The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-10-16
Big RUN
OF CATTLE
About 1000 on Market of Good
Quality, Prices Strong. Business
In All Lines Reported Good.


and filed again. There were fully
1000 cattle here. Trade was brisk
and prices good and everybody on
the go. The quality was good. The
best 900-pound steers brought
cents, but few cattle scld at that
price, 8 to 812 cents caught the bulk
of sales. Yearlings with quality
brought s cents and more; heifers
at $3.50 to 800; cows at Sc to
$3.50, with Gamers at So; bulls,
$3.50 to 81. Big crowd at the pens
with all Central Kentucky buyers
and a few from Illinois.
SALES
We. caught a few sales at one of
the scales and We were kept busy
taking them.
Kelly Murphy sold IA 450-pound
heifers to j. S. Barnes at $6.75;
Morgan Owings S5O-pound steers
to Dave Fox at S1a cents; Stanley
MADDEN, bunch of 5OO-pound steers
TO E. r. Wade at 1925; Ben MUIR
ply sold 80 500-pound yearling
steers to Doyle Nichols, of Charles
ton, ILL.,, at 1925; John Swope sold
q bunch of 650-pound steers to E.
r. Wade, Of Clark county, at 1925;
Fillmore Webb, 2 6OO-pound steers
to M. II. Lewis at $7.75; LATE
Resener, bunch of 8O0-pound steers
to Prewitt VanMeter, of Clark coun-
ty, at $7.75; Shelby Cannow, bunch
of 65O-pound heifers to L. B. Henry,
of Coles county, ILL.,, at 6 cents !;
Mr.. Henry bought cars of heifers
and steers, about 100 head; Ben
Murphy sold 70 60O-pound steers to
Thos. Coons at $685. VIM. Chuck,
5 500-pound heifers to j. H. Lewis
at $3.50; Mike Wilson, 10 900
pound steers to John Vice, of Bath
county, at $7.65; Sam Keeton, 7
6O0-pOund steers to Cas- Golf, of
Clark county, at 8 cents; Brock
Howard, 2 S50-pound bulls to How
ard Hampton, of Clark county, at
1913; Andy Swango, II 500-pound
heifers to j. T. Hart, of Clark coun-
ty, at $780, II. II. Miller, 7 $50
pound steers to ]. Gumm, at $7.75;
VIM. Lemaster, 15 5O0-pound steer,
to Henry Henry, Of Coles county,
Ill.,, at $500; Robt. Lockridge, ID
50O-pound steers to Geo. L. Levi at
$3.50; Thos. Raburn sold bunch Of
90O-pound steers to Geo. Anderson
It 0 cents, they were good; Geo.
Halsey, 10 500-pound heifers to j.
r. Maxey at $3.50; VIM. Lemaster,
l. jr0-pound heifers to 7. p. Row
land at $3.50; Morgan Owings, 10
400 pound heifers to W. E. Weldon
at $3.50; Sam Cole, 500-pound
heifers to Mr.. Meyers at $3.50;
Sam Keeton, 5 600-pound steers tC
J. H. Alexander at 8 cents; Mike
4 750-pound steers to GAR
nett Chenault at $7.75; Oscar Moss
bought 33 670-pound steers of var
ious parties at 8 cents; Holly
Lacey, 10 35O-pound heifers to Lem
Wilson at $3.50; Walter Davis, 20
)OO-pound steers to A. Sid Hart at
800, they were good; Carl Trimble
sold 20 l,000-pound steers to Robt. |
Jatlett, of Bath county, at $500, |
his was one Of the best punches on
he market; John Devore, 8 45O-
pound heifers to c. T. Hamilton, at
$3.50; John Blanton, 8 5OO-pound
leifers to Walter Shrout at $3.50.
Trade was fully as brisk in the
afternoon and continued so untiI
light. Fully 1000 head Of stock
iold on the road Saturday, one
'arty buying $50 COWS. 80, s
HORSES AND MULES ,ta
Some aged mules on the market.
rhs best 16-hand mare mules sold
i s225 with sales at sl75 to 900 ]