Late Burnside Stock Report
Cattle.— 222 forward ; a good yarding. . The quality was better than at last sale, and prices were consequently higher. Best bullocks, £9 10s to £11 10smedium, £8 to £9 ; inferior, up to £7 10s : besf heifers, up to £6. , Sheep.— 2740 penned ; a fair yarding. Prices "for wethers showed a decline of from Is 6d to -,2s per head, whilst the drop on ewes was even more. Best wethers' 19s to 21s ; extra, 22s 6d- to 23s ; medium, 16s'to 18s* inferior, 12s to 14s 9d ; best ewes, 14s to 15s • medium, 10s to 13s ; inferior, 5s to 8s 6d. Lambs.— lo43 penned ; a good yarding of fair quality. Prices showed a drop of about Is per head. A few pens of extra good brought up to 16s 6d. - Best lambs, 14s to 16s ; medium, 12s to 13s ; light, 9s to, 11s. Pigs.— lo2 forward. Yoimg pigs met with. a brisk sale at late rates. Porkers and baconers also sliowed an upward tendency. Suckers, 9s to 12s 6d ; '"slips, 14s to 16s; stores, 18s to 255; porkers, 38s to^Ss-^ light biiconers, 45s to 50s ; heavy do, 53s to 635?
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 24, 18 June 1908, Page 19
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192Late Burnside Stock Report New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 24, 18 June 1908, Page 19
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