Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-11

ago, but medium grades of COW beef
in some cows sold at II cent de-
cline. Fancy steers and oxen sold at
$40 1-2c; fair to good steers and OK
en- at 667 3-4c: coarse or thin oxen
at 3 1906 1-2c; choice fat cows
and heifers moved at Coz lie;
good at 4 1906 1-2c; poor to fair
cows at 30 4c: Gamers sold mostly
at 1-4@2 lie. with slippery cows
up to &c. Bulls were in heavy sup
ply. and best lots sold at 500 1-2c.,
with average at 4@4 3-4c.
Offerings of veal calves were
heavy and the demand which was
active from the Jewish buyers would
have advanced prices had arrivals
been less numerous. Choice lots of
heavy veals sold at HOP 1-2c,
with extras UP to lac: averaged mix
ed lots 9@1O 1-2c: light calves Ga
&c. Prices for hogs are making rapid
strides upward. this week making a
new high record at &c advance
above last weeks prices. This
brings the present price of hogs
nearly up to the peak of prices dur
ing the war. Western receipts show
ed a material decrease. due to short
age of stock and the high prices. n.
E. is marketing all available hogs,
but the supply in the country IS
very small. The demand was quick
at the advance. Fancy lots, live.
sold at lao Is 1-2c on the open mar
ket: rough lots at 1908 1-2c: boars
6@ 7c: dressed hogs to the packers
I1S@1S 1-2c. a
Mich cows were in ample supply
for the demand which is active.
Prices showed but little change in
the average range. but there is a
somewhat firmer tone. Fancy cows
sold at $125 a S165; good to choice
$75 1925: poor to fair $500 75.
The live poultry market was firm.
Fancy fowl, Gobbing fol 27 SOC:
light "a a 25c; chickens ESQ Csc;
ROSTERS 100 1Sc.
TUESDAY SALES
Beef cattle-Robert Cannon sold 2
fancy cattle 220 lbs, at &C and cat
tie, 1880 lbs, at Z 1-2c. J. w. Brooks
sold steers 1920 lbs. at Sc and 10
cows at 2 lac % 4 1-4c. J. Cohen
sold 5 cows $500 lbs, and bulls az.
1400 lbs. at sc and cows 2tO0 lbs,
at Sac. J. Higgins sold 10 cows
at lac and 4 cows at &c. +. j.
keenan, sold 1 bull at S 1-2c, / bull
at 1-2c, l bull at 3 1-2c, % cows at
3 lee. IS cows at &c and 10 cows
at 1-2c. Otis H. Forbush sold l
fancy steer at SC and 81 off. 2 cows at
&c, cows at 4 1-2c. 3 cows at 4c
and 81 on each, COW at 1-2c and
81 on.
Veal calves-T. D. keenan, sold
$50 n. Y. calves at q &c. av. weight
10 lbs. A. c. Warner & Sons sold "a
n n at TNl.
Son sold A. calves at Sc-9c. j. Hig-
gins IA calves at &c. J. Cohen sold
20 calves av. 10 lbs. at 12c. Otis H.
Forbush sold l fancy calf at 15c, l
calf at 12c and calves at 3-4c.
Hogs--Otis II. Forbush sold Z hogs
at IA 1-4c.
HORSE MARKET
Boston, Mar. 10-Suppies of hor-
SEES were fairly numerous in the past
week, and dealers had to work to
clean up supplies to make way for
the still larger number that will he
offered in the coming weeks sales.
The home cost of western horses has
advanced $50 a head in the past 80
days, and eastern dealers have had
to mark up the values on such con-
signments. This with the larger Of
ferings did not tend to stimulate the
improvement is not as vigorous as it
should be for the first week in March,
One dealer reported the best de-
mand at his stables had been for sad
Ole horses, of which he had a lot
which sold from 5000 pward at retail
Ihere were several cars of wood hor-
ses returned for reselling from the
lumber camps and these sold at the
auctions from $50 % $3.50 per head,
according to condition.
High grade, green drafters. 100
to 1900 lbs sold at $500 O. $3.50 per
head. it'll drafters of 1850 to 1900 lbs.
at 1925 @ $500; wagon horses. farm
chunks and general purpose horses
1900 to 14O0 lbs. at s175 "a s225; good
acclimated horses, 1900 to 1900 lbs at
$l25 "a $3.50; seconds, from $35 up to
$3.50. the top prices being paid for
good animals and the offerings in
this class included all weights.
j. c. Keith sold at his Brighton
stables to o dull demand 3 express
carloads of western horses, 20 sea-
soned horses and 0 seconds. Prices
were no higher than a week ago on
the average sales at auctions, with
the best end of the trade at retail
This week there will be one big sale
on or y express carloads of western
horses.
Mckenney Bros. sold to a fairly
active demand one car of Indiana
horses, with 20 head of good class ac-
ciimated horses and 56 wood horses
me demand was the most urgent on
the heavier commercial horses, in
Doth fresh country horses and accli-
mated. Fifty seconds were bid in
at the auctions at irregular values.
rms week there will be on sale 2S
head of western commercial horses
90 "od horses, 40 saddle horses and
SO seconds.