Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-04
TONE OF THE MARKET

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TONE OF THE MARKET.
Supplies of stock were quite heavy.
both at the yards and the slaughter
! houses, and the market generally
| was dull and weaker Beef cattle held
quite steady with the exception Of
bologna and Gamer cattle, which
showed a somewhat weaker tone.
The best heavy steers and oxen II
Il6c; good to choice steers and oxen
l2dl4c; coarse and thin oxen 109
l?c; the best heavy cows and heif-
ers 10 1-2Gl2 1-oc: fair to good cows
LA 10 &c; poor to ordinary cows
6 1-2dS 1-2c; bolognas and Gamers
LAS Ice: bulls S@loc
Veal calves were in large supply
but the demand held well ana prices
were web sustained. Choice heavy
veals solo at 15@11c, with good aver :.
age veals Halle; drinkers and
grassers and coarse calves 9Gllc, and
small calves s3.50Ms5.50 each
| Receipts of hogs were light, al
| though above the figures Of year
i ago. The demand was active and the
| few that were brought in sold read
llS at IL duN diCt.
Live hogs brought 10 3-4d20 / &C and
| dressed hogs 25@25 Lee.
Sheep and lambs were in moderate
| supply, with prices holding steady
at the previous range. Sheep are
quoted at 9d13c and lambs 1S0lsc
Mich cows were in ample supply,
with no change in the market from
previous weeks. The best cows sell
quite readily but ordinary cows sell
slowly and are not much WI: nted
Good average cows sell for about
500 q IFS. with choice heavy nj k
ers up to SITS. and poor and ordinary
cows down to about SIS. Stock bulls
J sell at $40 q 50 each
The poultry market was steady
and without change. Fowl are
"a a 35 cts, chicken 80 q Sc cts,
ROSTERS "A q % cts.
TUESDAY BRIGHTON SALES
/ Beef cattle-Howe G. Shirley sold
, fancy steers at Is L.. 4 fancy
steers at 15c, and fancy steers at
| IA 1-2c. 6 cows, a lie; D. A. Walk
er sold ? steers, 1880 lbs, at lie: 4
| heifers 1880 lbs, at 3-4c and 4
COWS, $500 lbs. at 3-4c; Otis H.
Furbush sold cows at 5 SAC: /
COW and l heifer at &c, / CO.. at
s sac, | cow at Sc. cows at Z lee
and l COW at Ice and 81 off: p.
Shapiro sold 3 cows at &C.
Veal calves-D. A. Walker sold 10
calves. $3.50 lbs. at 10c; Otis H.
Forbush sold . calves at lac.
! Hogs-D. A. Walker sold hogs at
! 21c; Otis H. Forbush sold hogs
at 20 IA C.
Mich cows-D. A. Walker sold
mixer for 500; Otis H. Forbush sold
turnout COW for s55.
| HORSE MARKET.
| Boston, Sept. 3.-The market was
rather quiet during the week. with
supplies somewhat larger than in the
| preceding weeks. There was larg-
or shipment received Of western
green horses. and secondhand Of
! larger numbers. The best demand is
on the big horses, and a great many
| Of these were bought up by tIe
| agents for the numbering camps, for
| which is required heavy and sturdy
| horses. Aroostook county, Maine. took
| off lot Of rather light horses of 100
| T140o lbs for work in the potato
| fields. The horses Xor the woods sold
at n range of $250G$3o0 in average
sales. There were great many thin
| and rather used up seconds entered
this week. and for these the demand
| was small, and they were auctionej
! off at very low figures. Good big ac-
! climated horses were we'll taken and
| at satisfactory prices.
1e5oG1s00 lbs sold from $300@$375;
medium weight. good quality green
| drafters, 15o0@160o lbs, sold freely.
/ from $225G $500; heavy wagon and ex-
press horses from sl65@$2e5; chunks
from $l15Gs250: good quality big ac-
climated horses sold from s1151S2So;
ordinary seconds from 335G$150.
At the City Sale Stables-J. c.
Keith. Stevens & Sweet Horse Co.
sold express carloads of green
horses. and 100 acclimated and Sec
onds. Trading was brisk on the
heavy horses. but after these were
taken sales were dull and some OF
the lighter horses were sold at con-
cessions in order to close sales. This
week there will be four more ex-
press carloads Of green horses. and
the usual run Of accIimated and sec
onds.
William Hurwitz held hts closing
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