WEEKLY LIVESTOCK AND PRODUCE REPORT

Bruce Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 310, 6 October 1899, Page 6

WEEKLY LIVESTOCK AND PRODUCE REPORT

WEDKESfAY, Ootobei- 4. Fi. Ca.tUt:. — 207 h~. id y>rdtd at Burngi'io tr.-chy, v hicn yroved rainer ia exo-. sa of riquirymecta, and price-, aa |compared wita lav* week, dropped 10a to 153 per head. Best bullocks brought £7 lOi fco £S ss, extr ■- prime to t8 17 j 6d (oaa spaoial bullock £11 7s 6i), medium £5 5a to £6 ss, light £4 12 1 61 to £5 5< O beai oowa and heifera £5 So £6 li 6d, tnedlx.m £t to £4 10a, aged t-cd i,:lerior £2 10d so £3 ss. Fa,t sheep.— Oa!y 1869 penned. P.-i(.ei au the of the sale shov/ed an advance ou i-at week of la per hei*d, buc gradually dropp-.d us the aaJe progress* d t-> about the level o£ laat week. Be>;i wathera hrougbc 16 a to 17s 6J, a. lew peus extv.* haavy aud prime 18^ 9d to 20>, medium, 14-. 3d to 15j 61. Fas Lamba.— On'y 18 curly lambs of go .d qaakiity were pmuad, wnic'n bujli uaucr keen c< nipaiitioa up to 15 1 6c). [Ji^,.. 102 paundi. BaooaerK &o!d ail in favout oi buy cio a.t 33^ 'm 35^. Porksra 28. to 34 . Suokeru aud atorea were in yeod dcmaud, and sold, aa compared with fata, &c hiyh values, stores from 2ls to 26*, slips 16, 6i to 20d, Buokert Ha 61 to 14j 6d. theepakins. — Green crossbredo sold at from 43 6d to 6j 61, dry do 2s 6d to 5s 6d. merinoa atd fine balf-brede 2a 6d to 6s 6i. Rabbi tekicfl.— Best winters sold at from le 3d to la 4£d, sumtnera and autumos 9i to Is 2d, amall and torn 3d to Bd, biackß is 9J to la lid, fawn la to la Id. Horse hair is in demand at from Is 21 to 2*4 d. Bides— There ia a good demand for all olaasee, and all coming forward are readily placed at for prime heavy ox, 41 fco 4£d ; medium, 3£d to 4 i : light ox and good cow, 3d to 341 ; inferior, 2d to 2^d. Tallow and fat— Consignments have been rabhor light of late, and all coming forward m«et with ready Bale at full price-. For prime tallow, 14a 6d so 16a ; medium, lla to 14< ; rough fat, 9s to 15a perewt. Wheat— Prime milling quality is in fair demand, and aoy iinea coming forward in good, sound oondifcu-n, sell at late pricea. Fur prime velvet a"d Tuscan from 2d 2d t o 2s 6£d, medium 2b 2d to 2a 4i, fovyl wheat h also in demaud ao for : Whole, Is lid to 2d Id ; broken la 6d to la 101, sacks in. Oj.ta— There ie a good demand for all classes, particularly good feed in ahippera' lines, trnd any lota offering can be Hold readily a 5 full prices. Quotations are at present : Foe good milling la 6i, g-od to beat feed la sd, medium la 41, and inclined, ; wicu probaole outaida demand. Qaoiationa nM, sacks exora. j Barlay— t rime malting 2s 8d to 3^,! m«.d urn pualioy 2j 3d to 2^ 6 J, milling la 101 , 60 2i Id, feod lo 6i to la 9J, eaoka fcxera. j ifoi&io'n— iJess Dirvvenla seliiag at from 20d to 22s 6d per tou, otheia 15a 10 20s. j Cnaff — For prima u-utun bheaf £2 5i to £2 ICb, iair -o good £2 to £2 sj, mbdiumand Qieiior, 253 to 35 .