F. R. JAC KSON AND CO.'S JOHNSONVILLE REPORT.
Welmnotok, Marcb 21
The yards held about the usual supply of beef, for which the bidding was brisker than of late, the quality being from fair to good. The sheep pens con* tamed a line of useful wethers from Wairarapa, selling at an advance upon recent quotations. Shorn lambs (none in wool being offered) showed an advance upon late rates. No pigs came for* ward. Beef— Best bullocks from Lo 10s to L 6 15s, averaging L 5 12s 6d ; >-nd L 5 7s 6d to L 5 15s, averaging L 5 lls 2d ; light weights, from L 4 5s to Lts ss, averaging L 4 17s ; beef u>ade 13s to 14s the lOOlbs. Sheep— Wethers, 8s 6d to 8s lid ; ewes and wethers (tniied), light weights, 6s 6d to 7s 4d ; shorn lambs, 5s to 5s Bd, nv-gmg 5» 6d.
At our (Stevens and (rorton's) stock sale held on Tue ay 1 ~t, 5000 sheep and 100 head of attle were entered. The following prices . ere realised : — Fat cows 37s 6d to L 3 12s 6d ; forward wethers, 7s 3d to 7s 7d ; Liucoln ewes. 5s 3d to 7s 4d ; crossbred ewes, 4s to 5s 3d ; fat ewes 5s 6d to 6s 2d ; young ewes interferior, 4s 6d ; shorn lambs, 4s ; woolly do os ld.
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Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 100, 24 March 1888, Page 2
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224F. R. JACKSON AND CO.'S JOHNSONVILLE REPORT. Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 100, 24 March 1888, Page 2
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