ENGLISH SHORTHORN SALES.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9763, 26 June 1897, Page 7

ENGLISH SHORTHORN SALES.

A summary of the English Shorthorn •notion sales of 1896, given in "Thornton's Circular," shows that 1703 animals realised £49,093 5s 6d, or an average of £_6 I6s W each. The drought of the spring and early summer depressed prices, and caused the postponement of sales to a great extent, •»d it was not until the sale of the oi Wales's cattle took place, ou JulyJ3rd, that a revival of business was apparent. At that sale the highest avoroge of the year, £70, was realised. The -.'rinc_*B famous bull, Celt, was not includedy that animal having been sold at the Royal Show for a thousand guineas. The extraordinary demand for young bulls, to go to South America, was the great feature of tbe year _ Shorthorn husiness, about 700 having been shipped to Argentina alone. The United States, Canada, and Australia were stagnant markets, while only a few cattle •were sent to the Continent of Europe and to fSouth Africa. Taking the Home and foreign trades into consideration, the year closed tinder more hopeful circumstances than has prevailed for some time betore.