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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXV, Issue 9431, 4 June 1891, Page 3

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yestebday*s;maeket. The' steady rain which fell; all day affected the,attendance at the market con.. ; siderably, lint the business done, principally in the-fat sheCp pens,,was not in any way depreciated. ' , Stobk £>hbbp.—About 2800 were yarded, of which the principal quantity were merinos from North Canterbury district, for which a fair demand existed, and sales wore effected at former rates. Other lines sold freely at a alight improvement in values. Cross-bred lambs, in small lines, sold from 7e to 10s 6d, according to quality 5 cross-bred ewes brought 6s lid, Bs, 9s, and 10s 6d. Merino ewes in lamb sold at 2a lOd to 3s 8d for culled sorts, and sound-mouthed ewes at 4sJod. Gulled merino wethers brought from 2s lOd to 3s6d, and sound-mouthed from 4s Gd to 5s 6d. Messrs Todhdntee and Jennings sold for Mr Trotter, 98 merino ewea in lamb at 2s lid 5 for MessrsGoodrick Bros., 94 cross-bred ewes at 7s 'ldj- f.pr,Mr. Clark, 61 do at Ys;, fpr Mr Byan, '74 lambs at 10s 3d; for a client, 78 cull lambs at 2s lOd; for a client, 172 lambs ut 7a 3d, 178 merino wethers at 7s lOd. .Messes Miles ‘and Co. sold .for Mr Thadkold, 82 cross-bred ewes in laipb at 7s sd; for Mr Compton, 163.merino \yetbers at 4s 9d j for Mr Bell, 51 fflermi. ewes at 4s 4d. Messrs Pynb anlV Co. sold 136 cross-bred lambs at TOs 6d, 26- at 7a 6d. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, cold 100 merino ewes in lamb at 3s 10d, 600 merino wethers at 2a lOd, 300 merino ewes in lamb at 4s 10i\, 200 at 4s 9d, 100 at 3s 7d, 350 merino wethers at 4a 6d, 500 at 35,400 nt 5s Gd, 300 at ss, 6d, and 300 at 5s 6d. Messrs H. Matson and Co. (associated with t he National M. and A. Company of N.Z.. Limited), sold for Mr Townsend 130 half-brediambs at JLOs 6d. • Fat Sheep.— There was a large entry, comprising some very high-class sheep, together with ‘ a' good proportion of good quality cross-bred owes aud a sufficiency of merino wethers and inferior quality crossbred ewes. . The iperino wethers were of a jdedium, class,, and, \ the . higEest. price secured was only ,9s 84,; Cfoas-bred eifea; of goodi quality ;gbld fr.\tm ilia 3d to ISs ld» - and wethers , and . maiden ewes . of the higher class. ranged from 13s 9d to : l9a 2d. Some pens of very brdse-bred-wethees; sold by Mr Tabi\rt for Mr James Little, of Allandale, the' author of the back-breeding system, went perfect models in mutton, and realised from 19s 4d to ,19q 9d. Their carcases and skive were much admired. The New . Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company sold some very heavy-weighted half-bvred wethers, bred and reared by Mr John Glunn, jnn., at 24a 6d, the highest price yet secured this season, the sizeof,the sheep being more'remarkable than their symmetry and condition. With these exqeptiom'i the beat wethers yardedranged from 15s ld\ to 17s 3d. Towards the end of the sale the’lawge entry began to tell, and considerable difficulty was experienced in securing similar values for any but very prime sheep, t\nd, in consequence, several second-rate sheep were withdrawn from Sale. Messrs H. Matson and Co. (associated with the National M. and A. Company of N.Z., Limited), sol'd for Mr Feet, 160 orosa-bred ewes at 12a Sd to 14s fid; for Mr Skevington, 140 wethers and maiden ewes at 14s 7d to 19s; for Mr Bonn, 20 half-bred ewes at 14s 8d; for Hr Matthews, 59. wethers and maiden ewes at 16s 3d to 16s) for Mr Mitchell, 17 merino wethers at 7s 6d; for Mr Hedley, 250 halflbred wethers at 15s to 16s 8d ; for Mu Nixon, 33 wethers and maiden ewes at I7s\ 8d; for Mr Wilkinson, 23 cross-bred wethers at 16e 6d; for Mr Bonn, 64 halfbred ewes at 13s 6d; for a client, 170 halfbred wethers and maiden ewes-at 16s ; for Mr Every, 60 cross-bred ewes at 13s; for Mr Mitchell, 55 cross-bred ewes at 9a 8d to lie Sd; for a client, 100 oross-bied wethers and maiden ewes at 16s to 16s lOd; for Mr Budd, 112 cross-bred wethers and maiden ewes at 18s to 18a 7d; for Mr Bonn, 61 half-bred ewes at lls, 36 merino wethers at 9a 6d; for Mr J. Williamson, 70 crossbred wethers and maiden ewes at 14a 5d to 16a, 160 half-bred wethers and maiden ewes at 14s lid to 16a Sdj for Mr C. Hurst, 58 half-bred wethers at 17s to 18s Bd, 71 maiden ewes at ISs to 16a lOd ; for Mr Holmes, 178 croea-bred ewes at 16s to 16s 3d; for Mr J. Chamberlain,; 60 crossbred ewes at 13s-6d; for Mr -E. M'Leod, 250 cross-bred ewes at 13s 6d to 16s lOd. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency CbaPANTj Limited, sold for the Culverden estate, 25 mixed half-breds at 17s 9d, 101 at 10s 9d; for Mr John Gunn, jun., cross-bred wethers at 24s 6d, and a line of half-bred wethers at 17s 6d to 18s 9d, also ewes at 15s 9d; for Mr £. S. Coster, 80 merino ewes at 5s 8d; for Mr Parson s, 90 merino ewes atSa 9d to 7a Id j for Mr John Holmes, 26 cross-bred ewes at 16s 3d, 19 at 14a 7d, 19 at 14s 8d j for Mr W. H. Turner, 30 mixed half-breds at 14s lOd, 20 at 14s, 20 at 13a 2d; for H. J. Harrison, 25; mixed half-breds at 16s 6d, 18 at los sd, 17 at 14s 7d.; for a client, 150 mixed cross - breda at 14s lOd. Messrs Pynb and Co. sold for Mr G. B. Starky, 82 cross-bred wethers at 19s 4d, 16 at 19s, 72 at 16a 7d to 17s; for Horsley Down Estate, 192 Southdown cross-bred wethers and maiden ewes at 16s 2d to 18s 2d; for other clients, 50 cross-bred wethers and maiden ewes at 15s Bd, 20 at 14s dd, 80 at 19a 7d, 30 at 17s lid, 16 wethers at 19s 7d. 20 at 17s 6d, 16 at 17s, 16 at 16s TOd, 38 at 16s Id, 21 ewes at 13s 9d, 40 at 10s, 177 merino wethers at 8a 8d to 10s sd, 66 cross-bred wethers and maiden ewes at 14s 4d to 16a 3d, 113 merino wethers at 8a 7d to 9s lOd. Mr F. C. Tab art sold for Mr H. B, Parker, Eleohant Hill, 25 cross-bred wethers at 19a* 2d, 25 at 18a Sd. 42 at 18s 2d, 80 at 19s Id; fora client, 64 merinos at7s7d; for Mr B. B. Holdsworth, 60 cross-bred wethers at 18s Bd, 70 maiden ewoa at IBs 7d; for Mr James Little, 22 baok-bred wethers at 19a dd 42' at 18s lid; for a client, 36 maiden ewes and wethers at 16s Id; for clients, 55 maiden ewes and wethers at 12s Id, 40 wethers at 15s 2d, 80 merinos at 7s 6d. Messrs ToDHtrNTER AND JENNINGS Sold for Messrs Goodrich Bros., 86 ‘cross-bred ewes at lls, 23 at 10s; for Mr Byan, 44 crossbred ewes at 9s lid to 10s 8d j for Mr Montgomery, 27 wetbers and maiden owes at 14a lOd, 48 ewes at 12s; for Mr B. Latter, 169 cross-bred ewes at 9s Bd, 180 wethers at 16s 7d j for a client, 117 crossbred wethers at 15s 4d to 16s Id, 91 cross-bred ewes at 14s Sd to 15s 7d. Messrs Miles and Co. sold for Mr Snell, 62 cross-breds at 16s Id to 18s 3d; for Mr 3J. Chapman, 94 merino wethers at lie IQd to 13a 6d; for Waipara Downs Estate/114 cross-bred maiden ewes at 16a 9d; for Mount Hutt Estate, 87 merino wethers at 11b 6d to lls Bd, cross-bred ewes at IQs Sd; for Mr D. Mulholland, 160 croea-bred ewes at 12s 6d to. 12s Bd. , . • , ; ■ Fat Cattle. —Neatly, 200 fat cattle were yarded, covering all different sorts, from the very inferior cow to some prime bullocks shipped from Palmerston North last week by Mr G. Murray, of that place. There were 28 of these, which brought from aBB 2s, 6d ,to i£3 155,, or .about 18s 6d per 1001 b. The rest of the entry was not above the average size or quality, and the best did: not bring more than 18s, while inferior sorts sold as low as 13s to 16s per 1001 b. Messrs H. Matson and Co. (associated with the National M. and . A. Company of N.Z., Limited) sold for a client, 10 steers at J 25 12s 6d to £S 15a, and 3 at £7 6s ; for Mr O. Frazer, cow at £3 6s; for Mr G. Murray, Palmerston North, 28 steers at JJB 2a Gd to £6 15a ; for Mr J. Mangles, son., steers at £5 10a„ and cows at £5 2a 6d; for Mr J. Mangles, jun., cows at £3 2 a 6d £S 2s 6d; for Mr H. Harris, cows at £A Iss 5 for Mr Thorn, cow at *6 10s; for Mr P. Callaghan, heifers at JS3 5s to £4 l7s 6d; for Mr Green, cow at £o-12a 6d, and heifers at £4 10s to £6 10a ; for Mr W. Nixon, heifers at £4. 12a 6d to £5 11a 6d.. .Messrs . Ptne and Co. sold-4 steers nb> £5- 7a - 6d, 11 at JBS, 7 heifers at J 33, 6 at.£4 sa. Mr F. C. Tababt sold for a client, 2 bullocks at i!6, 4 at £5 17s 6d, 2 at £5 12s Gd. 4 at £5 7a 6d. . Sti>rb Cattle.— Only ,, seventy ' head, ■ cßitefijy old'cb’aisiLkotoef for which there was very little demand, and the bnyatf of dairy cows had not auy

to choose from. Messrs H. Matson and Co. (associated with the National M. opd A, Company of N.Z., Limited) Bold for various clients, a number of cows, at prices ranging from 15s to M ss. and heifers from 18a to £2 14s 6d. J Messrs Todhcnteb and Jennings sold for vtsrioua owners, 20 head of . dairy cows / from d 55 16s to j 66 12s, and a number of< store cows from 20s to 47s 6d. .

Figs.— About 170 pigs, chiefly baconer* and porters, met with a fairly satisfactory market; prices for good sorts of bacohata being slightly better; useful sizes from 2Jd to 2|d per lb, and porkers 8d tb'SJdMeesrs H. Matson and Co. (associated with the Nationals M. and A. Company of N.Z., Limited) sold for Mr J. Deams, 38 porkets at 11a to, 16s; for Mr P. M'Carten, 21'bacqners at 27s to 31s and 23 porkers at 16a to 24s fid j for Mr T. Saddler* 1 chopper’at' £3lss j: for, Mr T. Wilkins, ,11 porkers at 12s fid to 17a 64 5 for.' E. Forbes, 5 Kaooncra at 82a 6d; for Mr SL Spencer, 1 sow at £I ; for Mr Bedman* .porkers at 16s; for Mr G.- Date, baconers at 34s ; for He'S. Judd; baconeraat 28s6dr fpr (Mr Spencer, baconers at 89s /and pbakera at :14s, 64 ): for MessterJ. ttad' H. Anderson, weavers at ,6a 94 ; .for. 'lto Murphy, porkers at 215.; ;V; for ' Mra Davis, baooners. at 2fss to, 30s; for Mr J. • Doling, ', ibaopiiera at 80s, Messrs Todhonteb and Jennings sold for Mr .Mahoney, baconers at 36s j" for Messrs Willoox dud Keeley, 12 porkers at l¥s to 19», 7 baobners at 80s; for Hr W. Bennett, 4at 38s.fid, 6at 82s 63} for Mr E. Clark,B at 87s\6d, 2 at 80a, 12 stores at lOaj for Mr Jenkinc, .5 baooners at 295, 4 'p6rkers,-'at ‘Ba 6d, lat ips 6d, lat 21s } for Measrs Bourke Bros., 22* baconers at 29a ;' for. Mr ;‘A. Masters, 12 baconers at 38s, 7 porkers at 21s, 8 at 16s 9d, 5, at 15s 6d, 8 at 16s 63,. 18 storesi .at 6a 6d;, fop Mt Pannefcfc, 4 baconers at 39a 6d and 33s} for Mr Yarr, baooners at # 47s} for Mr Nelson, baconers at 32A) for Mr Matthews* 2 at 28s; for Mr Candy,; 12 at 34s 6d, 6at 345, . 7 at 88s t for Mr White, 6 at 16s Bd* Messrs Miles and Co. sold for Mr-Spencer, 7 baconers at 22s 6d, S porkers at 12» 6d to 14s. 6d. Messrs Pynb and Co. sold 63 porkers and baconers at 15s to S4s.