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[Pee Pkmjh Association. I DUNEDIN, Sept. 14. Fat Cattle — 170 head were yarded. Prime sorts were again scarce, a large proportion of the entry consisting of halffinished sort 3. owin<s to several of the large butchers having purchased supplies in the country, competition was not so keen as it was last week, and prices suffered a decline of about 103 per head. Prime bullocks brought .£9 to .£lO, good £7 to £8, medium £6 to £7, light and unfinished £3 lt>3 to £5 103, cows and heifers .£6 10s to .£8 10s, good .£5 10s to .£6, light and inferior £2 10s to .£4 10s. Fat Sheep — 3650 were penned. There were several export buyers in the market, 1 and all wethers suitable for freezing Bold at a slight advance on last week's rates. 1 Other sorts remained unchanged. Prime cross-bred wethers sold at 14s to 16s 3d, good do 12s 6d to 13s 6d, light 9s. Pigs— ; 73 were penned. There was a splendid ' sale for all descriptions. Suckers 8s 6d to 1 12s, slips 14s to 17s, stores '21s to 285, ! 1 porkers 31s to 41s, baeoners ,44s to 555, big pigs, 69s to 80s. " :, -
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6284, 15 September 1898, Page 1
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198BURNSIDE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 6284, 15 September 1898, Page 1
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