CENTRAL OTAGO AUTUMN STOCK SALES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2505, 26 March 1902, Page 32

CENTRAL OTAGO AUTUMN STOCK SALES.

The March series took place last week, the sarioua agents selling at Rough Ridg'" aale>ards on. Thursday, 20th inst., and at Waipiata kaleyards on the day following There was a good muster, chiefly of settlers, at both centres, aud although buyers were not co numerous as was desrreel, etill those who attended the s&lei w§rs tiisr^ £ 0 buj^ and the

bulk of the entries, which were fairly numerous, changed hauds at current lates, which may be g:ven as follows:— Sheep: Crossbred wethors, two-tooth, forward (same as previous sale), from 9s Gd to 10a 6d , do =mall (same as prewous sale), 7s to 8s 6d : do four, six, and eight-tooth, forward (same as previous sale), 10s to Us 3d; do good stores (=ame as previous sale), 8s to 9s 6d; do ewes, four ai:d six-tooth (same as previous sale), 10s to Us 3d; do twotooth (.same as previous sale), 8s to 10s ; do sound, full-mouth, 7s to 8s 7d ; do inferior and failing mouths, 3s 6d to ss; do broken down, Is 6d to 2a 6d ; do lambs, fat and forward, 7s 6d to 8s 3d; do well-grown stoics, Gs to "s, do small, 3s 6d 10 ss ; merino ewes, fresh but failing moutha, 3s 6d to 5s ; do broken down, Is \o 2s. Cattle^. Fat and forward bullocks, from £6 10s to^'XT 10s, three-year-old store bullocks, lYom £3 to £5 15s ; two and two and a-half-year-old stores, £2 12s 6d to £3 12s 6-1 Rough R:dge Saleyards.— Donald Reid and Co. (Limited) yarded 1071, and sold : For Mrs O'Brien lAVeddcrburnt, 66 two-tooth crossbred wetheia at 9s Id ; Mr J. Staveiey (Rough Ridge), 102 crossbred lambs, at 5s lid, 74 full-mouth halfbred ewes, 3s 9d ; Mr Andrew Jopp (Moutere station), 386 full-n-oi>*h mer.no ewes at 4s lOid; Mr Donald Nicohon (Rough Ridge), 200 two-tooth crossbred wethers at i's 6d ; Mr Robert M'Kcenian (Rough Ridge), 19S two-toctk crossbred wethert., Bs. Messrs Da'gety and Co. yarded :ind sod: 5535 sheep, 33 rams., 10 cattle, 1 horses for Mr Wm. Marshall (Rough Ridge, at the two pales as follows : — 120 crcsbred lambs at 7s iod, 115 two-tooth wethers at 10s, 48 crossbred ewes at 63 6d, 145 aged merino ewes sit 2s 4d ; Mr Charles Brown (Rough Ridge), 106 crossbred ewes at ss, 76 two-tooth crossbrects a f 93 od ; Mr P. Dillon. (Blackstone Hill), 70 full-mouth crossbred ewes at 8s; Mr George Brinadon (Weddeiburn), 120 ciossbred lambs at 4s 6d , Mr Livingston (Blackstone Hill), 55 two-tooth crosebicd wethers at 10s 6d ; Messis Kenii" Bros, and Brown (Ophir), 278 lambs at 6s -Id, 100 crossbted ewes ot ss; Mv Thomas Spain (Ida Valley), 147 crossbred wethers at 8a 7d; Mr Andrew Jopp (Moutere), 142 aged merino ewes at 2s 9d, Mr Wm. M'lntosh (Ida. Valley), 133 aged merino ewes ; Mr Robert M'lntos'i (Ophir), 45 crossbred ewes at 4s 3d, 68 lambs at 6s sd; Hawkdun station, 330 crossbred wethers at. 9s; Mr Edgar Williamson (Blacksjone Hall), 76 two-tooch halfbred wethers at 9s, 41 aged merino ewes nt 2s ■6t i ; Mr Charles Lockhart (Idaburn), 59 two-looth crossbred wethers at 6s 9d, 31 lambs at 4s 7d ; Mr Ja-s. Davidson (Ida alley), 26 hallbred lambs at 6« 7d; Mi 1. Flannery (Ida Valley), 125 crosebred ewes (aged), at 2s 4d , Mr David Murray (Warepa), 25 Border Leicester rams at 3gs; Mr Fred Kinsman (Hamiltons), 1 lnck at £10; Mr Michael Gogan (Patearoa), upstanding harness horse at £23. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. Fold- For Mr Will-am H'aldron (Ophir), 232 two, four, and six-tooth crossbred ewes at 9s 4d. 202 crossbred lambs at 4» Gd, 33 aged merino ewes, at 4s 3d, 299 aged merino ewes at Is lOd; Mr Andrew Jcp;> (Moutere), 200 crossbied lambs at 7s Bd, 307 crossbred lambs at 5s 2d; Mr T. H. Perry (Rough R:dgc-), 115 two and four-tooth crossbred ewes at ""s 3d, 7 crossbred wethers at 6s. The New Zealand Lean and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) yarded and sold 950 sheep at quotations. Waipiata Saleyards. — Donald Reid aud Co. (Limited) yarded 2777, and sol;l : For Mr Kenneth WiHiamson. (Kokonga), 384 four, six, and cighttooth halfbred wethers at 93 lid, 470 full-month merino ewes at Is lOd ; Mr C. Dougherty (GimHierburn), 171 two-tooth crossbred wethers and ewetf at Bfr.'Bd, 80 full-month c*oasbrecl ewes at 4b 6d;"Mr 3V John M'Leod (Ghninerburn), 100 crossbred lambs at 6s sd ; Mi R. Hastie ; (Kokonga), 106 full-mouth crossbred ewes fit , 8s 9d, 159 full-mouth merino ewes at 2s lOd, ?,b four-tooth crossbred ewea at lls 2d, 41 crossbred lambs at 7s 2d ; Mr Tt. Kinsman (Hamil- . tona\ 90 two-tooth crossbred wethers at 103 6d ; Mr James Mann (Haiuiltons^ 69 lambs at 5s 2d; Mr Andrew Ck-ugh (Gimmerburn), 70 ; two-tooth crossbred wethers and ewes at 103 3d, 70 crossbred lambs at 8s Id; Messrs Howell < Bros. (Waipiata), 300 four-tooth crossbred wethers at 10s 6d : Mr A. Pearson (Kokongn), 306 four and six-tooth crossbred wethers at 10s 6d; Messrs Murray, Roberts, and Co. (Patearoa station), 68 broken-mouthed halfbred 1 ewes at 3a 3d, 273 full-mouth merino ewes at 3s 9d ,. Mr Robert Slu-w (Gimmerburn). 90 bioken-mouUied merino ewes at Is 4d ; Mr S. C. Grecr (Patfaroa), 4 Leicester rani 3at 21s; Mr Peter M'Erlane (Gimmerburn), 1 steer at £3 ss, 1 cow at £2 15". Dalgety and Co. (Limited) sold For Mr G. G. Dc-cnney (Gimmerburn), 45 crossbred ewe 3at 63 6d , Mr Robert Logan (Maritanga), 250 full-mouth crossbred ewes 7s, 160 ci'ossbred lambs ; Mr S. Fmnessy (Ranfurly), 68 crossbred ewe? at 9a 4d, 101 crossbred lambs at 5s sd ; Mr A. Reid (Kyeburn), 40 crossbred ewes flt 9s, 26 1 crossbred lambs at 5s 9d to 8s: Mr John Kearney (Ranfurly), 220 crossbred ewes ; Messrs Crimb Bros. (Eweburn), 104 two-tooth, crossbred wethers at 9s; Mr Robert Wdson (Patearoi), 73 crossbred ewes at 6s to 9s 9d, 46 two-tooth ! ewes at 10s- Id, 134 crosa'bred ewes at 6s#9d : Mr Roderick M'Lean (Ranfurly), 61 two-tooth I ewes at 9s Bd, 193 two-tooth wethers at 9s 2d ; I Mr A. J. Paterson (Wiapiata), 100 aged crosst bred ewes at 4s Id ; Mr " llliam Baxter (Wai- [ piata), 120 four, six, and eight-tooth crossbred j ewes at 9s 8d ; Mr James Herlihy (Patearoa), 8". ' aged and crossbred ewes at 2s. -id, 12 lambs I at 5s lOd to 10s; Messrs' A. and C. Indor (Noseby), 620 crossbred lamb at 6s 2d, 24 cull lambs Rt 4s Id; Mr George Murdoch (Waipiata), 116 crossbred wethers, nt lls 3d, 103 crossbred lambs at 8s 3d, Mr Baird (Kokonga), 70 hal'fbred lambs at 5s 9d, 85 merino ewes at 2s 6d ; Messrs Donaldson and Kerr (Gimmerburn), 120 aged merino ewes; Mr David Murray (Warepa), 8 Border Leicester rams at 3ign to 3gs; Messrs Baxter Bros. (Waipiata), 6 fat bullocks at £7 10s, Mr James Whitehead (Naseby), 3 mixed cattle to £2 15s; Mr Geroge Murdoch (Waipiata), light draught mare at £16 IO3; Mr John M'Leod (Gimmerburn), strong unstanding harness horse at £24 Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold: For Mr Joseph Preston (Kyeburn), 6 Romney Marsh rums at lg, 1 halfbred ram at lg, 9 Border Leicester rams at lg, GO aged ciossbred ewes at 2s Cd, 185 aged merino ewe? at Is; Mr J. J. Hore (Tokarahi), 11 two-tooth merino rams at lg , Mr John Shepherd (Becks), 41 crossbred lambs a* 10s , Mr James Clouston (Becks), 22 crossbred lambs at 10s; Mr John Davis (Gimmerburn), 61 two and four-tooth crossbred ewes at 7s 6d, 27 crossbred lambs at 3s, 36 cull crossbred ewes at Is; Mr Guy Hooper (Hanultons), 45 crossbred lambs at 7s id; 59 aged halfbred ewes at 3s 6d ; Mt> Peter M'Erlane (Gimmerburn), 143 two, four, six, and full-mouth crossbred ewes at 6s 3d, 58 aged crossbred swes at 4s; Mr C. Burns (Gimmerburn), 20 crossbred lambo at ss; Mr "William Davis (Gimmerburn), 156 crossbred lambs at 4s 6d, 1 cow at £4 12s 6d, 2 cattle at 355, Mr Wilson Mawhinney (Wedderburn). 225 pged crossbred ewes at Is 6d; Mr James L. Mathewson (Kokonga), 14 three-yeai-old* at £5 15s, 16 steers at £3 12s 6d, 30 steers and heifers at £2 12s 6d. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) yarded , 1200 sheep, and sold 850 »t quotations.— — The Farmers' Agency Company sold. For Messrs Hughe- Bros., Thomas Flannery, Wm. Dundas, James M'Donald, Moses Allison, Mrs Read, James Stewart, and J. Lunan wethera to 9s 6d ; full-mguth ewea, to 7s 9d , fat lamba, from 9s to 10s; store lambs, sa. 9d tft fis 7d; , fiSiLsssßi 5S *! 12 *£ 3<*j '