Stock Market
FREEMAN R. JACKSON & CO.'S : • STOCK EEPORT. {■/'■'■ Johnsonville, August 19. Fat cattle were below the average numbers but generally were of a good quality, though differing considerably in weight. The demand was medium at 16s per lOOlbs for ox beef and 13s 6d For .prime heifer, respectively. The prices "iTpipe the best were £7 to £7 10s ; others, l£6 2s 6d to £610* ; light weights, £5 to £5 12s 6d ; prime heifers, £5 to £5 2* 6d lighter weights, £4 12s 6d. A full muster of sheep fw-ethers) made 16s 4d, 16-s 6d, 17s 3d to 18s 6d, according to size, qual ity and condition, or equal to an average rate of 3|- per Ib. Pigs were in fair sup ply, .mostly porkers and stores ; rates have not -improved upon 'recent sales. The; outlook for the sale of bacon pigs is not cheerful, as the trade is fully suppliecTwzth heavy imports of the cured material from the South, where this class is plentiful..
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 22, 20 August 1891, Page 3
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164Stock Market Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 22, 20 August 1891, Page 3
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