BURNSIDE STOCK SALES.
To-day. As is usual during New Year week, small yardings of cattle, sheep, and pigs were forward to-day. Not many buyers wne present, and little business was done. Butchers, as a rule, get in their New Year supply at the Christmas sale. Sheep.—923 yarded. A mo Hum quantity forward. Prices were firmer. Quotations : Best wethers, 17s 6d to 19s; extra, 235; medium, 15s to 16s; inferior, 13s 6d tj 14s: best ewes, 15s to 16s; extra, 19s; medium, 12s 6d to 13s 6d. Lambs.—469 yarded. On account of the .•wall yarding prices were firmer The quality was go>J. Quotations: Best lambs, 15s to 16-1; extra, 17s; medium, 13s 6d to 14s 6d; inferior, 12s to 12s 9d. Cattle.—lsl yarded. A fair yarding of medium quality. Pricis were again slightly easier. Quotations. Best bullocks,-£8 10s to £9 ss; extra, £lO ss; medium, £7 to £7 15s; inferior, £6 5s to £6 10s; best cows and heifers, £6 10s to £7; medium, £5 to £5 10s ; inferior, £4 to £4 10s. Pigs.—32 yarded Yarding very small. Porlurs and baconers were hi demand, and tho few forward sold under brisk competition, prices going up -Jd per lb. Young pigs weie alsj want;d, but practically none were forward Very Sew suckers* were penned. Quotations- Sunkors, 14s to 20s ; slips, 23s to 265; stores, 28c to 335; porkers, 38s to 435; light baconers, 45s to 48s; heavy, 53s to 60s
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Evening Star, Issue 13145, 29 December 1908, Page 4
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238BURNSIDE STOCK SALES. Evening Star, Issue 13145, 29 December 1908, Page 4
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