SATURDAY'S MARKETS.
About eighty horses were submitted to auction at the yards on Saturday, when a fair amount of business was done at the following prices:—Medium draughts, £11 to £15 153 ; best harness horses, £10 to £12 10a ; medinm do, £7 to £9 ; beat hacka, £9 to £11 10s; medium do, £5 to £3 15s. There was a large entry of pigs, but the demand was limited. Porkers sold from 14s 6d to 20i, stores 7s 9d to 14s, and weaners 3s 84 to Bs. There was a good supply of poultry and a fair Bale. Boosters made from 2s 9d to 3s 6d and up to 4s 6d for spring birds; hens, 2s 3d to 4a 6d; ducks, 5s to 33 6d and up to 5a for this season's birds; geese, 4s 6d to 6s; turkoys, hens 6s 6d to 7s 6d, gobblers 10s to 15s.
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Press, Volume LII, Issue 9272, 25 November 1895, Page 4
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