DUNEDIN MARKETS.
Wednesday, 12th January. ! X Fat Cattle.— lßo head yarded, • few pena ▼ prime, the larger proportion being "M™" and cow beef. Bst bullocks sold at £9 to £b IG\j, others at £'4 to £6 5% best heifers at £5 to ±&7- 6J, rfgerl cows at £3 to £4 2* 6d. -F»t Sheep.— 3,lß2 penned, a fair proportion beiDg wethers. Prices showed a decline ol from 2a to 3s per head on wethers, and ds to 4s on ewes. Crossbred wethers sold to 12s 3 «, crossbred ewes to 12s. F»t Lambs.— Tbe supply comprised 718, tbe greater number of which were prime -to go d quality. The demand right through the sale was brisk, owing to the fact that freezing r<uyets were operating, ana to the butchers h »vii.g to buy a full supply. Compared with last week's rates, prices on an average showed a tise of la 61 to to 2a per head. Best lambs brought 12s 91 to lls ; good, 9s 6i to 10a 6d ; in' diarn to inferior, 6s to Bs. Pigs. — 55 penned, all sorts in demand. Raooners sold at 42a to 50s,xporkers, 28s 6d to 40s, stores 17* to 245, suckers 12a 6d to 14*.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4515, 15 January 1898, Page 2
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202DUNEDIN MARKETS. Tuapeka Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4515, 15 January 1898, Page 2
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