Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-12

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The aggregate Of live stock ut
'This week: Cattle 1865. sheep and
lambs ssh. calves 3l26. hogs 14,161.
Last week: Cattle 1922. sheep and
lambs 1856, calves 40iS. hogs 1889.
one year ago: Cattle 1874. sheep and
lambs 1882. calves 1890. hogs 1902.
additional $50 export Canadian cat
tie.
TOTAL SHIPMENT FROM MAINE
Cattle rs, sheep and lambs 81, calves
TONE OF THE MARKET
The beef cattle market while nat
urally depressed by the Lenten sea-
son, showed no material decline in
the general range of prices, but
within the range average sales show
ed shaving off in average sales.
The COW hide market declined &c
during the week, which also had it's
effect on prices. If offered fancy
steers and oxen would bring from
S49c. with none were weighed up
during the morning. Some good
steers and oxen were offered, SELL
ing ut 6el7, coarse and thin oxen at
8 1-2Q5c. Choice fat cows and
hoifers at SAGE medium to good
cows Al SC, poor and ordinary cows,
so &c. Gamers, bologna and slippery
cows at 2M3 Lee. There was fair
offering of bulls, some OF extra
weight but few of high quality.
Average sales were made at Az
1-2c. with poor bulls selling down
e. % 20
Heavy receipts cut prices on
veal calves and this month prices
will run low. Average lots Of fancy
calves sold at 10011c, mixed lots at
9Q10c, drinkers and grasscrs 5Q1c,
light bob calves 1-2@5 sc.
Hogs sold a fraction higher, re-
sponsivc tn a stronger Chicago mar
ket. At the packing houses sup
plies of western hogs We're of good
volume. At the yards. n. L. ship
ments were of the usual small
amount. The demand was active.
Fancy lots sold at 3-40S 3-4c
rough 607c, boars 3Q5c. Dressed
hogs at 1-2Q10c.
The sheep and lamb market for
native stock is inactive. Sheep sold
at 5M Sc, and lambs 9G13c.
The mich cow trade is unsatis-
factory and dealers in this line find
it difficult to close out the light ship
ments which have ruled for the past
two months. Fancy cows sold at
S110M15O, with fair to good cows at
$500 100, and poor and ordinary
cows at $4,000.
There was no change in the live
poultry market. Fowl 27Q29c, chick
ems 25q2Sc. ROSTERS 1S020c.
TUESDAY SALES
Beef Cattle-A. f. Chickering
sold > cows. av 1000 lbs. at &c: l
bull. 1870 lbs, at DC: , Gamers, 1900
lbs. at &C. T. d. keenan, sold = bulls,
2700 lbs, at 470c: IS cows, av. $50
lbs. at 3 1-1c: Gamers. av. $50
lis. at . Lac. j. w. Brooks sold
II COWS at . Ia % &c. D. A. Walk
l bull. at $40. and ] bull at S35.
cows. $3.50 lbs. at lie: 4 cows, $3.50
lbs. at Sc
Veal Calves-P. Simon sold 10
calves. $50 lbs, at Sc. Otis II. For
bush sold l calf at 14c and 3 calves
at &c. A. F. Chickering sold Ga
calves av 10 lbs at Zoe and 16
calves av 40 lbs at &c. J. w. Brooks
sold ~ calves ct Sc. j. A. Walker
sold 81 calves at So each.
Hogs-P. Simon sold 4 hogs, 1850
lbs, at Z 1-2c.
HORSE MARKET
Boston. Mar. 1.-The long con-
tinued dizziness in the horse trade
was broken this week by an i'm
proved demand and prices averaged
higher. Buyers from without the
State were active in the market. as
we'll as dealers from ncighboring
cities. Western consigners to this
market made some money on their
heavy horses this week, although or
binary horses were not well taken.
Although prices advanced in the av-
erage sales. they did not run high.
when considering first cost in the
west. There is a somewhat mistak-
en- idea amongst eastern buyers at
the sales. that western. prices are
much lower than they really are.
There has been considerable money
lost to western consigners during the
past two months. and many sales
when barely the cost of placing the
horses on the eastern market was
covered. Under such conditions 1t
was encouraging to have the horses
n owing more rapidly and to have
buyers taking for use rather than
for reselling.
Geod quality heavy green draft
ers. 100 to 1900 lbs, sold at $500 "
800 per head. with green drafters.
1850 to 100 lbs, at S225 q 275: wa
gon horses. farm chunks. and gen.
eral purpose horses. of 1900 to 1900
lbs. sold at $50 n 225: good class
ar. 49,