LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2071, 17 July 1896, Page 2

LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Wednesday.

The yarding of nil classes of stock, with tbe exception of t-tare pheep, was slightly ftbove the average. The attendance wan not es good «c of late, and business in most classes was of a porno • wlv\t erratic nnruro. The entries for thn day comprised 9454 snd lambs. 291 he<sd of cf.t'le and 439 pift , * , .

Fit Cai^e—Good. enUy, mostly of good qualily. wiih n few pens of f-stra prime sleerp. Competition for all good lots brisk, a few pens of estr» prime fivesteers from the K'nioch Estfit:"! ranking up lo £9 7* 61, or fully 20* lOO'b", inferior and cow beef from 14a 61 to 17s. Pricea realised :—Steers £5 to £9 7h'G», heifers £4 5* t> £6 17s, and cowe £3 17s 6M Jo £7.

Du'y.Cuws—Milkers poorly represented, with crne-w-two exceptions, good springers selling at from , £7? ,t>.j £8 Jss; inferior Boris bard lo qiii'/

Store C>ittie—Very poor entry and little 'business-doing.

Fat Sheep—Ei'try sligiit'y above the nverago of the piet few weeks, in point of numbftja. and whilst there'were some -pons of, extretneiy good qiiality, both in wetbera and ewea, there were a number of haif flniahed ehecp, which detracted i'roiß fc'ie appoer-incft of the yarding end .Goinewbat affected the rnnrkfif. - Although .fpriees for the bettir of frer-ZTS were fairly A r eil oiaintfiined, it waa evident At nnfi period.of the 1 h«t (here waa an jjt'einpt at oombihotion amongst the buyers. This, however, did net iavt long. A number of the lines not quits up to freezing qu-.lity fell t> graziers, and will probably come luiwurd again when finished. Butchers' good young owes met fair competit'iin, but aged and inferior eorta wore somewhat neglected. Prices rßtlified wero na follows :—Katra hoavy oruea-bred wethers 19* to 2ls freezing do Ids t> 18s. do mixed >c.see 14e to 17« 91, lighter sorts 9d f> 13s 9J, freezing rna'den ewes 14m ti 16s, and sst-n heavy ti 18< iO3, butchers' good ewea 13* *■> 16* 10!, madinin do 9j to 12" 9:1, inferior suit* B', msfino weibers ■9* 9d !!•». and rwpf 6» 10! to U?.

Sjfc >re Sha^p—t^insll'entry-, a good pro ■portion being turnip sheep'and orosabrert ewes, wit!) one or two p?ng of bogg t*. .Owners' reserireß being nbovo what buyors oniod t> give., fp«v fftlea wore made at nuciidijj linafsetd Wide from 7s to 6d, foiir.- ! oo.ih weUiorti 13-) 6-5 to -14*.

F-U L^mbs— Ficea'ntr lambs made from ;Jh tn M', sf,cnnf!-;l««H 7i to 8< $)■ Pig* — i\lK(}'ni<rj R!fc r y ; coin petition all round hardly a» br«k, rnooner* mak'mz from 30.< to 45-61, <v from to pur lb, poikars 19<to #s*.'