Commercial.
WESTERN DISTRICT MARKETS. J. R. Mills and Co, auctioneers, Riverton, report— We held our regular monthly sale at Poster’s yards, Thornbury, on the 3rd mat, T The entry was rather below the average. Sheep dirt not go off so briskly as at late sales, still a fair sale resulted for young ones, but aged owes could hardly bo quitted at any figure. Cattle; A good lot of fat and steers iu forward condition, suitable for turnip feeding, were yarded, and as these classes were in demand the whole were cleared at satisfactory prices. We sold 43 3-tooth ewos and wethers at 13s lid, 70 lambs at lls od, SO do at 9s 2d, 114 ewos at 8s 4d, 145 merino ewes at 3s 3d, pen fat ewes at 11a 8d ; 50 steers and spsyeu heifers at from £3 to £o Cs, drv cows at from £2 7s 6d to £3 10s, fat cows up to £4 2s (id, fat bullocks to £6 10s and dairy cows at £3 5s to £4.
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Western Star, Issue 1569, 10 June 1891, Page 2
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172Commercial. Western Star, Issue 1569, 10 June 1891, Page 2
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