Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-08

The aggregate Of live stock received
! at Boston:
This week: Cattle 1907. sheep and
| lambs 1862, calves 2344 hogs 1905.
! Last week: Cattle 1876, sheep and
| lambs 1901, calves 1852. hogs 11,055.
One year ago: Cattle 1927. sheep and
lambs 1851, calves 2l74, hogs 1865.
| TOTAL SHIPMENT FROM MAINE
Cattle 1870. sheep and lambs 2SS,
calves 49s, hogs 50.
! TONE OF THE MARKET
The livestock market for animals
for slaughter was somewhat unset
| tied. as the stock trains arrived late
retarding the movement of the mar
! ket. Then again, the killing week
was short by three days, with La
Dor day. followed by two Jewish
holidays coming on Thursday and
| Saturday. This restricted the de-
/ mand and the market was steady
| but would have been higher, as the
dressed meat market was active and
! strong. There was a plentiful sup
| ply of good fat cows selling at 3 81
| @ lie, with extra cows and heif-
ers up to z 1-2c. Fair to medium
cows sold at 1-2 q 5 lie. Can
ners at . 3-4 @ 3 1-4c, with slippery
cows up to lac. A few light
steers were offered, selling at Z IL
q s 1-2c and choice steers and
| oxen at q 8 1-2c. Coarse oxen
at 5 3-4 q &c. AS yet, it is too early
for the fancy New England stock to
be returned from the fairs. Bulls
were in limited supply, selling at
80 q 5 3-4c, with fancy at 6 @
| 6 1-2c.
! The calf market was firm under
| light offerings, with the demand of
| sufficient strength to take all offer
| ings promptly. Fancy individual
calves sold at IA q 16c, with good
! lots Of heavy veals at 10 q ID 1-2c;
mixed lots, good, II IL O II 1-2c;
| poor 10@11c. Drinkers at 76Sc.
! Light calves 6Q7c.
Hogs sold at last weeks range.
Yard offerings were more numerous
and sold readily to local killers. Fan
| cy lots, live, sold at the Brighton
| yards at IA @ ii 1-2c, rough 13 @
Is 1-2c; boars, 6 IL q Z 1-2c;
| dressed weight 16 @ lie.
There was no material increase in
| the arrival of New England sheep
and lambs, but western shipments
! to the local slaughter houses were
of fair volume. Sheep sold at 3 QSc,
| lambs 100 14c.
| ply. There is an active demand for
good to fancy cowA which are selling
! at firm values, with the poorer cows
moving slowly with prices easy.
Fancy grade cows, the pick of the
sale barn, sold at $135 OILS. Good
| to choice cows, $50 q 100; poor to
fair cows, $40 q so.
Quotations on live poultry were
steady. Fancy fowl, 26@2Sc; broil-
ers % q soc; ROSTERS loo 1Sc.
TUESDAY SALES
Beef cattle-Howard Gorges sold
| bull. 1900 lbs. at lie. J. Higgins
| sold / bull at sc, 8 slippery cows at
| 2 3-4c. and Gamers at SAC.
| Cohen sold 2 cows, 1910 lbs. at 6 1-2c.
| 2 bulls, 20S0 lbs. at 5 1-2c, 4 cows,
av. 900 lbs. at SAC, and Gamer
! cows, 1900 lbs. at 3 lac.
| Veal calves-J. Cohen sold 16
! calves. 1850 lbs. at 10 1-2c. P. Simon
/ fancy calves at 16c, and Is calves
| at lie. J. Higgins is calves at 10c.
! A. c. Warner & Sons 80 calves at
Hogs-J. W. Brooks 1 lot of >64
mixed hogs at 10 SAC. Howard
Gorges sold 81 hogs at 14c. J. Cohen
| sold hogs at IA lac. P. Simon Is
| hogs at IA 1-2c.
HORSE MARKET
Boston, Sept. 5-The same unsatis-
| factory conditions ruled in the horse
| trading of the past week, as in the
previous week. Supplies were hea-
fresh country horses, but the de-
mand was sluggish. and dealers had
hard work to dispose of the brses on