Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-28

Last week: Cattle 217S, sheep and
lambs 1922. calves 4073, hogs 10,064.
One year ago: Cattle 1882, sheep and
lambs 5S2S, calves $3.50. hogs $3.50.
TOTAL MAINE SHIPMENT
Cattle Isl. calves 500. hogs 81.
TONE OF THE MARKET
Stock trains arrived early at the
Brighton yards, and the market was
active for all lines of stock for
slaughter. The beef cattle market
was firm in all grades, with frac-
tlonal advance in nearly all sales
closed, with more of an urgency for
good to fancy cows than in the poor
er grades. A number of punches of
steers and oxe1, mostly Herefords,
were offered. but sales on these were
closed slowly, as shippers, consider
ing home cost, held for best bids.
Prices ran from % 91ac for fancy,
~ a sac for fair to good, and a
712c for coarse oven and light steers.
Fancy cows and heifers changed
hands at ia a &c, good to choice
g @ TIC, fair to mediumly good
cows @ &c. Gamers sold mostly
at 8 u - SIC. with the extreme low
at SIC. Slippery cows sold up to
4Ac; Bulls at 4A q &c.
The calf market was literally sup
piled and prices were somewhat ir-
regular, but aveage up at about last
weeks range. Fancy picked lots, 140
to $50 lbs sold at 10 q lac, good
lots of ITO to $50 lbs at liz @
1212c, average mixed lots 1O1a a
lie. Calves under rs lbs at So @
SIC. Drinkers and feeders, I q SC.
The hog market held at last week S
range, but buyers owing to a more
abundant yard offering were more
fussy in paying top prices, but where
quality was high 1870 was paid.
Fancy lots, live, sold at 10 @ 131ac,
rough II a 12&c, boars @ SC,
Dressed hogs 15A q 16&c.
The sheep and lamb market con-
tinued inactive in New England ship
ments, but there is an ample demand
from the west. Sheep sell at q SC,
and lamb @ lac.
The trade in dairy cows was quiet,
with no change in the range of pric-
es. Fancy cows sold at $135 a 1856,
with a sufficient demand to absorb
larger amount than the shippers
can buy in the COUNTRY. Good to
choice cows sold at S85 q 125, with
fair mixers at $65 % as, and blem-
ished cows down to s35.
There was a better tone in the
live poultry market, fowl, jobbing at
33 @ SAC, broilers soc. roosters "a q
25c.
TUESDAY SALES
Beef CATTLE. w. Brooks sold l
steer, 1870 lbs. at &c. and IS COWS
at 8 1-2 a lie. P. Simon sold
cows, $500 lbs. at 3-4c, bull
1900 lbs. at sc, and / Gamer. Zoe
lbs. at 3 lie. J. Cohen sold / pr.
steers, 2O30 lbs. at Sc and cows at
3 "a "a &c. Howard Gorges sold
cows, 1900 lbs. at 5 1-2c, 1 slipper,
COW, 500 lbs. at 4 1-2c, and = bolog-
ma cows, av. 600 lbs. at 3-4c. j.
Higgins, 2. fat COWS. at sc, l Gamer
at . 3-4c. and Gamers at lie.
Fl. D. Kelly sold / fancy heifer, $50
lbs. at Sc. and l heifer, 900 lbs. at
&c, 5 cows, av. 800 lbs. at DC. with
81 on each. Otis H. Forbush sold 2
cows at 6 1-4c, l bull at tic, and 81,
and 1 Gamer at 3 lie. IT. D. Kee-
nan sold heifers at 70, heifers at
lie, 20 cattle at sc, and 4 choice
bulls at &c.
Veal Calves-E. P. Prindle sold
So calves at 10 1-2c. V. A. Hanson
sold so calves in two lots-veal at
1sc and hobs" at So each. T. D.
keenan, sold 296 VT. calves at a L.
1-2c, and 422 York state calves at
Is a lac. John Fuller & Son solo
80 calves at q 10c. A. c. Warner
& Sons sold 81 calves at Z q lie.
J. Cohen sold q calves av. 1O5 lbs.
at lie. ]. Higgins sold s. calves at
10 1-2c. A. D. Kilby sold 60 calves
at lie. Otis H. Forbush sold 1 extra
calf at 16c. P. Simon sold % calves,
200 lbs. at 3-4c.
Hogs-P. Simon sold 2 hogs, 700
lbs. at 1Oc. A. D. Kilby sold IL hogs
at 13c. e. P. PrindIe sold 81 fancy
hogs, av. 40 lbs. at Is 1-2c.
Lambs-W. E. Bardwell sold AZ
lambs at 14c.
HORSE MARKET
Boston, April 27.-The horse trade
about Boston was only fair the past
week, with prices in the average
sales fully SIS a head lower than
two weeks before. This Is not sur
prising when considering the unus-
ually large amount of horses that
have passed through the Boston
market during the past two months.
The best demand in the past week
was for the medium and heavy
horses for commercial purposes, and
the bulk of this demand came from
outside Of the state. The supply
consisted of western horses in all
weights, nearby good class acclim-
ated horses, few lots Of southern
saddle horses, and the usual amount
of led-in seconds. Dealers expressed
the opinion that the peak of this
springs demand is reached, and are
looking for trade to gradually drop
off from now on. Only few of the
horses bought for the woods have
been returned, and these while gen.