COMMERCIAL.
Westf ield Fat Stock Market.
The New Zealand Loan aiiri Mercantile Agency »eports:--At Westf ield fat stock maiket on Wednesday beef was penned in scarcely average numbers. Competition was keen, and prices were firmer. No heavy weights yarded. Choice ox sold to £2 12a per 1001b, cithers &2 53 to £2 lls per 100 lb; cows and heifer beef, £2 3s to £2 10a per 1001b. Steers cold at from £14 15s to £21 123 6d; cows and'berfers £8 to £15a sa; bulls, £9 10s to £16 17s 6d. Messrs A. Buckiand and Sona report: —On Wednesday at our weekly Westi'ield fat btock market our entry of fat cattle numbered 269 heaJ, compi'isin^ 148 steers, 108 cowa and heifers, and 3 bulls. There was a strong denied throughout, and last weeks' advance wss easily 3ustßined. Choice ox sold at £2 123 per 10)lb, prime £2 8s to £2 lls pcs Joolb, rough and plain beef £2 to £2 4s per 1001b; cow end heifer beef, £2 to £2 7* uer 1001b; steers ranged in price from £12 10a to £22 15a; cowa and heifrea £7 10s to £15 17s 6d.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 6968, 28 January 1918, Page 4
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191COMMERCIAL. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 6968, 28 January 1918, Page 4
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