Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-13

Inc aS1SeEate " HNCSlOSh dS iA6htou'
Watertown and the local slaughter
houses:
+ This week: Cattle 1883, sheep 1863,
calves $3.50, hogs 1922.
Last week: Cattle 277s. sheep 64S6,
ea ONE year se1a ago. Cattle ass sheep 1855.
calves 22l7, hogs S6,5S2
MAINE STOCK AT MARKET.
Cattle 500, sheep 9o1. calves is7. hogs lis.
TONE OF THE MARKET.
There was rather a light supply of
stock at the yards and the market held
firm at the previous quotations with
the few changes that were noted up
ward a lot of extra fancy steers were
brought in from Maine by Hall & Lew
ell and sold for the Christmas trade at
a price well above that received for
choice cattle The best heavy steers
and oxen sold at S1aG9l2c. with good
quality 1H@Sl2c, and coarse cattle 61
mTlsc. For the best heavy cows and
heifers the market ranged from 6H@
7l4c, with medium to good cows $40
6i4c, poor to ordinary 4s9lsc, and
bolcgnas and Gamers S1eG4Ac.
Veal calves were unchanged from a
week ago, wit hthe receipts moderate
at the yards. Good average calves
brought 7kd9Ac. with choice calves
up to 111.c. Small calves sold at $50
$3.50 each.
Hogs showed a fractiinal advance,
selling at 1oGl0Ac. live weight, and
1928 G13Mc dressed. Receipts at the
packing houses were heavy but only a
few were brought to the yards The
demand was good
Scarcely any sheep and lambs were
offered at the yards. and the market was
quiet and unchanged at So &c for sheep
and S@ 1Oc for lambs.
The barns we'll we'll filed with mixers
and the market was fairly active, the
best cows selling quite readily at soo6
1875 each, with a few extras higher
Good average cows brought SOS al 80.
with poor cows down to about $40
The live poultry market was steady
and unchanged. Fowl and chickens 1Sc,
and roosters 13414c
TUESDAY BRIGHTON SALES.
Beef CattIe:-Hall & Lowell sold %
fancy cattle of extra fine quality, at
10 lac. They were raised by Mosher
& Luce. Pennington. Me, Tory Allen,
Turner. Me, Ed Robingson. Readfield,
Me. Smith Thompson, Livermore Falls.
Me-. Frank WEIGH, Temple. Me- and
others. J. W. Ellsworth sold l choice
heifer, 1850 lbs at &c, 1 COW. $40 lbs.
at &c, and is cows. from 414c. D. A.
Walker sold cows. 29S0 lbs. at SC.
cows, $3.50 lbs. at 8 3-4c, and l beef COW
for $50. Otis H. Forbush sold l choice
heifer at &c. and 81 on. / fancy COW at
&c. COW at Lee, COW at &C, l COW
at s 3-4c, and 81 off, and COW at s lac.
and 81 off.
Veal Valves-J. w. Ellsworth sold 20
calves at IS each. D. A. Walker sold
Is calves, 4340 lbs. at &c.
Hogs-J. w. Neylon sold hogs. 40o
lbs at 1oc. ]. w. Ellsworth sold 10
hogs at 10c.
HORSE MARKET
Boston. Dec IL.
There was q much better trade this
week than in the previous week and
the demand was quite active. both
from the country and also from the
local business. Supplies were moder-
ately heavy. especially in acclimated
and secondhand horses, there being
some extra good horses turned in from
express companies and also from the
ice companies. the latter being
through their heavy work for this
season. Green Western horses were In |
smaller supply, and there were not so |
.. many OF the extra heavy weights as /
ssa ,. pu. .nere was fine lot of
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