Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-15
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advances. Choice heavy veals sold from
10 to IS cents. with good quality 10 and
ID cents, ard drinkers and grassers 10
10 cents. Small calves were in smalle.'
supply with the market unchanged at
So so to $50 each
Hogs showed no change from a week
ago, with receipts at the packing houses
quite heavy, Live hogs sold at l7sdIss
cents. and dressed hogs at 22A62S cents
Sheep and lambs were in small supply
with no change in prices from previous
weeks, sheep being 9ml3 cents and lambs
150 % cents
Mich COW trade was steady at the
previous range of prices. Good average
mixers will bring from $40 to s1o5 eaca.
with fancy heavy mixers up to sl75,
and poor cows down to So. Not many,
however, bring so little.
Receipts of livestock for April at the
yards in A cities of the country were
as follows: Cattle ,9ol, $50, increase 4se.-
$50; sheep 1882. descrease $3.50; hogs
3,o2i,536, increase ESQ SO
Live poultry: Fowl "a to 81 cents; old
ROSTERS % cents.
Tuesday Brighton Sales
Beef cattle - Brighton Dressed
Meat Company bought > extra fan
Icy COWS. 2720 lbs, from w. p. Col
burn at IA Lie. This is the high
est price ever reported for cows, but
such as seldom seen. They were
fully equal to good steers. Harry
Minis sold l pr fancy Devon steers
at l4c. L. Shapiro sold COWS at
&c. j. w. Ellsworth sold l COW 100
lbs at loc, l bull 750 lbs and / COW
40 lbs at SC, , cows 1920 lbs at
l6 lie and l bologna $40 lbs at
> Sac. j. ID. Neylon . cows 1890
lbs at &C. +. l.. Barr sold / bull
at SC, 3 cows at &C. w. II. Neal
sold l COW and / bull at SC and 4
COWS at &c.
Veal calves. w. Ellsworth sold
: 10 calves at lie. J. d. Neylon sold
: calves 100 lbs at SC and small
calves at $3.50 each. f. l.. Burr sold
calves no lbs at lac, calves SO
lbs at lie and 5 small calves at 50
each. w. II. Neal sold 6 calves at
15c.
Hogs-J. W. Ellsworth sold hogs
at 1Sc.
Mich cows-R. II. Savage sold l
mixer for S125 and stock bulls at
$50 and sos each.
HORSE MARKET
Boston, May 14.-There were
heavy supplies of green western
horses and an extra large number
of acclimated and seconds offered
during the week. There was a good
and active demand, but not quite
as urgent as in the previous week.
Heavy green western horses as usu-
al were taken quickly, but the light
er weight horses moved more slow
! ly. There We're several contractors
sales and at some of these there
were some very good horses offered,
which sold at fun value. Seconds
were in moderate supply and sold
under the same conditions as has
been the rule for the past four
weeks.
| Good quality heavy green drafters,
| i650M1900 lbs. sold from s350@s40o;
with matched pairs, Mt sI50dss0 per
pair; good quality, medium weignt
green drafters. sold from $2156$350;
| heavy wagon and express horses.
from sl15M$225: chunks. from s20o6l
$500; good quality accimated horses
from sl25ds25O, ordinary seconds,
frtm s4cMs125
At the City Sale Stables-J. C..
Keith. Stevens G. Sweet Horse Co
! sold express carloads of green com
mcrcial horses. Bids were active ma
! prices firm. At the sale Of harness
classes the demand was not quite rs
prlSR, and although all the horse;
were taken prices were lower than
expected. Amongst the speed horses
s5oo was about The highest price ,.-
| celNcd A lot Of colts sold at So
per head; Shetland ponies sold n. so
per head. but the demand is slack.
rms week the firm will offer ) ex--
press carloads Of green horses. 20
woods horses. and the usual run of
seconds.
William Hurwitz offered express
carloads of green horses. and a large
number Of seconds There were also
! ~ army horses auctioned off Prices
held at the same range of values IS
a week ago, and the demand contin-
ued urgent. This week there will re
on sale two or three express car
| loads Of green horses ard some cor
/ tractors sales.