Late Burnside Stock Report
Cattle.— 224 head forward. The yarding was only of faJir quality, with a few pens of prime beef. Prime bullocks, up to £11 5s ; best, £9 to £10 10s r-others £.7 to £8. . ' Sheep.— A small yarding of 1777. A fair proportion of these were good quality wethers. Prices showed an advance over last week of about Is 6d per head. Best wethers, 20s to 23s 6d-; extra, up to 23s 9d ; medium 18s to 19s 9d ; inferior, up to 15s ; best ewes, 16s to 18s ; extra, up to 22s 6d ; medium,, 11s to 15s ; inferior, up to 9s. Lambs.— Small yarding of 806. Prices on the whole were a shade higher than last. week. Extra sold at up to 17s 6>d ; good, 15s to 16s 6d ; medium, 13s 6d to 14s 6d. . Pigs.— A yarding of 110, principally porkers and' baconers. These were slightly easier. Suckers, 14s to 15s ; slips, 16s to 18s ; stores, 20s to 28s ; porkers, 33s 1?o 28s ; liccht baconer's, 43s to 48s ; heavy do, 54s to 60s ; choppers, up to 995.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11, 19 March 1908, Page 17
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180Late Burnside Stock Report New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11, 19 March 1908, Page 17
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