LEESTON MARKET.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13901, 28 November 1910, Page 9

LEESTON MARKET.

There was a good attendance and a fair entry of stock at Lecfiton on l< ndav. Fat r.hecn again brougut good prices, the yarding eompri.smp mostly fat ewes. Store rattle, of which there was a large yarding, sold easier, and prices for dairy cows were not to good as at recent sales. Fat sold well, but stores met with a dragging sole, prices suffering a very noticeable decline. ~ ~. nl Fat wethers (shorn) realised los ocl to 17s M, fat ewes (shorn) 12s to lba Pel, ht lambs IGs 3d, fat hoggets lus Gd, nnd a fow .storo owes 8s Ikl. Hie yarding of sheep was small. The yarding of storo cattle was a large oiie, most of the animals benig young, and ranged in a<;e from nine months to eighteen months. A number of dry cons were also yarded. Prices for dairy cows ranged Irom £3 15s upwards. "Yearling cattle averaged about 30s, eighteen months' old sorts about 475, and others a few months older tip to 70s for animals of good quality and in forward conditions. The yarding of lot pigs was medium, and nrices were on the whole, lair. Porkers brought 22s for ths lightest to 35s for the heaviest, equal to a little under -W per lb liaconers inado3<s6d to oos Gd. equal to 4}d per lb. iStores numbered 225, and nrices were very low, in fact it is doubtful if wcaners were over «okl at such ridiculously low F-ricas at Leeston before. Prices for verniers ranged from 2s Gd upwards, and good-sized stores 10s to i< s Oα.