Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-28

The aggregate Of live stock at
Brighton. Watertown and the local
This week: Cattle e477. sheep and
lambs 470s. calves $3.50. hogs 35,0S3.
Last week: Cattle 31S3, sheep and
lambs 7474, calves 1912, hogs 30,463.
One year ago: Cattle 1854, sheep and
lambs 57S5, calves 3401. hogs 21.S02.
TOTAL MAINE SHIPMENT
Cattle IS. sheep and lambs 81. calves
341, hogs ..
TONE OF THE MARKET
Live stock market trains arrived
promptly, and there was an early
market movement in consequence.
The market was quiet with a light
run of stock as is usual of a holiday
week. Beef cattle sold at last weeks
range, with a little improvement in
quicker closing of sales. Few fancy
steers and oxen were offered, selling
at 1860, with good to choice steers
and oxen at 6@7c; coarse or thin
oxen at 4@5c. Few fancy cows were
on sale and the average top price
was 3-4c., with an occasional ami
NAL at &C. Good ordinary cows at
2 1908 1-2c; Gamers, bologna and
slippery cows sold at l 1-2@2 1-2c.
Bull at. SQ5c. =.
The veal calf market was weak,
with average, sales closing about 1
| cent lower than a week ago. 9@1Oc
was paid for choice lots, with 7@8c
for good mixed lots, sc for. small
! calves. and 4@6c for drinkers and
! grassers.
Hogs sold at last weeks range of
prices. Yard offerings were light, but
western shipments are running
| heavy.
Live hogs sold at the yards at TO
&c for good lots. 5@6c for rough hogs,
packers at 8 3-4@9 3-4c.
Sheep and lamb receipts were
light. The market tone is firm
especially for good lambs. Sheep
sold at 4@7c, lambs 9@13c.
| The mich COW trade was normal
with prices holding at the recent
range. Fancy cows at $125@1S5
good to choice cows $65@125, poor
to ordinary cows at $40@65.
Live poultry sold steady. Large
chickens and fowl at 22@23c, small
10000, ROSTERS 16@1Sc.
TUESDAY SALES
| Beef cattle-Howard Gorges sold 4
fat cows, av. 900 lbs. at &c, 4 cows, av
500 lbs. at &c, l slippery cow 11OC
lbs. at Lee, IL bologna cows al
1.6Oc. Otis H. Forbush sold COW
at lie, COW at &C, and 2 cows al
2.3-4c. A. F. Chickering sold 1 bull
1850 lbs. at 3 1-2c, Gamers, 1906
lbs. at 1-2c. )
! Veal calves-F. M. Dana sold, 81
calves at 4@10c. Howard Gorge,
sold IL calves, av. 10S lbs. at &c, 4
grassers, av. 200 lbs. at &c, and {
small calves, 500 lbs. at SC. Fuller
Bros. sold IL calves, av. so lbs. at SC
Il A ~ "o p sci q
Iav. 80 lbs. at z 1-2c. /,
HORSE MARKET
i Boston, Nov. 27-The demand TO
4 horses about the city was dull, bu
as receipts from the. West and en-.
tries OF nearby seconds were no
heavy a fairly good clearance wa.
made by the weeks end. The loca
demand called for heavy horses, bu
of these there is a scarcity, bu
what were on the market sole
readily at good prices. In othel
classes the demand was dull, ex.
cepting that there were good man!
horses Of 14o0 to 1890 lbs taken fo
the logging camps in Maine ant
New Hampshire. Unlike the pur,
chases of previous years, buyer.
took horses in seconds, many O
which were blemished but of fail
weight. and they were bid In at $3.50
/ $50 p head. AS has been the rul,
this season the best end of the trad,
was at retail. as buyers here, wer,
looking for good sound horses AMI
were willing to pay fair values
Good quality heavy green drafters
100 to- 1900 lbs. sold at $o75 to $32E
per head, with drafters, green, of 1851
to 1900 lbs. at $225 to $275: Wagon
horses, farm chunks and general pur,
pose OF 1400 to 1900 lbs. at $125 to s165
both green and seconds; good class ac.
climated horses 1900 to 1900 lbs. al