MARKET REPORTS.
■•« At the Asliburton Yards the entry cf sheep numbered about 4000, mostly old ewes and crossbred lambs. The attendance was better than of late, the wet weather having inU-rfered with harvest operations. The following are some of the prices:—Fat crossbred ewes 7s 3d, 7s 6d, r (s Id, 7s 3d, 11s 7d, 8s 9d; fat merino ewes, 5s 6d to 5s 8d: fat crossbred wethers, 12s, 12s 7d: fat lambs, 10s 6d, 10s 4d, 10s sd, 10s 9d, 9s 9d. Stores —Two-tooth crossbred, 8s 9d to 10s 6d, dull of sale; store lambs, 9s Bd, 9s 6d, 9s 2d, very small 3s £d; crossbred ewes, 8s 3d, Bs. 9s, 7s 6d; four-tcoth crossbred wethers, 12s sd, 10s 6d; haifbred ewes, 4s oa to 6s 6d. Fat steers, £4 ss, £5 2s fed, £4 15s, £6 15s, £5 19s, £3 17s 6d: fat heifers, £5 2s 6d, £4, £3 10s: fat cows, £2 17s 6d, £5, 7s 6d; springers, 255; stores, 20s; yearlings, 13s. Pigsh—Weaners, 14s 9d; 'stores, 21s; baconers, 48s 6d.
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10267, 9 February 1899, Page 6
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