Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-30

for the run of the yard and fancy up
to &c. 80,
I The calf market was firm with
average prices higher as quality
graded up better. Average large
mixed lots sold at 10@11c, with
fancy picked lots at IL IL 10 lee.
! Drinkers and grassers 697c. Light
calves 690c. Il
Responsive to the western markss
rather than to local conditions, the
hog market advanced further 1-Zc
per pound this week. Yard offerines
were normal, but western arrivals
showed a considerable decrease.
At the Brighton yards live hogs
in fancy lots sold at ID 3-4014 1-4c: |
rough II % 13c! boars 7@Sc; dressed
! hogs to the packers 17Q1Sc. ii
A few small lots of sheep and lamb
were marketed from n. E. points. |
The market was dull with sheep sell.
ing mostly at 5@1c. and lambs 120. |
lac: with extra lamb at 15c.
Dairy cows continued to arrive IN
large numbers and there Is a good
demand for the better grade of cows,
with prices holding up firm. Fancy
and graded cows sold at S125 q S175: |
good to choice $50 q S125: poor to !
fair $40 q SIS; young stock bulls $40
QS65.
The live poultry market was low
err. Fancy fowl and large chickens
| quoted jobbing lots at % a Csc;
small 23m 25c: Leghorns 20@ &c.
| TUESDAY SALES
| Beef cattle: r. D. Pickett sold / pr
extra fancy oxen, 2640 10 at lac. c.
f. Gage sold bunch of 16 steers at
i 7@10c, ten of which were fancy
| Herefords. raised by E. F. Dutton.
| Deering. n. H., also 16 steers 24.6S0 :,
ID at 9 12c. and a bunch of cows at
; 2@4 lie: also . fancy bulls, $500 10
at top price. sold shown at the fair
by Lester Hobbs. Howard Gorges
sold 4 cows ay 900 ID at Lee and
slippery cows av 100fb at 3 1-2c. A.
T. Putnam sold 20 cows at 1-206c.
T. d. keenan, sold 29 cows at 4c, and
/ 26 cows at G-4c. Otis III. Forbush
sold l COW at 1-4c. l bull at &C and
i 81, COW at 4 1-4c and 81, l cow at
3 1-2c. J. Higgins sold l cow at
lee 81 cows at lie. cows at 3
Lac and l COW at SC. j. Cohen sold
> fancy heifers, 1900 10 at DC, cows
av 1000 ID at 5 Lie, bull 1850 10 at
lac and 4 Gamers at 1-2c. Ro-
bert Cannon sod a lot of fancy cows
! av 1900 10 at &c. z. Simon. cows.
! $500 ID at Lee, cows, 1900 ID at
12c. r. NJ. Dana sold l cow at SC
and 4 cows at 12cM3c.
1 Veal calves: J. Cohen sold ID
calves at lee. C. f. Gage sold ~
! calves in two lots at 7c-10 1-2c. Otis
H. F'orbush sold 3 small calves at 10c.
j. Higgins sold a mixed lot of ID
calves 1920 10 at IL 12c. r. L.
Wormell sold so calves at 10c. F. NJ.
Dana sold so calves at 4@10c. Ps
Simon sold 16 calves 1880 10 at lie.
/ Sheep: L. NJ. Dana sold sheep at
&c
Hogs: p. Simon sold 5 hogs, 1920
ID at 1850.
HORSE MARKET
! Boston. Sept. 29-There was moro
life to the horse market than in the
previous week, due largely to the
fact that there were number OF
carloads of fresh western horses Of
fered. These attracted buyers and
were taken at good values, higher
than at any time in the past three
months. The best demand was for
the heavy and mediumly heavy hors-
! es. The number of good conditioned
seasoned horses was not plentiful.
+ but there was an abundance of poor
to ordinary nearby seconds, the lat
! ter selling to a slack demand and at
! very low value. a number just be-
ms PdSoSu up lOi liz AHSA .
was a special sale of saddle horses,
some of which were extra good and
| brought fancy prices.
/ Green western horses of quality
sold at $500 @ $500 per head, in
heavy drafters of 100 to 1900 lbs.
with those of 1850 to 1850 lbs, at
/ $500 @ $685.; wagon horses, farm
chunk and general purpose horses at
| $3.50 % S225, for horses of 1880 to-
! 400 lbs. Good conditioned horses.
1900 to 1900 lbs, sold at s125 @ $225;s
! poor to ordinary seconds sold from
I SIS. the price of the hide, upward,
| to 500, according to weight, age and
! condition. j
! j. C. Keith sold at his Brighton
stables, one lot of Iowa horses OF
400 to 1900 lbs. at auction The
/ sale was dull, with S225 the highest
! pprice received. The seconds ran
! poor and Sold from SIS q $40 IN
the auction sales. This week there
will be another carload of Iowa hors-
/ es, and the usual entry of seconds.
McKenney Bros. reported quick
/ demand for their best horses. some
/ of which were of high grade, COM:
| ing in a carload from Indiana, SELL
! ing we'll both at auction and retail.
prices averaging up higher than for
many weeks The auction movement
for poor seconds was slow with the
horses bid in at low values. rms
! week the firm will offer about the
same amount and quality of horses.