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Taranaki Daily News, 25 August 1917, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

ALDINGTON. Store Sheep.— 2 and 4-tooth ewes, to 255; 4, 8. and S-tooth ewes 28s to 36s Cd; s.m. ewes, 31s 3d to 335;'2, 4, and (i-tooth wethers, 34s fid to 36s lOd; merino wethers, to 25a; ewe hoggets, to 34s 3d; wether hoggets, to 335; mixed sex, 17s to 28s. • Fat Sheep.—Extra prime wethers, to 57s Gd; prime wethers, 40s to 47s Cd; ■lighter, 2Ss to 39s Od; merino wethers, 21s Gd to 31s lid: prime ewes, 37s Gd to 43s Gd; medium, 31s to 375; lighter, 25« 3d to 30s; extra prime hoggets, 37s 3d; others, 26'- to 30s lid. Fat Cattle.—Extra prime steers, to; £29; prime steers, .£l6 to £23 10s;; ordinary steers, £9 to £ls; extra prime 1 .'lifers, to £l7 10s; prime heifers, £11; 10» to £ls; store heifers, £S 7s Gd to £11; extra prime cows, to £2Q; prime cows, £l2 10s to £l6; ordinary cows, £8 2s Gd to £l2. Store Cattle.—lß-month to 2-yeai steers, £0 to £7 10s; 2V„-year steers, £ll 10s; dry cows, £7 to £8; dairy cows, to £IG 106. Pigs.—Choppers, £5 to £8; extra heavy baconers, £G fa; heavy baco'ners, £5 to £5 ss; light baconers," £4 to £4 15s, equal to 8d to B'/ s d per lb.; heavy porkers, Cos to 725; lighter porkers, ilOs to 5Ss., equal to 9%d to 10% d per lb.; large stores, aOs to 575; medium stores, 42s to 48s; smaller, 28s to 375; wcaners, 20s to 245; sows in pig, £5 to £7 10s; purebred Berkshire breeding sows, llgns to 15gas.