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Messrs Rctntkr and Nolan's Report.— Horses : Fewer than usual were entered on Friday and mostly of a light stamp. Prices remained low. Heavy draughts sold from £10 5_ to £17 10s; medium do., £7 10s to £13 5s ; light harness, £3 10s to £12 ss; hacks, £3 to £8 10s ; weedy horse., 20s to 35s each. Hide* : A full catalogue mot with ready salo afc lato rafces. Extra stout at 5d to 6J-d ; stout, 3;fd to 4|d ; light aud slieoty, 2.-j:d to 34d; cows, 2}d to S^cl; kips, 2ki to 3d"; stags, lgd to 2d ; calfskins', M to 51; tallow, lis 6d to 12a Qd per cwt: hones, £3 lCs per ton. Sheepskins, Is M to 4s Id ; pelts, 2d to Is ; woo!, 4Ad to bhd ; pieces, g.\d to 3.W. Junction Yards Sale: A moderate supply of fab cattle. For w_ll fatted oxen prices ranged between 17s and ISs por 1001b. For insufficient fatted, proportionately lower. Far, cows, 15. per 100 lb. A large number of dairy cattlo wore disposod of. Springers sold from £3 2s Gd to £6 15s each ; dry cows, 39a to 47s 6d. Two to three year old steer*., £2 8s to £3. Two yoar old hoifors, £2 8s to £2 12. Gd. Sheep pcri3 wero woll filled. Wethers, 10_ to Ka 9d ; ewes, 8s 3d to lis 6d ; mixed sexes, 10a to lis 3d; lambs, 7s 6d to 9s. Pigs, light to medium weights, IG3 to 313 oach ; weaners, 3a 3d to ss.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 150, 30 June 1897, Page 4
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249COMMERCIAL. Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 150, 30 June 1897, Page 4
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