REMUERA SHEEP FAIR.
As indicated in yesterday's brief note regarding Messrs Rockland and Sous' sheep fair -at Remuera. good prices realised for .satisfactory anim-als. Very poor sheep sold as low as 3/. while the top figure for wethers was 16/. Lambs ranged in price fron; as low ~s 1/. for very young ones, up to 1 v each, which figure was paid for a fine pen of 21. About 300 rams sold, although in some cases the owner's reserve was wit readied. The highest price' was for Romney Marsh, which realised four ■.v^ r E ; ! • < ;o. bU ' t T• tll^ a, ' o^i, • 2 ' ritp ™ s about to 40,. Lincolns sold up to three guineas although one or two/fetched much lower fiffures. EngLsh Leces-tere sold from 1 tc 2 3 guineas; Shropshire Downs, from 10/ to 2 ? guineas: and a Hampshire Down at 1 guinea.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 35, 10 February 1904, Page 2
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