Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-21
TOTAL MAINE SHIPMENT
Cattle 1J7, calves 499, hogs It,

TONE OF THE MARKET
The beef cattle market was active
with prices firm at last weeks prices.
while offerings were not heavy there
was a plentiful supply and the
amount included some good stock
with some specially fine Hereford
steers. Fancy steers and oxen sold
at S1aG10c. fair to good steers and
oven 6Ia6Sc, coarse and thin oxen
at az a SIC. There were a few head
of extra fancy COWS on sale but
BUYERS and sellers were slow IN
coming together on price. Average
hest grader of cow beef sold at 612 a
Sc. with medium to good cows at
5lam61ac, poor to ordinary cows at
4d51ac. Gamer, bologna and snip
perry cows at pa 03Ac. Bulls were
in light supply and the demand won
fairly good average sales. CLOSED at
4MJc, with the range 49, &C.
The veal calf market broke sharply
with a decline of cents a pound on
average sales. This was q disap-
pointment to shippers as they had
been lead to expect higher prices
and shipped heavy. Best lots sold at
S@1Oc, mixed lots 7GSc, drinkers and
grassers at 4@5c.
The hog market was shade high
or in sympathy with the Chicago
market, prices advancing Il cent a
pound. Western shipments were
much heavier, but yard offering of
~ L. hogs ran light. Fancy lots
sold at S@82.c; rough. Ga Q7Ac;
boars, Base; dressed hogs, 9A q
10Lc. f..
The mich COW market was quiet
with receipts moderate. Prices were
much the same as a week ago. The
bulk of the sales closed on cows that
sold at &T5@125. with extra choice
mixers up to S165. Poor and ordi-
nary cows at $4,000. si
The live poultry market was lows4
err. Brollers quoted at 400 43c, fowl
at 21M2 CSC. rOoSters 20M2SC ..rE y
SALES AT THE YARDS I
Beef Cattle-A. T.. Chickering sold
! OK, 1000 lbs at SIC, l OK, 1860 lbs
at sc, bulls. POO lbs at 4c, and
Gamer cows, 1000 lbs at 2lac Howard
Gorses sold l fat bull, 1900 lbs at 412c
bull $40 lbs at 4l2c. and l COW, 900
lbs at SIC. j. w. Brooks sold choice
steers 5000 lbs at SEC. 1 ster, 1410
lbs at &c. 7. ID. Keenan, sold . fancy
heifers. POLO lbs at 7Ac, and 6 cows,
av 1000 lbs at &c. l.. Stetson sold
COW, 1850 lbs at GIc. Z cows 1910
lbs at SIC. COW. 100 lbs at sc. 2
cows. POO lbs at Acc, COW, $50 lbs
at 3tac.
Yea Calves-Otis II. Forbush sold
extra fancy, heavy calf at lac, .
calves at 12c, and ACalf at SC. A. c.
Warner e Sons sold SO calves at IA
a &c. A. F. Chickering sold so calves
at q &c. Howard Gorges sold 80
calves at &c.
HORSE MARKET
Boston, May 20-There was no
vigor to the horse market during the
past weeks trading. Dealers claim
that this spring has been the poorest
for years, and that the few weeks
when trade has been active, have been
more than doubled by the generally
dull market at most of the weekly
auctions. The only reason that they
can give is lack of business where
horses were formerly used. especially
in farm work, which has seen in the
last few years great increase in mo-
tor trucks, and motor tractors. Heavy
draft horses have sold until within
the past two weeks to the best adj
vantage of any type on the market,
and the demand is still fair at retail.
horses was slack excepting for the
best horses, if blemished at all prices
ran very low. Entries or seconds were
OF fair numbers and these also shared
the general depression of the market.
Good quality heavy green drafters.
1900 to 1900 lbs sold at $500 @ $50
per head, with green drafters, 1850 to
1850 lbs at 1925 a 275; wagon horses,
both green and seconds. 1900 to 1400
lbs sold at S145 q 21o; good class ac-
climated horses, 1900 to 1900 lbs at
s125 q Us; blemished seconds. SIS
q So.
J. c. Keith sold at his Brighton
stables 5 carloads of western horses
and 60 seconds. Auction sales were
very low, and unless the horse Of
fered was high class bids were low.
At retail some fairly good trading
was reported. This week there will
be 800 horses on sale, which will in
clude all classes and weights.
William Hurwitz Sons Company
sold at their West Canton street sta
bles 1 carload of fresh country horses.
% wod horses. and so seconds. Sales
were quiet, with values easy.
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