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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 178, 1 August 1904, Page 3

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HOME MARKETS, (Per Press Association.) LONDON, July 27. Tallow.—l2ls casks offered and 875 sold. Fine mutton 265, medium 28a 9d. Fine iboef 25s 3d, medium 235. Copper.—Spot, £57 6s 3d, three months £57 ss. ADDINGTON STOCK SALE. -At the Addiivgton market on Wed- : needay the fat cattle yarding of 229 head was in extpse of requirements, and the sale, which opened at about previous week's rates, flagged towards the close, the large proportion of second-rate h'eef bc-ing responsible, j' Best steers mado 23s to 25s per 100 ; lb ; others, 20s to 22s ; best steers, . £8 7s 6d to £l4 ; others, £7 to £8 5b i heifers £0 5s to £9 7s Od, and "■ two at £l2 ; cows, £5 15s to £0 ' 109. Pigs.—A fairly large entry, and ih&e was a fall in prices, good batkmers averaging 3J<l, and porkers 4<l > Jo 4Jd per lb. Stores were very dull , of sale. Prices for baconers, 88s 6d to 45s ; heavy, 50s to 55s ; chop- % pers, to 70s; porkers, 80s to 38s ; ~ ' large stores, 25s to 30s; medium', ' |l4a to 22s ; weanors, 8s to 12s. i ; ■ Fat Sheep,—A fair entry, quality t - ranging from extra primo to very . :-.#bor. Wethers, extra primo, 28s to 325; prime, 22s 6d to 28s ; medium, 20s to 22s ; others, 18s 7d to , ,19s 8d; ewes, prime heavy, 21s to y 255; good, 18s to 20s 6d ; nge d, 15» to 17s 6d ; merino wethers, good . to prime, 18s 6d to 2<ls ; extra, to 27s 3d. Lambs : Best, 18s to 23s ; others, 15s 3d to 17s 9d.

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