Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-07-03
TONE OF THE MARKET

Beef cattle were in large supply both
! at the Yards and the slaughter houses.
ard the market showed a weaker tone,
| with prices practically lower through
out, Fewer choice cattle were brought
in, and these sold quite readily, but at
the lower level The best steers and
oxen sold at 13 II to Is cts, with good
quality II l-2ft13 l. cts. and coarse
and these cattle 10 1-aM11 Il cts. The
market for choice heavy1 cows was
/ from ia Is cts. with fair to good cows
/ 8 l-241l cts. from to ordinary 7G9 II
Cts. an@ ,. .ccIt nd tanners . l-o0
| cts. Bulls wers IN moderate supply
/ from 1@1n l. cts.
I Veal calves held steady with the de-
mand good. There was no change in
prices. Choice and fancy veals 1906
cts, fair TO good 10M13 cts. drinkers
and Srassers, coarse calves SGl0 cts,
and small calves $3.5 0ard s. each.
Yard receipts We're fairly large.
! Hogs showed an advance of about
! half cent over last week. Live hogs
sold at 16. l-2M17 II cts ma dressed
! hogs at 21M q 1-2 cts Receipts at
I the packing houses were fairly large,
but the suggestion to cat more pory
! has increased the demand.
! Sheep ana lambs We're in small sup
ply at the yards. with no change in
the conditions. Sheep NORMALLY sell
/ from 9M13 cts, and lambs from 14@ 20
cts.
| Mich cow trade was quiet with
the demand rather slow. Good av-
! erage cows going for about 500 and
S125 with choice heavy milkers up
to S11J and poor cows down to $75.
Stock bulls being So and S75 ac-
! cording to grade.
4 Live poultry was fairly stady
| Fowl sc and :;Jc, spring chickens
| 41c and 4Sc, roosters 20 and n5 c.
TUESDAY BRIGHTON SALES.
| Beef cattle-G. A. Eastman sold
| extra fancy cow at Is 1-2c raised
at the Balsams, Dixville Notch, and
; COWS at 1-4c: A. NJ. Bags sold
% cows. 20,560 lbs. at 5 3-4e: Otis
. n. Forbush sold / COW, $40 lbs. at
% lie and 81 on, 1 COW. $50 lbs at
3-fc, | COW. $50 lbs. at Z | 14c and
, 81 off, ! COW. 900 lbs. at &c and 81
on. COW, 1850 lbs. at &c, COW at
lie, COW at 10 1-2c and 1 COW at
q 1-2c; J. Dexter sold I cow at 1Oc
and > cows at 1-2c: J. w Ellis
worth sold COW, 730 lbs at 1c, and
> COWS, 1880 lbs as &c.
I Veal calves-C. A. Eastman sold
40 calves at 15c; ]. w. Ellsworth
sold 4 calves, 10 lbs at 14c and )
calves, $50 lbs. at 12c.
Hogs-Otis H. Forbush sold / hog
at u Sic
Mich cows-J. W. Ellsworth sold
mixers to average $40.
HORSE MARKET.
Boston, July o-Supplies were
rather light all about the city d1rin.
the past week, and while the mar
ket held 'dirly steady as a White.
still at some s. les prices We're sac
ritceG when supplies were toe am
pic, III order to clean up the horses
on hand Heavy green horses. weigh
ing from 1700G1900 lbs were in scant
supply and more than were offered
/ could have been readily disposed of
If the dealers had them Medium
weight drafters. 1600@ 100 lbs. were
in very ample supply and on these
the market was weak with prices not
as high as in the previous week
sales. Wagon horses were in abcIit
the usual supply and demand. show
ing little change for the past three
weeks. There was a coodly number
Of seconds offered. but the supply
ran mostly TO ordinary horses.
Many of these were taken for thc