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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 85, 31 March 1883, Page 2

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[pee united press association.! Cbristchttbch, March 29. Prime Tuscan, 4s 3d to 4s 4*\ f.o.b. at. Lyttelion. Other wheats at 4s Id to 4s 3<l. Flour is quoted at £M 10s to £11 per ton, and oatmeal at £17 per ton. Oats, 2s Id to 2s 2d for milling, and Is lOd to 2s for feed samples. Cheese is quoted at 5d to 6d per lb.; butter (fresh). 9d to 10|d. Hams and bacon in cloth, 8d to 9d ; potatoes, £4 to £4 10s per ton ; onions, Id to 2d per lb. Eye grass seed at 3s 3d to 3s 8d ; cocksfoot, 4d. Beef is quoted —prime, at 20s per 100lb«.; seconds, 18s per lOOlbs ; mutton, 2gd per lb. Pigs, from 15s to 335. Waitgaxu), March 29Barnes and Higgie report: — Caiilf* — Fat bullocks, £6 18s ; fat rows, £4 10s ! to £6 ; 2|-year-old steers. £3 15s ; 2-ye:>r- ! old heifers, £2 14s; dry dairy cows, £2 15s to £3 15s ; weaners, 26s 6d. i Sheep— 2 Boo were penned, of which j 2500 were sold. Fat wethers, Us to j lls 5d ; good store wethers, 9s to 10« ; J sheep, mi zed sexes, 9s to 10s 6d ; Store j ewes, 6s lid to Ss 6d ; lambs, 4s to 4s lid. Pigs — Good forward well-g r own pigs, fit for killing, 31s; store porkers, 15s; weaners, 4s 9d. Horses — A few only were quitted. One good trap mare realised £14 10s. and light hacks and weeds from 40s to £6 ss. Foxton, March 30. Messrs Thynne, Lin ton & Co. report — At our saleyards on Thursday there was a very good attendance of buyers. Weaners ranged from 39s to 40s ; heifers, in calf, £3 2s 6d ; 15 months to 2-year-old heifers, 50s; cows in calf, 57s 6d. All the cattle and sheep were sold. Mr Cobb's imported Romney rams, four sold at prices ranging from 33 to 35 guineas ; mixed and bred ewes and wethers fetched 6s Gd ; fat wethers, lls 7d ; fat ewes, 9s lid ; store Lincoln ewes, 9s 9d.