Commercial.
At their Stock Sale, yesterday Lowest. lorns report a good alten dance of buyers. Sheep of all classes were well represented, while the cattle entries were only nominal. Sheep showed a deoline of Is to Is 6d upon last sale, This was specially noticeablo in fat of both sexes, but all entries were cleared except one line of wethers. Heavy fat; wethers 9s 6d; medium do 7s 9d to 8s 6d; fat ewes from 6s 3d to 7b 6d; store wethers 7s 4dj merino wethers 4s lOd; store ewes 5s 8d to Cs-7d; breeding ewes 4s 9d to 5s 3d: culls 2s to 4ai; pigs 6s 6d to 12s 6d. Number of sheep yarded 3,500,
Freeman E. Jackson & Co's Johnsonville stock report:—" Beef was entered yesterday in sufficient supply for trade requirements.: The pens contained some large framed and rather coarse bullocks, which sold at relatively lower rate than, the smaller beef. The cows were medium., Sheep madelate rates. Lambs of inferior to medium quality brought satisfactory prices. No pigs were penned. : Bullocks (beef) made 12s to 13s the 1001b lbs, according to quality; cow (beef) lis, Cattle—bullocks, £s 2s 6d to£s 7s Gd, average £5 GslOd; others averaged £4 IBs; cows £3 2s 6il to £3 10s, averaging £3 ss, Sheep (wethers) lis j ewes 8s 3d; lambs'6B 6dto7s3d. ■- '
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3117, 31 January 1889, Page 2
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221Commercial. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3117, 31 January 1889, Page 2
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