Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-05-16
BRIGHTON MARKET.

| Prices at the Brighton stockyards Tues.
day morning rallied sharply, this applying
calves. The tone was sharply in contrast
with that noted week ago. when both
buyers and sellers were feeling blue. Hogs
alone were unchanged possibly a trihe
easier. but only on the top edge new
high record price established for beef
cows Tuesday. and very high prices also
were realized for fancy steers.
| Arrivals for Tuesday were II cars from
the Boston and Maine railroad and i've
cars from the Boston and Albany. During
| the last week the arrivals at the Brighton
yards were IL cars of cattle and OF
hogs from the West. 18 cars Of livestock
from New York State and five cars from
the Boston and Maine railroad. Arrivals
for Tuesday at Watertown were IL cars,
making the total arrival at both terminals
| for the week 81 cars against 03 for
the preceding week and 90 cars two weeks
| One very handsome pair Of beef cattle
which was brought in IL supposed to have
yards were to tho effect that 10 cents or
| better was realized. Average tops in beef
| cattle sold at IL to Is cents. good cattle
| at 10 to II cents and light cattle at 8 to 0
cents. Record prices were obtained for a
pair Of fat beef cows which sold at 14K
cents, said to be the highest figure ever
| known at the yards on actual sales Other
sales were on a materially higher level
| than last week. fancy heifers bringing up
| to ~ cents. average tops in 10 to II
cents, good cows to Q cents, ordinary
cows to cents and Gamer cows around
cents Bulls again were in plentiful sup
| ply average stock bringing IA to o cents.
with an occasional fancy bull going at IL
cents. Bologna bulls Brought around 6Is to
cents. 1900 'fF-
| With the Boston market we'll cleaned
| up from the glut of the previous week in
slaughtered veal. prices for calves reacted
for the better grades quite sharply. Fancy
small lots sold at 10 cents or better, fully
\ cent better than week ago. bunch lots
| bringing Is to 16 cents fair lots 10 to IS
cents. hobs 10 to IL CENTS and grassers
and drinkers to 10 cents.
Live hogs were unchanged in price,
though possibly little easier on the OUT
side. Sales were made at III to 10 cents
for the best lots. and occasionally as high
as ISL cents for fancy lots. Rough lots
sold at II to 17h cents. as for several
weeks past. Dressed hog prices are still
unchanged. the local packers quoting 22S
to % cents. the same as for several weeks.
| The local packing OF hogs again has
sharply increased. the total reported for tn,
week by Boston packers being 35, 800 hogs
against 10000 for the preceding week and
21.500 for the same week last year. Since
| January !. 1913. the total kill by Boston
packers has been 5s4. 500 hogs against
| SOL 900 for the same period in 1917 No ex-
| ports OF pork products are noted Boston
| packers apparently having no direct trade
with their foreign customers.
| There Is rather better market for tho
best grades Of milch cows. and sellers are
asking little more money. The range Is
$50 to S75 for ordinary mixers up to $3.50
| to S175 for fancy mixers. At the low end
; of the market II IL a toss-up whether to
sell for beef or to the milk farmers.