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TEMUKA STOCK SALE. The" usual fortnightly sale wa» held at Tetnuka yards yesterday, "when a moderate entry was forward, comprising 1600 sheep and"6o cattle. In fat cattle, the yarding was; "very: light, and these forward met with a ready 6ale. Stores and dairy cowk »lar> met witlr fair-eDqiriTy. f QooUit i«>i»-: —Prime steers £8 10» to £9 10s, medium £7 to £8 ss, faf- helfeiif £5" to £7, cows to £6. For sheep, the demand ivjs much better than -thai®" experienced at various other sales during the last fortnight: fat sheep showed an advance of 2s to 2b 6d per bead on late rates. Sale* were made ax follows: —16 fat- wes lis 4d, 30 do. 14s 2d. 20 do. 19s lOd, 15 d<». lis 7d. pea do. l&i, pen do. 12s 3d. pen wethers 19b. 12. merino wethers 16s 2d. 25 ewe hoggets (good) 16s. 190 hoggets lis 6d, 106 do. lis lOd. 283 do. tm.s.) 15V, lid, do. 12» 6d. -Pigs. were penned, and met with splendid competition. Weanere, 14e, 16s, 17s, 19s to 21s; slips, 21*, 25* to 275; porkers. 36s to 40b.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13713, 30 September 1908, Page 4
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187COMMERCIAL. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13713, 30 September 1908, Page 4
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