbs, at Sc. Minis & Holbrook
sold oxen, at sac, cows, at 2Ac.'
l bull, at 3hc., and l cow, at 2Ac
Veal Calves-R. II. Savage sold
calves for s1s w. II. Neal sold 4
calves at 7kc. S. E. Winch sold l ex-
Hogs-C. /. Rich sold l66 hogs, 5000
lbs. at 7.20c. A. F. Brown sold ii hogs
at 7.3oc. H. f. Whitney sold 20 hogs,
average IT'S lbs. at TIC. Minis q
Holbrook sold 80 hogs at TIC. r. II.
Savage sold 8 hogs. 1900 lbs, at 1l2e.
Mich Cows-R. II. Savage sold a
fancy Holstein mixer for $sS
FOREIGN CATTLE TRADE.
There was practically no change in
quotations from the British cattle
markets during the past week sup
plies were sufficient for the demand
which was active. London cacieS
quoted live cattle steady at 15@la1sc
per ID, dressed weight, sinking the OF
fal; at Liverpool, live cattle quoted at
1ac per h., dressed weight, including
the offal. For the first time Tor three
weeks, there was shipment from
Boston of lice stock for the BRUSH
markets, the amount including cattie
and sheep. From New York the snip
ment was the lightest for some tiihe'
there being only 40 cattle and 80 sheep
shipped to Bermuda.
The Michigan for Liverpool carried
the following ACCOMPLISHMENTS Beer
Co. 136 cattle: Swift & Co., 54 State
and "a Canadian cattle; total, ga cat
tie. Morris Beef Co., 1905 sheep. Inc
small shipment of Canadian STOCK Is
the first lot shipped for several
months past, as no stock from CANADA
has been received at Boston slaughter
houses or for the export trade in that
time. Exporters claim that there Is a
great scarcity of cattle suitable for
the export trade in this country and
that what there are, are only to be
bonpht at so high a cost as to shut
off all profit, considering the prices
/ xocaivod abroad