Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-06-28

calves 1857, hogs 1873
Last week: Cattle 16s. sheep 5s9s,
One year ago: Cattle 1852. sheep $685.
calves 1868. hogs 25,S4.
MAINE STOCK AT MARKET.
Cattle 23o. sheep "a, calves 6S4. hogs 49,
TONE OF THE MARKET.
Beef cattle were in ample supply at
the yards and prices tended downward
on all grades, the best cattle offered
bringing about u cent below the pre-
vious figures, and selling at S%@91ac,
with good quality s@sNc and fair 6A
@7ac. The best heavy cows sold at 81
67Ec; medium to good 5A@6Ac: poor
to ordinary 4L@5Ac and bolognas and
Gamers 31a@4Ac Bulls were in good
supply at 5@71ac.
Veal calves held steady at the pre-
vious range Of prices, 10@11c for the
choicest, and 71s@91ac for good aver
age quality. Drinkers and grassers 5
@7c and small calves s3@$5 each. The
demand was good although offerings
were fairly large.
A better demand for hogs brought a
fractional advance. Live hogs sold at
9B@1OMc, and dressed hogs at 12A q
12s4c. Yard offerings were light and
western hogs were not in large sup
ply.
Sheep and lambs were unchanged
with few at the yards and the market
nominal There were some goats at
the yards, selling with the sheep but
little lower. Sheep sold at 6@sc and
lambs at SG1Oc.
The barn was we'll filled with mlch cows
but the market was slow and there was no
improvement in price. Ordinary cows sold
at $40 to so, good average mixers $50 to
75, and choice heavy mixers SIS to 12O.
The live poultry market was firm with
fowl 10 to 2oc chickens rs to CSC and
roosters IL to 13c.
TUESDAY SALES AT BRIGHTON
Beef Cattle: A. A. Foss sold 1 extra fam
cy Durham bull, 206O lbs. shipped from
Canada, at 10c. w. H. Neal sold l bull
at 71-2c, cows, 5 SAC, 2 bulls. 5 1-2c,
and 8 cows, at &c. Otis H. Forbush sold
4 cows at Sac. cows at &c. 1 COW at
1-2c. l heifer, $50 lbs. at 1-2c, and 81
on, and 1 cow. at lac.
Veal Calves: Otis H. Forbush sold II
calves. from to 12c. A. A. Foss sold At
calves at 3-4c. W. H. Neal sold II calves
at 10 1-2c.
Hogs: Otis H. Forbush sold hogs at
1oc. and I hogs at 9 3-4c. W. H. Neal
sold hogs at 10c.
HORSE MARKET.
Boston, June p.
The market was quiet, with sales
poorly attended and bids dragging.
Supplies were light. both in green
horses and seconds and dealers quoted
prices about the same as those receiv-
ed week ago. There was quite an ur-
gent demand for horses for the camp
at birmingham, but the right kind of
horses were not numerous. The sup
ply at Watertown was SO tied up that
none could be procured from that
source, and the general sale stables
had on hand only few saddle horses.
A number, however were taken for
the cavalry, and the rest of the weeks
trading came almost wholly from To-
cal Dlsiness concerns. The country
demand is well provided for until the
haying season makes a need of some
extra horses. Seconds were entered in
small amounts and sold at full worth
The best Of the heavy. green draft
horses sold from $325@s4oO: medium
weight, first class drafters. were in
good supply and sold readily, from
s225@s325; heavy wagon and express
horses from $1s5@s265 general pur-
pose horses from s125@$175; seconds,
from $50, upward.
At the City sale stables-J. c. Keith,
Stevens & Sweet Horse Co. there was
offered express carloads of green
horses and so seconds. Amongst the
green horses from the West were some
extra fine horses of medium weight,
which sold freely and at good values.
The general trade and movement at
the auction sales was slow with val
ues steady.
William Hurwitz offered express
carloads Of green horses and 55 seconds.
The firm offered this week a special
sale Of farm chunks from Illinois Sales
wer steady with not much life to the
dop,ood