STOCK SALES.
Christchurch, Aug. 4._ The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) report per Mr E. G. Staveley as follows: At Addington yards to-day there was a moderate entry of fat cattle. There was a fairly good demand but values were unchanged. Best heavy cattle brought L 8 to LlO, being 22s per hundred pounds ; light weights L 6 to L 7. Ten store cattle were nominal. There were about 5000 sheep yarded mostly of good quality. The attendance was small; the weather being very severe. Good cross-bred wethers brought 12s to 16s ; medium quality 8s to 103 ; merino wethers, prime, 9s to 12s ; ordinal y 4s to 6s, being If to 2|d per lb. There were no transactions in store sheep. There was a large supply of pigs, but the market was quiet. Best heavy baconers brought 35s and other sorts proportionately lower.
Dunbdin, Aug. 4.
The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report (per Mr D. Stronach) as follows : Cattle —138 were yarded to-day, Best bullocks brought L 9 to Lll 5s ; medium L 6 7s 6d to L 8 12s 6d ; light L 4 to L 6 2s 6d beef 25s per lOOlbs. Sheep—best cross-bred; wethers brought Us 9d to 14s ; medium 8s 3d to 10s; merino wethers 6s 9d to 8s ; mutton l£d to 2d per lb. There_ were 177 pigs. Borkers brought 15s to 255; baconer 3 30s to 51s; stores 14s to 16s.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 753, 6 August 1886, Page 16
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242STOCK SALES. New Zealand Mail, Issue 753, 6 August 1886, Page 16
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