Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-16

The aggregate Of live stock at
Brighton, the N. e. D. NJ G w. Co. and
the local slaughter houses for the
week ending Dec. 10:
| This week: Cattle 2709, sheep and
lambs 5947. calves 1857, hogs 1s,SSs.
Last week: Cattle $3.50, sheep and
lambs 374s. calves 2676, hogs 1918.
One year ago: Cattle 1853, sheep and
lambs 1859, calves $685.. hogs 1920.
TOTAL MAINE SHIPMENT
| Cattle 124. sheep and lambs 100,
calves 345. hogs 5.
TONE OF THE MARKET
Offerings OF beef cattle at the
| Brighton yards were lighter than q
week ago and included but q very
small number of fancy steers, oxen,
and cows, but a larger number of
good stock in each line. The mar
ket was generally firm. The mar
buyers and sellers were slow in com.
ing together as the buyers consider
ed q fraction off would bring prices
more in line with the dressed meat
market. 1t offered fancy steers and
oxen would bring. from @ 10k C..
Fair to good steers and oxen sold
at sac. Coarse oxen and light steers
sold at Al "a 6%c. Extra fancy
cows sold at 81 @ TIC, choice fat
cows and heifers at 51a q &c. poor to
| fair cows q SIC. Gamers, boz
logna and slippery cows a 3%c.
Bulls, 4 @ SIC, with extra at 6 o.
71sc.
The calf market was fairly steady,
sales being made on the same basis
as a week ago. Offerings were nor
NAL. Choice lots of heavy veal sold
| at - q 13c, good average lots, of
| 100 lb. average weight at IL q 111kc,
mixed lots at 9h q 1Ghc. Light
calves, shc @ &c. small calves at
a &c.
The hog market was weak, re-
sponsive to a sharp decline of 1 cent
per Id. in the Chicago market. Live
hogs selling there at 10c "a lie per
ID. Here. the market for N. e. hogs
Is limited to q few small scattering
lots, most of which are sent in by
truck. Prices while lower were not
cut to the extent Of the decline in
the west. Fancy lots. live. sold at
~ % 124c, rough 9 "a 11Ac, boars
5 q &C., Dressed hogs at the pack
ers. Is % 14c.
Western arrivals of sheep and
lambs were much heavier, but few
N. e. sheep and lambs were mar
keted. Sheep sold at 4 q &c, fancy
lambs IA @ 15c. lambs 10 @ 1870.
Mich cows were in moderate sup
ply. The market was active and
prices firm. Fancy graded cows sold
at $135 q $1S5. good to choice $S5 q
$135, poor to fair $50 q 80.
Live poultry sold higher. Fancy
fowl % q 29c, light fowl, % @ 27c;
chickens 26 @ csc.
TUESDAY SALES
Beef Cattle-L. r. Putnam sold /
fancy heifer. 900 lbs. at &c; heifer,
$50 lbs. at &c; and z slippery cows
at 1-2c. Otis H. Forbush sold 1
reactor COW at 3-4c. reacter at
3 1-4c and 81. 3 cows at 4 lie. 1
cow at 3 1-2c. and 81. ]. Higgins
sold 1 bull at 1-2c, and II cows
at &c, J. Cohen sold 1 bull, 1900 lbs.
Gorges sold ! heifer, 800 lbs. at &c,
3 cows av. $50 lbs. at SC, and 3
bologna cows at Sc. P. Simon sold
cows, $500 lbs. at &c, s cows, 5000
lbs. at 3-4c. j. w. Brooks sold
26 cows at 2 10 q SC.
Veal Calves-T. D. Keenan, sold
22O VT. calves at 6 a s 1-2c. Otis
HI. Forbush sold 2 small calves at
8 1-2c. ]. Higgins, 10 calves at 10c.
J. Cohen, % calves av. 120 lbs. at
12c. P. Simon sold calves, $40 lbs.
at 10c.
Hogs-P. Simon sold 26 hogs, $3.50
lbs. and hogs 1900 lbs. at 12c.
HORSE MARKET
Boston, Dec. 15.-The market for
horses about the city was dull and
inactive. following a brisk weeks
trading OF the preceding week. which