Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-15

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the local slaughter houses week end
This week: Cattle 1889. sheep and
lambs 9112, calves 1902, hogs 1891.
Last week: Cattle 1899. sheep and
lambs $685., calves 1858. hogs 20.729.
One year ago: Cattle 2022, sheep and
lambs 1913, calves 2177. hogs 1900.
TOTAL MAINE SHIPMENT
Cattle .207, sheep and lambs 4,
calves S61, hogs 124.
TONE OF THE MARKET
The livestock market at the
Brighton Yards was depressed for
all lines of stock for slaughter. due
to warm weather conditions, which
have made for a slow cleanup of
dressed meats with a consequent
drop in prices.
There was a small number of fam
cy cattle offered. selling at q
10 lie, with a few fair to good
steers and oxen at II q : lie.
One extra fancy Durham heifer was
sold at 10 lie, but she was way
above the market for choice fat cows
and heifers, which formerly sold at
q q Z lie, few being offered of a
quality sufficiently high to bring
higher prices this week. Fair to
good cows sold at IL @ 5 3-4c.
Gamers. bolognas and slippery cows
sold at last weeks range of . %
4 1-4c. Bulls were in very light
supply, with the demand dull. The
run of the yard sold at 4 @ 3-4c,
with fancy up TO 1-2c.
The veal calf market was weak
and sales were generally made to
an Indifferent demand at 1-2c de-
cline. Choice lots of heavy veals
sold at 10 II ]. II 1-2c, with extra
singles up to lac. Average mixed
lots at s Il "a 10c. Drinkers and
grassers 6 % Z lie. Calves 70 lbs
and under ) IL q &c.
The hog market was off 1-2c per
pound. Fancy lots, live, sold at
13 IA @ IA lie; rough II 1-2 %
13 lac, boars 6@7c. Dressed hogs
1Sc.
There was fairly large offerings
in milch cows, for which the de-
mand was active. Fancy and grad
ed cows sold at SIG @ 165, with
good to choice cows at S75 q 125,
poor to fair cows $40@65, young
stock bulls $20060.
The live poultry market was lower
with receipts more ample. Jobbing
lots, heavy fowl quoted at 26 27c,
light 23@25c, heavy broilers SOC,
light 70 2Sc, roosters 16c.
TUESDAY SALES
Beef CATTLE. Cohen sold l pr
steers, 263O lbs, at 1O lie; l extra
fancy Durham heifer. 1860 lbs, at
~ lie; raised at the Three River
Farm, Dover, N. H.; and ) slippery
cows at lie. Il. u. Keenan, sold
l bull at 6c, = bulls at &c, = COWS at
5c and 1O slippery cows at ) 1-4c.
j. w. Brooks sold Is oxen and
steers, lao lbs, at SC. Howard
GorSes sold COW, 1000 lbs. at i lie
and ) bologna cows, $40 lbs each,
at &c. +. M. Dana sold ) bulls and
l cow at 4 1-2c. I. A. Putnam sold
o cows and bulls at 3W4c.
Veal Calves-J. Cohen sold IS
calves at lie. Il. ID. keenan, sold
1O4 Vermont calves at IL %
8 1-2c. A. e. Warner & Sons sold
81 calves at SQ9c. John Fuller d.
Son sold 81 calves at 1O@19 1-2c. +.
M. Dana, Il calves at 5@0c. c. +.
Gage sold 30 calves at 6Q11c.
Hogs-J. Cohen sold 5 hogs at
IA lie. A. d. kilby sold SO hogs
at 14c. c. +. Gage sold hogs at
13c. F. NJ. Dana sold 6 hogs at
IL 1-2c and hog at 13c.
HORSE MARKET
Boston, July 14.--The horse mar
ket about the city was very quiet
the past week. The de-
mand was slack, anad the exchange
of horses was confined almost who'll
ly to entries of nearby seconds, some
of which were good horses, we'll
from short service. A
small number of fresh country
horses were offered, but sales of
these were confined to retail trade,
as the market was too poor to put
up good horses at auction where
bids were limited and prices low.
Some of the sale stables were occu-
pied in transporting horses to Camp
Devens for the summer training
camp. The horses taken were sad
die horses and artillery horses.
When the service is ended there, the
horses will be returned to the sale
stables for reselling. Dealers are
not looking for much trade from
now on until the latter part of Au-
gust, and most of them will de-
pend on the entries of nearby horses
to supply the trade, with an occa-
sional lot of western horses as the
demand may require.
A few green drafters of 100 to
1900 lbs were sold at retail at $500
@ 400 per head, with those of 1850
to 100 lbs at S175 OPS. At auc-
ton a large number of horses in all
were put up in fair to good
acclimated horses selling at $1,000
200 per head. Blemished seconds
sold at $15@75.
J. G. Keith sold at retail / car of
Iowa horses around 1900 lbs weight,
at $175 @2O0, and "a seconds at $50
W125. There was shipped from this
stable 80 horses for Camp Devens
during the week. This week there
will be on sale 100 head of horses
of all types.
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