Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-28

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V. A. 6 r: w. Hanson Hanson IS - g -
NEW HAMPSHIRE
At Brighton
Ho "a LARK .......... 81 - 40 -
I1oW ward Gorges ...... 10 So =.
GU" '.''....... IL rs -
AT N. z. D. M. & w. Co.
Cotton & Seavey 49,. SIS 20 IN
g. F. +. G Cages .. go. e q =
E. NJ. Bray & Son 49,. 10 - * -
me aggregate Of live stock at
tnrighton. the N: e. d. NJ. & w. Co. and
w ms io ssd slaughter houses for the
This week: Cattle PASS. sheep and
lambs GAPS, calves 1852, hogs $3.50.
Last week: Cattle 24S6, sheep and
iamns 6S91, calves 2420, hogs 1854.
10 ne year ear age: Cattle 2610, sheep and
TOTAL MAINE SHIPMENT
calves S37. hogs 20.
TONE OF THE MARKET
Inc peer cattle market was steady
with no further decline. In some
grades while the extreme range was
unchanged, average prices were up a
fraction, as in the sales Of Gamers
and slippery cows. Buyers found
few fancy cattle, either in steers or
cows. No heavy fancy steers or
cows. No heavy fancy steers came
into Brighton but few fancy pairs
were shipped into the N. e. D. NJ. g.
w. Co. Extra fancy steers and oxea
II offered would bring from 1908
1-2c, with good to choice so IL 1-2c,
coarse oxen and light steers 5@7
1-2c. Choice fat cows and heifers
sold at 1906 Lee, with a few
head of extras higher. Fair to good
cows sold at 4@5c, poor cows at so
4c. Gamers and slippery cows at 2
Q3c. Bulls were in limited supply
selling at 4q5 3-4c, for the sum of
yard.
Prices on calves average lower,
due more to quality than any weak
ness Of the market. Fancy lots of
veals sold at HOBO, with mixed
lots at 9@10 1-2c. Light calves sold
at COS 1-2c, with drinkers and grass
ers at 6Q7c. Offerings were normal.
The hog market was weak with a
further decline. Live hogs sold from
1-2@3-4c below last weeks recession,
with dressed weight hogs cent
lower. Yard offerings were very
light an dwestern arrivals some
what heavier. The break here is
due to western conditions. where the
fall marketing Is unusually large. At
Brighton fancy lots, live. sold at
II 1-2@12c; rough lots 10 1-2@
II 1-4c; boars 5@7c: dressed hogs to
the packers at 10 1904 Lee. This
brings the present price of dressed
hogs down to the same level that
live hogs sold at during the last two
weeks of September.
Sheep and lambs from N. E. states
were confined to few small lots.
The market was steady. with sheep
at 5@Sc and lambs 10@15c. West
ern arrivals were of good volume.
Shipments Of mich cows are run
ming more normal than few weeks
back, which has tended to strength
en- the market, as the demand is
good for mixers of quality. Fancy
and graded cows sold at 1925 @14o
with extras up to s165. good to
choice cows $75@125. poor to fair
cows S20rb65.
Live poultry sold on a steady mar
ket. Quotations on jobbing lots fol-
low: FOWL, heavy, 24@25c, light, 20
@22c: large chickens. 25@27c mall,
22c@24c; leghorns 10000.
TUESDAY SALES
Beef cattle-J. w. Brooks sold I
Or. of fancy show cattle, $3.50 lbs. at
top price, raised by Roger Bragdon.
Wells, Me, and cows at 2@5c. +
.Limon sold cows, $500 lbs, at 1-2c.
C. F. Gage sold cows at 1-2c. l
Gamer at &c. Howard Gorges sold l
fat COW, 1000 lbs, at 8 1-2c. COW,
500 lbs, at 3 Sac, 1 slippery COW.
$50 lbs. at 9 1-sc and 2 bologna
cows, 1900 lbs. at 2 1-2c. Robert
CaCnnon sold cows. 3400 lbs, at &c.
Hogs-E. p. Prindle sold IL hogs
at 12c.
Veal calves-R. D. Pickett sold 10
calves at &c. c. +. Gage sold so
calves in two lots at 7c-10c P. Lii
mon sold IL calves at lie, 1920 lbs.
at Toe. j d. White bought 121 fan
cy valves at 12c.
Sheep and lambs-E. r. Foye solo
q lambs, $3.50 lbs at lac.
HORSE MARKET
Boston, Oct. 27-There was some
improvement in the demand for nor
ses in the past week, but it has so
far been confined to the sale OF good
quality horses, weighing between
1850 to 1900 lbs. The best selling
horses in these weights are wagon
horses of 1850 q 1850 lbs, which are
in use in many lines, where delivery
is from door to door. DIS in milk de-
livery, etc. Buyers of this class are
taking good horses and as the nara
roads are now rough on the horses
feet. it tends to make continual
turnover, Heavy draft horses are in
limited supply and IL a buyer WISH
90 a fresh country horse in this
class. which are mostly SOLD IN
matched pairs he has to pay high
nrices. as the western market Is
strong. The sale of horses from the
ice companies the past week, maze
q larger amount than usual on tne
market, and buyers bid in quickly
the horses that were in good conol-
tion close around $500 per head. but
those that were used up from hard
service sold down as low as 80.
Good quality heavy green drafters.
INN to 1900 lbs. sold at 5000 % S4oo
nor head. with those of 1850. to 17o0
ihs at 1925 90 $275; fresh wagon
horses. of 1900 to 1850 lbs. sold at
s175 al s225 with good seconds OF
This class at $50 @ $175; good con
ditioned seasoned horses l2oV 10
1eoo lbs.. sold at $125 % $500; blem-
ished seconds sold down to $50.
= r. Keith sold at his Brighton
stables / carload of western nofses s
at s135 % 1925. range or weisn..
1000 to 1850 lbs; 81 horses soiu iu ee
the ice companies were auctiohed o,.
eft s25 @ 5000 each. This Week tnete
will be on sale one car OF aociiii'o
ed Iowa horses and rs SECONDS.
McKenney Bros. held a speclal
colo of s. S. Pierce's horses, one car
load of Indiana horses and So secs
onds. The demand was actlve anu
sales were made at a somewhat os.-
fer average price than Week u
fore. This week they Will oner ona
car of Indiana horses ana lVo m r
of seconds. many or Wnlcn
turned in by local ice companies