Geraldine Stock Market.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXII, Issue 6485, 2 February 1905, Page 4

Geraldine Stock Market.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) There was a large attendance oi buyers at the GeraldiDe Live Stock Sale yesterday, when there was a keen demand all round fur sheep, the prices being fully maintained. Store lambs were particularly well compoted for. The entry was a fair one. Cattle also sold well at late rates, and there was a large entry. There wa3 a fair entry of pigs, and a good demand. Prices quoted ftre as follows:—Two-tooth wethers Ifls 2d, 2 tooth ewes 18s to 19s sd, 4, 5, and 6 tooth f-bred store wethers 15s 6d, 16s 9d, 17s, and 17s 3d; sound mouth merino wethers 11s and lls 6d, full mouth merino wethers 9s sd, failing mouth ewes lls to lls 9d, ewes (fair mouths) 16s, ewes and lumbs lls Id, lambs 14s 2d, small store lambs 12s 6d, good forward i-bred jambs 14s to 14s 6d, medium lambs 13s, 13s 6d, 13s Bd. 13s 66, Us 4d, and 14s 9d; good lambs 13s Sd, 13s 6d, 14s 4d, and 14s 9d ; cull lambs 8s lOd. Cattle—Three-year-old steers £4 ss, 2 year-old ditto. £3 2s 6d, 10 months old cattle £2 lls, yearling heifers 25s to 30s, calves 18s 6d, pigs, weanors ss.