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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13708, 24 September 1908, Page 4

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GERALDIXK STOCK SALE. The entry-- of shieep yesterday was a small one, „ and'-thft'demand _ i»t^T«y. Price* MsLmw&r i,-^ 6 b°geeta. atlOs, 50 do. 8s 6d.il do. 9* 6d, 2a lat ewes. l* 4d, 10 do. lQs.|3d, lOkf-Bb-ewesia %nw> 6 foutJeix £nd* €%Kt- tooth ew«,. witfa wi "lambs .cent. haabs, 6s tooth," with 100 lanibs, 8b 83,16 fat WJ&- *s* . forwato iwo fflfl' four-tooth do: 14s, 29 fat steers £2 1256d,l heifer £3 10s, 1 dry «Tw isS a*, 1 calf llsT 5 steers and heifera at> £2 7» Is, 91c 54 ao. 16s 6d,-1 do._ lie 6d- : "

" JyDDIXGTON STOCK SIARKETI CERISTCJHURCH, Sept. 23. Sbeep.—Tbert-Tr?!* a : fairly .large yarding of e&e sbeep, bogged of mixed quality fonmng, the laiger proportion. Tb» late rains did not effect <>f improving the "deSand thafwas anticipated, and there . was little change hr tba market. Good ewe hogget® 13s 6d to -14s 6d, wether hoggets 1Q» 6d to:l3e, mixed sex*-s lis to i& 6d, ewes and lain be- 6s 9d to 9s 9d {all counted), extra good aged- «w<s in lamb 15s Id, two and four-tooth ewes los od, fat hoggets los 6d to l"Za 6d. About 70 Young .lambs *a» penned; and soidrsit 16# tt> l&»6dfor best,-* and. l(k 3d to 15s 6d for fat sieepr sale was much brake*/"* fair -amowafc- 6ivbaame«s.:bei9g doaebyexport buyer*?, arid prices showed an advanoe- ; Pnine.;wethers 2Qs to 23r Id; «tm 2&v lighter 14a 6d to 19s 6d, shorn wethens 14s-4d> prime «wes 17$ 6d to-20a -6d, medium 15s to 17s, sod' light 13a2d to 14s ; wethers 16s 6d to 19s 6d, lighter 11k 4d' to 13*. - ' * - Cattle.—233. wwe yarded.*. Stetiß sold at £6 1J» to £l2 15s, heavier to £l4 10s, North Island steers £9 15* to £l2 12s 6d, heifers £5 12s 6d tp £8 17s 6d, diy cows £4 7s 6d. to£B. 6diso. £2 10&. In stoee «ottle,:ys»rlings chang«d hand* at 18s, fifteen;to eighteen months- 24a 6d, twovear «t«ew£2 5s to £2l3s, two a half Vearx £3 (Ss, two-year heifers. £2 16s, two and a half, yeats £2 ISs to £3 6s, dry cows I€«s *» £3 OS, dairy 'cows £3 5s to £6 tip. v." Pigs.'—There was a small entry of fat pig*, and th<y m& with a keen demand. Chopper*-£4 I2si large haconere 60s to 75a. lighter S(hto : s9s,large porkers 42a Jo 50s, unallfer 30s to4os, medium stores 28b to 375, w«anftw 14s to 21s.

BU»X§IX»J& STOCK. iIARKKT. . DUKEDIX, Sept. 23. Cattle.—3Gs Prices were easier; really%prisoe bullocks sold at about last week'* rates, but medium and inferior cattle showed a decline from 7#» to 10s per bead. Prime bullocks £lO to £l2, <*itra iirhne £ls 7s 6d, m«><liam £9 5s to £? 10b, light'£6 10s to £8 ss, bet>t- heifers £8 12s 63/ g<*od £6 17s 6d to £B. Sfoeep.—43s3 »ei ntasfr of them being well finished. Prices were slightly ewer. Freezing bayer*; operated freely, over 2000 going, to them. Prime wethers lsk to 2Li, extra to" 22s '&!/ medium 37s 64 to 19a flight to 14s, best ewes 18s to 20s, medium 13» to 17s 6d, inferior from 10b. Twenty lambs werr yarded, and sold at up to 23* 6d. PigjL—Bs w«v penned. Small pigs wer« a shade easier, but porfcere and baconers were, firm at late rake. Quotations: — Suckers. 19b to 2Osr, slips 22s to 255, storca 28* to 35b, porkers 38s to 42k, ligbt baconere 45* to 58ft. choppers np to £4 ICk, heavy 53a to 655. DUNEDIX GRAIN MARKET.

Wh**t.—Tbe market is cteadj, and there has been a fair cfcownd daring ih«* week. Prime l milling 4* 4d to 4s 3d. median to 4s 3d, good fowl wheat 4s 2d to 4s 3d. Otete.—Tbe market i« Hnn, but- no iniprovAiKot in value* can be fjuontl. Them baa been a. fair demand for pritue f««d ami »«ed lot*. Prime milling 2-* l«f. best Is lid to 2s, »eed )<>:> 3d to 2« txt. t*v •ton?, tacks extra. Tbe Donedin iik reliant* «?.tj«rvj*. drcUK-d diwn* from the statement in tin: Ptv?«i A* »ocia(ion telegram fiom nn*,tehun.!t. which px«f ih" va!n«' of <»tts at I-ondon parity, at I* B<l. vi. A fair amount of hafcin*™*» haw lv<ti »?<nie wiih London dtiritig; the wv-k <>n Thin-din .n cocftt at f.o.h. priee. which »il! n.*: shipper* well tip to 2» p.-r bushel for 15 graH.SparTowbilk, and further bo*»iiv** k pending at tbe time W»-l of pri«» <•.