Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-19

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At N. e. D. NJ. & w. Co.
Il. y. Jones ...... -
A. F. Jones .......... -
at Brighton. Watertown and the local
slaughter houses.
This week: Cattle 1892. sheep and
lambs $3.50, calves 2642, hogs 1922.
Last week: Cattle 1876. sheep and
lambs s439. calves 1860. hogs 1926. =.
lambs $3.50. calves 1880. hogs 1926.
TOTAL MAINE SHIPMENT
- Cattle 1ss. sheep and lambs 1914,
TONE OF THE MARKET
There was a heavy run Of beef cat
tie at the yards. due to the light
shipment Of a week ago. Fancy and
heavy cattle were in small supply and
sold at last weeks prices. Fancy
steers and oxen. sold at 8 1-2@10c,
with good to choice steers and oxen
at 1907 1-2c and coarse and thin
oxen at 4@5c. The market was firm
on fancy COW beef only a few head
of which were offered selling at 12
a Lee. In other grades of cow
beef the market was weak owing to
the excessive supplies and sales aver
age 1-2 cent lower. Medium to good
cows move at 4 laos 1-2c, poor to
ordinary cows at 3@4c. The market
for Gamer cows was higher, due to a
stronger market for hides, prices
Guiding shipping cows. Bulls sold at
80 1906 lac.
The hog market advanced lac per
10, recovering the decline of a week
ago. The demand was active at the
advance. Best lots sold at 9410c with
rough hogs at SOS 3-4c. Dressed
hogs at 11@12c.
Receipts of n. f. sheep and lambs
increased, especially Maine shipments
for the week, but western receipts
ran light. The market averaged low
er. Sheep sold at 3Q7c and lambs at
9@12c.
The sale barn was filled with mich
cows of all grades for the Wednesday
sale. The market was quiet and
steady. Fancy cows sold at $125@l50
| with a few extras up to S1S5. Good
to choice cows at S65@l25, poor and
ordinary COWS at $40@65.
The live poultry market was I'M
broilers 24@2Sc: roosterS 16G1Sc.
with little change in market condi-
tons. Choice lots of fancy veals sold
at 10 1902 1-2c, with single animals
| of merit higher. Average mixed lots
| at 1899 1-2c. Drinkers and grass
ers sore.
Tuesday Sales-A. F. Chickering
sold 3 bulls, av 1900 lbs, at &c and
3 Gamer cows av $50 lbs. at = 1-2c
p. Simon sold q cows. $500 lbs. at
5 3-4c. l COW, 1850 lbs. at &c, . COWS.
1000 lbs, at = 1-2c, and l cow for
$15. Otis H. Forbush sold l COW
at 1-2c. L. COW at 3 lac and 81.
l COW at 3 1-4c, l COW at &c and 81.
Veal Calves-P. Simon sold L.
calves at s 3-4c. Otis II. Forbush
sold / calf at 13c. A. F. Chickering
sold 20 calves, av 90 lbs. at &c. A.
D. Kilby sold 81 calves at . lie.
Hogs-A. F. Chickering sold 2
hogs at DC. and / hog at &c.
THE HORSE MARKET
Boston. Sept. 1S.-Owing to heavi-
not on the whole as good as a week
ago. the demand not being sufficient
to hold steady under q larger tf-
fering in western horses. Sale eta
bles, where small numbers were re-
ported, had a fair trade with good
clearance. The best selling n )rGes
just at present are heavy horses of
1850 to 100 lbs and these are sold
mostly in pairs at $500 q $50 per
pair. Wagon horses and farm
chunks which were we'll taken a
month ago, are in slack demand, but
all good conditioned acclimated
horses above 400 lbs move quickly,
but the supply is limited. This week
dealers are looking for better mar
ket and supplies will be liberal from
the West, and there are several spe-
cial sales of local horses.
Good quality heavy green draft
ers sold at $500 % $50 per head for
horse of 100 to 1900 lbs. and from
5000 OPS for horses of 1850 to 100
lbs. Wagon horses and farm chunks,
1900 to 400 lbs. sold at 1925 q 225.
including both green and seconds.
Good class acclimated horses, 1900
to 1900 lbs, at $125 q 225; blemish
seconds, $25n75.
J. C. Keith sold at his Brighton
stables express carloads of western
horses and so seconds. The demand
was dull both at the auction sales
and at retail, with an average of
500 per head under last week S
prices. This week there will he =
express carloads of big horses. and
carloads of lighter weight, with
the usual entry of seconds.
William Hurwitz Sons Company
sold 9 carloads of fresh horses and
so acclimated. There was also of
fered 55 saddle horses from the
Packard Riding School. There was
fair trade in all types offered, with
values steady. This week there will
be 2 carloads OF fresh country