Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-11
Bulls were in light supply and sold
tn a dull demand at 4 n dc

Bulls were in light supply and sold
to a dull demand at 4Gdc.
The veal calf market was irregu-
lar, prices being governed largely
by the buyers needs. The run of the
yard in good lots sold at LOG 12c.
with fair mixed lots at L. 90 1-2c !;
drinkers and eraser calves at 90
&c: bob veal at sc. Receipts were
moderately heavy.
The hog market showed a slight
weakness, rejecting conditions of
the Chicago market. The decline
was only Is cent pound and buy
ers of y. f. hogs at the yard bid on
lots offered at about the same prices
as a week ago. Western receipts
were increased, but yard offering ran
light: Fancy lots sold at 3-4 a
1-2c; rough, q 1-4M1 3-4c; boars,
So &c. Dressed hogs 8 3-Sd9 7-Sc.
There is little encouragement to
shippers to market heavily in mich
cows, as the trade is very dull, and
light offering are the rule. Fancy
and graded COWS sold at S120 q $165:
fair to good cows, $50 q $40: poor
and ordinary $40m $50. A few head
fyoung stock bulls were offered at
$50 q $40.
Live poultry sold steady. Broiers
&c a CSC; fowl, II oSc; roosters 10
lD16c.
SALES AT THE YARDS
Beef cattle-J. w. Brooks sold 1 pr
steers, 2510 ID at SIC and 8 COWS at
2@4c. T. D. keenan, sold 2 choice
COWS, 1000 lbs each at &c, bulls,
1880 10 at 4hc. 6 COWS, $500 10 at
4c, IA cows av $50 ID at ga and 10
Gamer cows, av 10 10 Mt 2&c. F..
Simon sold COWS, 300 ID at size,
4 cows, 1900 ID at 4&c, and cows
1900 ID at 31sc. Howard Gorges sold
l bull, 100 ID at 4Ac. l bull, 1000 ID
at 412c. 1 splippery COW, 500 ID at &c,
and l bologna COW, at 212c. Otis II.
Forbush sold l cow at Acc. i. NJ.
Dana 1 COW 610 ID at 2Ac.
Veal calves-Otis II. Forbush sold
1 fancy calf at 134c. f. NJ. Dana
sold p calves at 5c-6c and 16 calves
1870 ID at 10c. a. c. Wainer & Sons
sold % calves at 7c-10c. l. NJ. Fuller
sold So calves at 7c-11c. p. Simon
sold 16 calves. 1870 Id at sac.
Hogs-P. Simon sold 10 choice
hogs, 1850 10, at SIZE and 20 hogs,
$3.50 ID at SC. Otis Fl. Forbush sold
1 coarse hog, 500 I'd at &c F. NJ.
Dana sold s hogs at 6la 6Sc.
HORSE MARKET
Boston, June 10-Receipts Of
horses at the various sale stables
about the city were light, but amply
provided for the demand which con-
tinues inactive. The larger part of
the sales were made at the auctions
where the horses were bid in by out
of-state buyers for reselling, who are
taking advantage of the dull season
to buy at low figures. Some good
sales were reported from TIE retail
and of the trade, but these were OF
small volume. The best demand
came from the milk companies who
took horses both Sreen and seconds
OF 1900 to 400 10 weight. The big
heavy horses sold very slowly, and
prices were cut to clean up the mar
ket from $15@ % per head.
Good quality heavy green drafters.
100 to 1900 ID, sold at S2750325:
green drafters, 1850 TO 1900 Id, at
Sis q $50; wagon horses. both green
and seconds, 1900 to 400 lbs, at S35
T200; good class accimated horses,
1900 to 1900 ID, at $125@19O; blem-
ished seconds at s25@50.
j. c. Keith sold at his Brighton
stables carloads of western horses,
l from Penn. and so head of nearby
seconds. Bids were slow and the
horses closed out at lower values in
the average run of sales. This week
there will be offered cars of wes-
tern horses and the usual entry of
seconds. William Hulwitz Sons Co,
sold 65 seconds to dull demand.
This week there will he held at these
stables two special sales on Wednes-
day. One consists of some heavy
horses from local coal> company
and the other is the entire livery
stable from a firm outside, with one
carload of fresh horses from the
country.