BURNSIDE STOCK SALES.
Fat Cattlr.— Wi head yarded. About one fourth of the entry was prime beef, the balance ranging from good to very medium. Prime were, if anything, easier than last week, best bullocks fetching up to LIO 2s Gd ; medium weights L 7 10s toL9; cows Lt ]0s to L 6 15s. Prime beef may be quoted ab 22s 6d per 1001 b ; good beef 20s ; cow beef 16? to 13s. Fat Sheep. — 3116 penned, including 180 merinos. The excessive supply followine; last week's full market caused the dullest and most lifeles-i sale seen at Burnsirle for many a long day. Prices suffered on the average 2s fjd per head from last week, and a dull market next week is looked for, as butchers have now a good supply on hand. Best crossbred wethers brought 12s to 14s— a. few extra heavy to 15s 6d ; do ewes ]osto 12s 6d; merino wethers 6s to Bs. Lambs.— l 3 penned, and sold at from 6s 9d to 7s 3d. Pigs.— sl pigs forward, and sold at— For suckors 8s to 10s ; slips lO.s 6d to loa ; stores 17s to 19.5 ; porkers 21s to 265. There were no, baconers forward, and this class is hard to dispose of at present.
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Clutha Leader, Volume XX, Issue 1040, 29 June 1894, Page 5
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