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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 241, 20 March 1915, Page 2

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Store sheep.—Good forward lambs, 13a fld to 15s lOd; medium, 10s 5d to 13s 6d; inferior 6s 9d to 0s lOd; culls, 3s 9d to (is 6d; cull ewe .lambs to 14s 6d; medium two-tooth wethers, lis to 12s Sd; fairly good, to 16s 9d; good two-tooth ewes, 17s 3d to 21s 3d; fair 15s to 17s; ;;ood sound-mouthed ewes 12s 9d to 14s; j failing-mouth ewes, 10s 6d to 12s; culls 3s lid to 4s 6d. Fat lamhs.—Best lambs 17s 6d to 21s 2d; others, lis Gd to 17s. Fat sheep.—Prime wethers, 21s Gd to 24s 7s; others 16s 9d to 21s; prime ewes, 20s to 25s 6d; medium, 16s to 19s 6d; others 8s to 15.s 6d; merino wethcra 15s 7d to 18s (id. Fat Cattle.—Ordinary steers £7 5s to £l2; extra to £l7; ordinary heifers, £5 12s 6d to £8 10s; extra to £11; ordinary cows, £5 5s to £7 10s; extra to £lO ss; price of beef, per 1001b, 32s to 445. Store cattle met with a dull sale, yearlings making 20s, 15 to 18-months £2 7s 6d to £2 14s; 2-year steers £3 10s to £4 10s; 2-year rieifers, £3 12s; 3-year steers £7 9s, dry cows £2 to £5, dairy cows £3 10s to £l3 2s 6d. Pigs.—Choppers 50s to £4 10s; ordinary baconers 50s to 57s Gd; extra heavy, to £3 14s. Price per lb, s§d to - 6d. Ordinary porkers 35s to 40s; heavy 42s to 465. Price per lb Gd to 6i4d; store pigs medium sorts 19s to 20s; small sorts, to 18s; weaners 3s to 7s 6d. BURNSIDE. There was a small yarding of fat cattle at Burnside. Lasi week's rates were fully maintained, and towards the end of the sale prices showed an advance of fully 7s Gd per head. Best bullocks £l4 to £ls; medium to good, £l2 to £l3 ss; light £9 10s to £lO 15s; best cows and heifers £9 10s to £11; extra to £l2; medium £7 103 to £8 ss; light £5 10s to £6 10s. There was a fair yarding of fat sheep, 1900 being penned. Prices were much the same as last weeks rates, though towards the end of the sale they were Is per head better. Best wethers 26s to 29s 6d; extra to 31s; good to medium 22s 6d to 245; Might 16s to 10s 6d; best ewes 23s to 265; extra to 30s 3d; medium to good ; 19s to 21s; light 15s to 17s; inferior ' 12s 6d to 14s. There was a small yarding of fat lambs, the entry totalling 980. There was a good demand for prime sorts, and prices were on a par with last week's rates. Prime 18s (id to 20s 9d; extra to 2os; medium 15s 6d to 17s; unfinished 12s 6d to 14s.