Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-05-15
TONE OF THE MARKET.

TONE OF THE MARKET.
Beef cattle were in good supply at
the yards but the market held steady
with the best cattle in good demand:
There was considerable number OF
choice cattle among the offerings.
The best steers and oxen bring 10
@17c, with good quality 13915c. and
coarse and thin oxen IL 1-2@l3c.
Fancy beef cows sci! from II l-29
13c, with an occasional extra higher.
fair to good cows 9 1-:@l1 l-2c. poor
to ordinary 1913 1-2c and Gamers and
bolognas 5 1906 1-2c. Bulls we're in
good supply. ranging from 1@llc.
Veal calves showed no change from
a week ago. The receipts of poor
calves arc beginning to decline. The
best heavy vaals sell at 13G1Sc; good
average calves 10Il3c. and coarse
calves. drinkers and grassers 7@1oc.
Small calves sell from $3.50Q$5 each.
Hogs were steady at the previous
range. REGENTS firm the west at the
packing houses were considerably
heavier but yard offerings were
about as usual. Prices ranged from
10 1-2@s21c. live weight, and 26@26 1-2c
dressed weight.
Sheep and lambs were in the as
ual light supply at the yards with
no change in the previous nominal
quotations, from 7Q10c for sheep and
10@I16c for lambs.
Mich cocw trade was somewhat
better. the demand having improved
with the opening of the pastures.
nr,D A>f
mixers sell from $150G$200. with
good average mixers $1009sl53 and
poor to ordinary cows S6s@$100. Stock
bulls bring from $35@$e5.
The market for live poultry was
steady, with fowl 36G3sc and old
ROSTERS 24G25c.
|, TUESDAY BRIGHTON SALES.
Beef cattle-Maurice Katz sold 5
cows at lie. J. W. Ellsworth sold 2
cows Of 1870 lbs at Lee. Otis H. For
bush sold COW Of 1880 lbs. at 10 1-2c.
COW of $40 lbs at SC, cows Of 2070
lbs at Sac. bull of 1920 lbs at 1oc.
bulls of 1900 lbs at 1oc. COW Of 1880
lbs at 8 lac. I cows of 348O lbs at &c.
Veal calves. w. Ellsworth sold
2 calves of 2SO lbs at 13c, and l calf
Of 70 lbs at 10c. Otis H. Forbush so,d
3 calves Of. 210 lbs at IL Ice. J. D.
Neylon sold II calves of $50 lbs at
| l0c. - : 49, .
Hogs-J. D. Neylon sold coarse
| hogs Of 1880 lbs at 1sc and boar of
800 lbs at 10c.
HORSE MARKET.
Boston, May 13-The market was
active and full Of vigor. with a large
amount of horses sold during the
past week at the sale stables. Sup
plies of fresh country horses were
fairly heavy, but sales Of these were
not quite as good as in the previous
week. owing to the large number Of
army horses on the market, which
| cut into the sales Of the green horses.
a. they were Of good condition and
| sold at lower values. Sales Of the
u. S. Army horses are nearly over,
as nearly all at the training camps
in all parts of the country are about
cleaned up, and probably next
weeks sales will be the last in any
large amounts. Trade was excep-
tionally good during the week. being
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this springs trading. Seconds were
entered in small numbers. and all
but the very light weight horses
were quickly taken. Southern buy
ers in the city report that their
home trade il holding on longer this
spring than In any other previous
season, as an extra large amount of
cotton planting has been done this
year. which gave an urgent demand
| for farm horses.
There was somewhat Of a scarcity
Of the extra heavy drafters, but
what were offered sold At the same
range as IA the preceding week,
| from $s1o0leo: medium weight
drafterA up 100 ns. were On the
market h large numbers both In the
green Weseeen horses and amongst
The army supol1es. They sold at Q
range Of &1esOsa6; heavy wagon and
express hoEsaA from 1N01e6:
CHUNKS nom $1ss0soo; good quality
aeoflmated horsea from $1750zb;