Burnside Stock Market.
(By IELEGRAriI.) Dunedin, Dec. 16. Fat Cattle-519 head yarded, of. which 235 were stores. The bulk of the fats were prime bullocks and heifers, a few pens being of splendid quality. Owing to the large supply prices declined from 10s to 15s per head, in some cases even more. Extra prime brought L 9 5s to L1010s; ordinary, L 7 10s to L 8; medium, i 6 10s to L 7 ss; light, L 5 to L 6 ; best heifers, L 6 15s to L 7 10a ; medium, L 5 15a to L 6 5a ; light, L 4 10s to L 5 ss. , , , Fat Sheep-2226 penned -to a very good demand and prices were on the whole equal to the best of last week’s. Beat wethers, in the wool, 18s 6d to 19s 6d; medium, 16s 6d to 17s 6d; best ewes, 18s to 19a ; medium, 15s to 17s ; beat wethers, thorn, 15s to 16s 6d; medium, 13s to 14s 6d ; light. Ils 6d tol2s 6d ; best ewes, shorn, 14s to 15s ; medium and old, 12s 6d to 13a 9d: inferior, 109 to Ila 6d. The lambs were a 1 taken by the trade at prices about equal to last week’s, viz: best, Ila 6d to 12a 9d; good, 10s to Ils ; light and medium, 8s to 9a. Pigg—l7o ya ded. Porkers met with good competition.bnt baconers were dull of sale. Suckers, Ila to 15a; slips, 19s o 255; atorea, 26s to 28s ; porkers, 30s to 345; baconers, 35s to 38s.
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Southland Times, Issue 14516, 16 December 1899, Page 4
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254Burnside Stock Market. Southland Times, Issue 14516, 16 December 1899, Page 4
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