CANTERBURY.
The following are the prices realised at a sale of 40 head of cattle, 50 pigs, and 200 couple of poultry: — Inferior cows and calves (stores), £2 17s 6d, £3, £3 ss, £3 7s 6d, £4 2s 6d ; cows near calving, £4 7s 6d to £6 10s ; two-year-old steers, nearly fat, £3 10s to £4 7s 6d ; two-year-old heifers, £2 7s 6d to £3; yearlings, 28a to 335 ; a lot of young calves, 6s to 16s. Pigs : Only a few styes were offered j small weaners brought 5s to 7s 6d ; and small stores, 8s 6d to 12s ; porkers, about 3d a Ib. Poultry : Common iowls, 2s 6d to 3s per pair ; better sorts, 3s 6d to 5s 6d do ; ducks, 3s to 4s do ; geese, 7s to 9s a couple ; turkeys, 8s 6d to 14s a pair.
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Southland Times, Issue 1521, 9 January 1872, Page 2
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139CANTERBURY. Southland Times, Issue 1521, 9 January 1872, Page 2
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