Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-01
ANNUAL LIVE STOCK MARKET
REPORT


| transacted al the Brighton stock
! Yards during the year of 1873 has
| shown steady tone in the prices paid
| for Siyestock. with only slight frac-
/ tional changes compared with price $
paid Of the preceding year of 1922.
! excepting in the hog market. The
! volume Of business transacted how
! ever. shows considerable decrease in
the amount Of stock sold in all lines
excepting those Of hogs, the latter
during the year just passed having
been the heaviest in western ship
ments to this market since the year
OF 1919. Al all times. despite the
| lighter receipts the market has been
amply supplied for the demand, and at
certain seasons the offerings were
| excessive in the poorer grades Of
! stock. This is readily accounted for
by the ruling dullness manifested in
. the dressed meat market for the
greater part Of the year. rejecting az
! u has the cutting down Of the meal
! bill by the consumer. Retail prices
continue high. although SO material 4
drop has been made in prices paid for
| livestock during the past three years.
AT the Brighton yards during the
| past year there has been only a small
per cent of fancy cattle offered. and
| dealers report that the amount of
| available heavy well-fattcncd bCeVcs
J TO be found throughout the New
England states IS small. The best
! lots Of we'll finished steers and oxen
4 were marketed at Brighton during the
/ months Of July August. September
and october. many Of which were ~
! hibition prize cattle. making a good
! showing OF what the New England
! farmer can do in producing fine stock.
! The best lots sold a. ga 104c, which
was the top price of The year. At all
/ times. when fancy beef was of rcd.
| buyers were willing 20 pay fair
! prices. Fancy COWS were also IN
quick demand. and on an active mar
ket sold at eia7.c per ID. with en-
vocational COW or heifer which had
, been raised wholly for beef selling up
TO Sc and sc. such animals CHASING in
with steer beef. Good COWS sold at
/ an average Of 5TGc. with ordinary
COWS at 405c. Fluctuations for these
grades were slight during the year.
In the poorer grades the market w2s
less even. but on the whole ruled
weak, with slow demand. offerings
were excessive and during the fail
months the influx of the poorest type
of Gamer cows flooded the market.
! At times buyers hardly would trade
! at any price. Under these conditions
| prices slumped to rock bottom Il c
being the low point of the year. When
| receipts were less numerous and the
demand active, the average range on
Gamers and bologna cows was from
"a &C. with slippery COWS at ~ q "9c.
Bulls were in light supply the yc2r
through, with a fair demand. and
prices ranging from &C for the poor
est animals up to &C, for extra choice
, bulls.
The Boston market for veal calves
was almost wholly supplied from the
| New England farms. There were
sold at Brighton, Watertown and tho
n Z. ID. NJ. & w. Company. 1890
calves from Maine. New Ilamnshirc.
Vermont and Massachusetts Gurin';
the year. These receipts were under
those of 1922 by 1924 head of calves.
During the past few years few live
calves have been shipped here from
TIE West. but this deficit has lccn
made up in western shipments Of
dressed veal for the Boston market.
During the year when the d"n2nd
was active. prices averaged slightly
higher than in the previous year.
Fancy lots sold at 11a9l2c per H.,
when the demand was most active
with mixed lots of good calves at -
aloe During tho two dull periods
! of the year there was sharp decline.
! In March and April when shipments
of light weight calves came in heavy,
as is usual. prices ran low. Sn1a'
calves of 20 lbs. ard under sold al "a
ga =, ol,,ts we 40 average tom
c.. Ihaino ,raIs Drrinr %oycrlhcr
-. ,,,a,,,ot n.,e o~oi,, weol, Gua TO an
e,.ors.a,l.nd drcsecd veal m9rkct.
This was unexpected and unusual ct
this season. but during the closing
- ,lo ,,oor rticoc acajn adj
N., t.o,, 1G[oc !. ali times
thara v-ero fonc,. ralvcs Of sp,oial
,,oni. .old IN .ma1, lnts or SINGLES
nha,o tho a,nr,rc ranre Of the run Of
~ orls coma evtras brinpirr I,c
y,
a,. t- r,or1.ot r,eoctinr tho Chi
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,,,,,,,,,, ,ha nae, vcor and general con-
it,;n,rs ,,.o,e not rorduciye 10 the on
49,, .lro,,,e,,4 IN mo raising Of native
,,oas ehir,ponts Of hos from the
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a,d oomld he ho.,rbt .. pricas sum
rinr,lv low. eveu considcrin:, freight.
c.eu'S ,t" .,,o To,,, I,n~I,nd farmer
IS. ~ ar,no.ition Iuyere we're con-
w.. " ''l', I, ,,,.u,. ,oid r~icos a
f.e.ta,, .ha,.. r,nstcr, nuot atoms for
i',, ''"'' 49,, a,,oI;ty Vac hirh
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Vi" ,,i,,,,s ,.cor .,d there
I ,'o>9 W 'i'e t.,. ,,b,, 1nes ,ban 100
80 80 .;,.t,n5 ~ ~ tho Erirhton
- -. oricos ,,.cr,ccd from |
! 80. -. ,h., q, 1000 The high
- i ~ ID. ,cor came I'm Son
,,,,,n,. ,,.hao forc,. Iots sold IF asa