WEEKLY LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE REPORT.
Wednesday, September 27. Fat Cattle — 198 head were yarded for today's sale at Burnaide ; a few pona extra heavy prime bullocka sold at £9 12a 6d ; Prime bnllecks £7 5a to £S 17s 6d, medium £5 153 to £6 10s, light £4 15b to £5 ss, beßt cows and heifers £5 to £6 ss, medium £4 5= to £4 15, aged cowß £2 10a to £4 Fat Sheep — The entry at JBurnside this woek waa not quite so large, 3529 b9ing penned, of which about 200 were merinoa ; & rather better demand was experienced for medium-weight wethera, bat prime heavy weights Bold about laafi week'a prices ; heavy wethera sold at 18a to 18a 6d, prime 16i to 17s 9i, medium 14a to 15s 6d, light 13s to 13s 9i, best; ewes 13a to 14s 6d, mtdium ewes, 11s 9d to 12a 6d. merino wetharß 11s 3d to 13j 6d Piga — 128 penned ; the demand for al» descriptions waa hardly 30 good as last week ; porkara and banoners mat a particularly bad sale ; suckers 10a to 14a 6d, slip, 17a to 19 *, stores 21s to 275, porkers 28a to 36a, baconers 40s to 44a Sheepskina — There was a very large attendance of buyers at trie sales on Tuesday* when moderate catalogues were eubmit;ed, comprising the uaual assortment of skins ; competition for all classes of ekias was very (spirited, and prices ruled on a par with those obbained laat woek ; greon croaabreds sold at 4s 3d to 6a Id, green merinos 4s 6d to 63 6(1, dry halfbreds 3* 6d to 6a 9d, dry oroasbreds 3s to 5a 2d, dry merinoa 3s 9d to 6s 4d, dry pelts 8d to 2a 3d Hides — A strong demand exists for all Bortp, both light and heavy being readily saleable at late rates, which are for prime heavy 4d to 4£d ; medium 3^i to 3Jd ; light 2Jd to 3d ; inferior 2d to 2^d per lb - Tailow and Fe»t — Barely sufficient is coming forward to supply the local demand, consequently there ia a ready sale for i-.1l descriptions at; for — Prime rendered, 14a 6d So 163 medium, 13* to 14*, caul fat, 103 6d to lla 6d, rough fat, 8» 6d io 10-h per cwt Grain — Whe.it: Prime miiliog quaiifcy continues to meet with good de.mmd ; buyers still have a preference for Tuscan ; prime velvet is also iv demand at quotations, I but medium sorts are difficult to piaca I except as fowl wheat ; quotations are : Prime millina, 2s 5d to 2a 6d, medium 10 good, 2s 2d to 2a 4d, boat whole fowl whea: , Is lid to 2i Id, broksn and damaged, Is 6i to Is lOd per bushel (sacks in) Oats : Values for all good shipping lines are well maintained ; lower grades are not in keen demand, but continue to move off slowly, chiefly for local use ; prime milling and clean seed lines are in reqnest at Jate values ; quotations are : Seed line 3, Is 5d to Is 9d, prime milliag, Is 4^d to la s^d, good to Deat feed, Is 3^d to Is 4d, medium, Is 2^d to Is 3d per bushel (eackis extra) Barley : During the past week choice lines of malting have received more attention ; Medium quality is unchanged, while milling and feed qualities are not much Boughs after; quotations are : Prime malting, 2d 8d to 3s, good, 2a 33 to 2a 6d, milling Is 10a to 2* Id, feed, Is 51 to la 9d per bußhel (sacks extra) Potatoes — The matkefc is completely glutted, and sales are extremely difficult io effsct ; present prices barely pay charges of railage, etc ; quotations are : Bent Derwents, £1t0£129 6d, other?, 12a 6d to 17s per ton (sacks io) Chaff — There ia an over-augply of medium quality on hand \ this class oan only be
quitted at reduced rates ; prime quality ia not offering freely, and meets with ready Bale at quotations; quotations are: Beat oaten sheaf, £2 5a to £2 7s 6d, fair to good, £2 to £2 7s 6d, medium, £1 16 ato £1 17 a6d per, ton (aacka extra) Turnipa-T-The Beason for theae ia practically paat, and the few ooming forward are almost unsaleable, and prices low
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3103, 29 September 1899, Page 6
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699WEEKLY LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE REPORT. Bruce Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3103, 29 September 1899, Page 6
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