South Island Stock Quotations.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7828, 22 August 1904, Page 7

South Island Stock Quotations.

At the Addington yards, last week, beef ranged from 21s to 24s 6d per lOOlbs. Fat bullocks, £'10 7s Gd to £13 15s; heifers, £5 15s to £9; cows, £5 10s to £7 10s.

Fat sheep.—Prime crossbred wethers, 22s to 27s 3d ; lighter, 15s 3d to 20s ; prime merino wethers, 19s Gd to 22s 6d ; lighter, 14s ; prime wethers and ewes, 19s 9d to 24s 6d ; unfinished, 14s to 17s 6d ; prime ewes, lGs to 23s 3d ; medium, 12s 6d to 19s od ; light, 13s to Ids.

Store sheep—Lambs, los 4d to 16s Gd; wethers, 14s lid to 17s ; Cvves, 10a to 17^.

Fat lambs. —Tegs, from 17s 6d to 20s ; freezers, 14s 3d to 183; butchers', 13s Gd to 17s 6d.

Pigs—Suckers9sCd to 12s6d; baconers, 88s to 455, equal to 3|d per lb ; porkers, 32s to 35s Gd, equal to 4d to 4.1 d per lb. Stores from 18s to 24s ; medium, 19s to 23s ; wcaners, 8s to 12s.

At Dunedin, on Wednesday, best bullocks realised £9 153t0£10756d; medium, £d 5s to £9 17s 6d ; others, £G 15s to £8 7s Gd ; best cows, to £7 15s ; medium, £5 jffir to £7 ; others, £4 10s to £5 7s (wr .

Fat sheep.—Best wethers, up to 253 3d ; good, 16s 9d to 19s ; medium, 15s Gd to 183 9d ; others, 14s to 17s; best ewes, up to 21s 6d; medium, 15s 9d to 18s ; others, 12s to 153.

Lambs. —Best, up to 17s Gd ; medium, 11s to 15s 6d ; others, 12s Gd to 14s 3d.

Pigs—Suckers, 12a to 16s; slips, 18s to 21s ; porkers, 29s to 40s ; baconors, <58s to 48s 6d ; big pigs, 65s to 675.