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May 14. At the live atock market thoro was another very largo entry of all classes o£ fat atock to-day, and tho attendance! was better than usual. SHEEP. The sale wa3 very limited m too store sheep department, there being : very little atook m a forward condition, and little or no demand for them. In fat lambs, there was. a rather smaller entry than last week, with nothing of. an exceptional character. Tho trade seenred their reqniremonta at from 83 to 11s. Only one or two pons went at anythiDg over this price. There was a Tory heavy entry of about 1)000 of all classes of fat sheep, which gave rise to a considerable discussion as to their merits and the price ruling, on which tho greatest difference of opinion existed. The sale opened rather dull, the fmt few pens being second quality of crossbred ewes, which bronghtfrom 9a to lls 3d per head, but it was not long be fore some very prime half-breds realised np to 17s lOd, and as the sale proceeded prices ap poarcd to gradually improve throughout. CATTLE. As there was a very heavy entry, compris ing 230 head of all sorta, tho demand fell off somewhat,, and from 10s to 15s per head was the price at which it wns estimated that cattle sold below la3t week's quotations. In store cattle, thero wa3 very littlo business done, no special Une3 beins m demand. Dry cows sold at from £2. to £3 ss. Somo year-and-a-half olds m backward condition only realised from 19s to 2U, and a lot of poor calves were given away at very low rates. PIOS. Another immense entry of pigs, principally porksra and baconeH, made tho fat stock yard 3 look exceedingly full. Prices rose Is per head.
