Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-01

the yards, and the market was dull
and weak. Receipts of western cat
tie We're quite heavy and 1854 cattle
were exported from Boston during
the past week. Prices at the yards
showed little change, but the ten
dency was downward. Choice heavy
cattle if offered would have ranged
frob about $50 cts. with good quail
ity 60S cts and poor to ordinary
1 1-2W6 cts. The best quality cows
sold at Coz cts, average cows az
cts, poor to ordinary 3@4 cts, bolog-
mas and Gamers 2@3 cts. Bulls
brought sac cts.
Veal calves showed little change
from a week ago, but the market
was dull and prices averaged little
lower, only the choicest bringing the
top figures. For the best heavy
veals the market ranged from SO II
cts. with good average calves 1-2@
s cts and poor and ordinary calves
1 @5 IL cts.
Hogs suffered a severe decline
selling at 1-20S IL cts, live
weight and 0 "a @ 10 "a cts dressed
weight. These are the lowest prices
received since 1916, when hogs sold
as low as 7 cents Yard offerings
were well supplied.
The sheep and lambs were
brought to the yards. Prices nomi-
nally are 3M6 cts for sheep and Go
10 cts for lambs.
Mich COW trade was quiet with
offerings moderate and prices I'M
changed. Good average mixers 500
q 10, choice heavy mixers $1100
$50. poor and ordinary $40 @65 each.
Stock bulls sold from $50 "a 80 each.
The market for live poultry was
lower with fowl $3.50 cts and
broilers $40 q Al cts.
TUESDAY BRIGHTON SALES
Beef Cattle-Philip Simon sold 2
COWS, 2110 lbs at 1-2c. Otis H. For
bush sold l COW. 720 lbs at 1-2c,
and l bull, at sc, and 81 on. f. G..
Piper sold bull, 800 lbs at &c, 1 bull,
$40 lbs at sc.
Veal Calves-Hall & Lowell sold
100 calves av 40 lbs at &c.
HORSE MARKET
Boston, May 31.--The horse market
was rather quiet, with much of the
urgency of the spring demand salts
fed. Prices held firm excepting where
there was an extra amount of horses
offered, when prices were cut down at
the close of the sales rather than to
carry the horses over for another
week. Dealers that have been hav-
ing very heavy shipments from their
western consigners have warned them
tc send fewer horses, as prices can
The western markets have been dull
recently and there is apparently too
many horses for immediate needs.
Good quality extra drafters weigh
irg around 1900 lbs. sci readily at
$500 p head, with the average range
on good green drafters, 100 to 1900
lbs at s325@375: medium weight
green drafters, 1900 to 1900 lbs at
$250@335: wagon and express horses,
1900 to 400 lbs at s150@250: farm
chunks 1900 to 400 lbs at s350@450 p
pair; good quality acclimated horses,
1900 to 1900 lbs at 150@275; ordinary
seconds, at s25@125.
j. c. Keith sold at his Brighton
stables express carloads of green
western horses, and about so seconds.
At the close of the sale bids were
slow, and horses sold ct about S10@15
p head lower. At private sale good
prices We're reported. This week
there will be carloads Of green
western horses and a small number
of seconds.
William Hurwitz sold at his Port
land street stables 1 carload Of fresh
country horses and so seconds. Good
values were received on all horses of
quality, but the trade was hampered
by road repairing which prevented a
good showing of the horses in the vi
cinity of the stable. This week there
will be l carload of green western