Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-02

at the yards although much was de-
layed by wrecks and otherwise. In
beef cattle the demand was quiet
and although q fair clearance was
made it was at the expense of price.
No really choice cattle were received.
The best cattle would bring 1-f@
Z l-2 cts. good average cattle IL
a 6 IL. and poor and ordinary 12
1906 IL cts, good quality cows
3 1894 1-2 cts, poor and ordinary
3@3 1-2 cts, bolognas and Gamers
2Q3 cts. Bulls range from g. 1-2@
5 cts, as to quality.
Veal calves were weaker with the
offerings ample. Good quality calves
sold from LEO 8 1-2 cts. with
choice heavy veals up to IL cts, al
though few brought this extreme fig
ura.' Poor and ordinary calves
brought 1905 1-2 cts.
Hogs declined sharply, selling at
34QS IL cts, live weight, and 8
1000 1-2 cts. dressed weight. Re-
cepits at the packing houses were
moderate. and at the yards light.
Sheep and lambs were fairly steady
with only small decline. Sheep
ranged from 1904 L. cts, and
lambs from 1908 IL cts.
Mich COW trade was ql6te, with
the barns moderately wei filled. The
range of prices was unchanged.
Average cows sell from s659110.
with choice heavy mixers up to $3.50,
and poor cows down to $40. y. d.
The live poultry market declined
sharply. Large fowl 24@25 cts,
medium fowl 1920 cts, chickens
22Q25 cts, BOOSTERS 1890 cts.
TUESDAY BRIGHTON SALES
Beef cattle-Philip Simon sold 4
cows, $3.50 TBS. at 4c, . cows. 1850
TBS. at 2 1-oc. Otis n. Forbush sold
] bun ct sc, and 50 on, cows at
4 Ice, | COW at &c, and 81 on, 4
COWS. $3.50 TBS, | cow. 1850 TBS. at
. 1-2c. c. A. Eastman sold IL steers
and oxen at 1-oc. Hall & Lowell
sold 4 cows av 900 lbs. at &c, 6 cows
av. 900 TBS. at &c.
Veal calves-Philip Simon sold D
ell sold 10 calves av. 100 lbs. at 10c,
80 poor calves, av. 40 lbs. at 4c.
Hogs--Philip Simon sold 3 coarse
hogs, go TBS. at 7c Otis H. For
bush sold l hog at Sc. Hall & Lowell
sold so hogs av. $50 lbs. at lie.
HORSE MARKET
Boston, Nov. 1.-The horse market
offered was light there was mo far
Their decline in prices. There We're
only a few carloads of fresh country
horses offered, and these ran almost
wholly to medium light weights. but
when of good class, buyers were will
ing to pay fair values. Most of the
horses offered were seconds, which
included a lot of ordinary horses,
turned in for reselling and while
values Paid were small, they were
fully as much rs the horses were
worth. There was no northern trade,
bat some horses were bought by
Rhode Island and Connecticut buy
ers. This week it is not expected that
hardly any green horses will be Of
fored. as transportation was too un-
certain at the right time of starting
the horses to have risked getting
them through.
Heavy green draftcrs of good
quality, weighing from 1850 TO 1900
lbs. sell at $2750373 with green
drafters of 1900 to 100 lbs. at $40 @
DO; wagon and express horses,
largely seconds of 1900 to 400 TBS. at
$125 q 115; fairly good seconds sold
| at $40 @1o0. with ordinary and
/ blemished horses at $250 75.
j. c. Keith sold at his Brighton
stables l carload of green horses and
rs seconds. Sales We're made at the
same range of prices as week ago
This week there will be ] carload OF
green horses and the usual entry OF
seconds. -
William Htrwitz sold at his Port
land street stables so head of ordi-
nary to good seconds. at a range of
! S75 a 200 p. head. This week there
will be a small amount of nearby
seconds offered.