The Stock Market
■ ' .". " • -•'..■' ' " ' FREEMAN R. JACKSON & COS STOCK REPORT. Johnsonville, July 24. The cattle market to-day was com posed of medium fatted steerß ahc store bullocks, the inferior .sorts goin£ to the grazier. There was a decided spring in the tone of the bidding, and good beef would have sold' well. Sheep were in late numbers, ah wethers, and chiefly of good quality. Mr Lupton's pigs were keenly competed for, making good rates. Stores were [also in good demand. Beef made 14s per 100lbs, and mutton 2£d per lb. We quote: — Cattle:— Bullocks, £4 10s to £5 12s 6d, averaging £5. Sheep. — The different lines ol wethers averaged 14s 9d to 15s Id and 16s. Pigs. — Baconers, £1 18s to £3 ,7s 6d; smaller do, 27s to 355; large porkers,' 20s to 245 ; others, 1 8s ; large stores, 15s 6d ; small do, 9s 6d.
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 17, 25 July 1889, Page 3
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144The Stock Market Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 17, 25 July 1889, Page 3
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