BURNSIDE STOCK MARKET.
Wednesday, March 28. Fat Cattle— lßo head yarded, of which there were a few lines of well-finished cattle, but the greater part were only fair. Competition for the better better classes was good but inferior sorts were not so readily placed. Good beef was worth 20s per 1001 b. Best heavy bullocks, £8 to £9 ; medium, £6 10s to to £7 15s ; best cows and heifers, £G -to £7 ; medium, £4 10s to £5 10s ; others, : £2 10s to £3 10s. Fat Sheep — 1814 penned, two-thirds being wethers. The demand was keen, and a rise of Gd to Is per head was noticeable. Best ! heavy wethers, 'l6s to 17s Gd ; medium, 14s ! 0d to 15s 9d ; others, 13s to 14s 3d ; best : ewes (very heavy), 14s 3d to 15s 6d ; medium, 133 to 14s; others, 11s Gd to 12s 9d. Of lambs 933 were penned. The market was quiet, but all were sold at about last week's rates. Pigs. — 1615 of all sorts penned. Suckers, slips, and stores were difficult to place, while baconers sold fairly well. Suckers, 5s to 8s ; i slips, 13s to 17s; stores, 19s to 22i ; porkers, 31s to 355 ; baconers, 403 to 46s Gd.
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Mataura Ensign, Issue 717, 29 March 1900, Page 2
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