Price of Sheep in England

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1860, 21 July 1886, Page 3

Price of Sheep in England

Wool is advancing in price ; and so a>a sheep, judging by the prices realised at the recent Lincolnshire Fair, where there was a master of some 20,000 animals, which was an unusually small number (or that fair. At an ear j boar it was apparent, says the report, that there would bo a brisk trade; bat the high figures asked by the owners ebecked the sales (or a time. Ultimately buyers and selh rs each giving way, a clear* anee was effected at an advance of at least 10a I bead in the prices obtained a twelvemonth before. The Lincoln Gazette gives the prices obtained for. 9717 sheep—scarcely an average of the fair, more than the nsnal nnm her of dealert’ lota being inclnded—which Maliaed in tbe aggregate £26,961 13s 6d, or an average of £2 15s 6d each. On referring to previoiu reports, it is found that in 1865 the quotations (or 10,037 sheep were given, which produced £34,229 lie 6d, a fraction over £3 8t 3d each ; in 1884, 11,103 ebeep made £33,859 13s 6d, or an average of £3 19* 3Jd ; in 1883,18.878 sheep produced £45,168 4s 6d, an average of £3 7s 5Jd ; in 1883, 10.899 sheep made £35,047 9s, an ■venue ol £8 4e Sfd ; in 1861, 11,883 sheep made £84,114 Sa 6d. an average of £2 19s ; in 1880, 9160 sheep made £89.266 16a 6d, an avenge of about £8 4s ; in 1879, 8390 ebeep ■•da £88,894 6e 6d, oi an average of £3 16i 4|d ; in 1878,10.817 sheep realised £87.865 11s, an avenga of £8 10s Old ;in 1877, 11.457 shaep made £39,375 18e 6d, an avenge of £3 Bs3fd ; and in 1876, 13,765 ehssg maliaed £45,010 4a 6d, an avenge of £3 10a 6}d. ‘ lbs Gmytovn Quadrille Aaaembly meet aa f M) f*mmm arming.