The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 47
Prices of Farm Stock. — Victoria Market, 1872
Prices of Farm Stock.
Victoria Market, 1872.
Beef cattle, dressed weight 12 to 16 cents per lb. | £0 | 0 | 5¾ | English. to | £0 | 0 | 8 |
Cows with calves, 35 to 60 dollars each | 7 | 0 | 0 | English. to | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Dry cows, 30 dollars each | 6 | 0 | 0 | English. to | |||
Calves, 10 to 17 dollars each | 2 | 0 | 0 | English. to | 3 | 8 | 0 |
Yearlings (good), 20 to 30 dollars each | 4 | 0 | 0 | English. to | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Two-year olds, 25 to 37 dollars each | 5 | 0 | 0 | English. to | 7 | 8 | 0 |
Three-year olds, 40 to 42 dollars each | 8 | 0 | 0 | English. to | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Pigs dressed, 12½ to 13 cents per lb | 0 | 0 | 6 | English. to | 0 | 0 | 6½ |
Chickens, 4½ dollars per dozen | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||||
Eggs, 30 to 75 cents per dozen | 0 | 1 | 2½ | English. to | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Prices of Farm Stock (presumed "in gold"), in 1872, at Olympia (140 miles by sea from Victoria), on the United States Territory, whence Stock reaches Victoria Market, paying 10 per cent, ad valorem duty. Beef cattle on foot 8 to 10 cents per lb. market well stocked.
Milk cows, 40 to 50 dollars each | £8 | 0 | 0 | English. to | £10 | 0 | 0 |
Veal calves, 8 to 10 dollars each | 1 | 12 | 0 | English. to | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Yearlings, 10 to 15 dollars each | 2 | 0 | 0 | English. to | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Two-year olds, 20 to 22 dollars each | 4 | 0 | 0 | English. to | 4 | 8 | 0 |
Work cattle, 150 to 250 dollars per yoke (pair) | 30 | 0 | 0 | English. to | 50 | 0 | 0 |
Sheep, 3½ to 4 dollars each | 0 | 14 | 0 | English. to | 0 | 16 | 0 |
Pigs (dressed), 11 to 12½ cents per lb. | 0 | 0 | 5½ | English. to | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Hides, 4 to 5 dollars each | 0 | 16 | 0 | English. to | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Work-horses, 150 dollars (30l. English) each for good ones; common, 30 to 40 dollars (6l. to 8l).