AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Southland Times, Issue 4498, 9 December 1882, Page 2

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Messrs Carawell, "^hite and Co. report having held a sale 1 of store and fat cattle at the Wyndham jards on • the 80th November, when 300 head of cattle were yarded. These comprised 30 fat Jrallpcks of medium quality, and the balance young store -cattle from one to three rears old. The|cattle fat were all disposed of at prices ranging from S.l . 17s fid to £8 12s 6d a head. ,*_-"■'■"■ Stores'— -The demand for this class of cattle has very pinch improved since our last Wyndham jale'i f and M with • the 1 exception of one pen turned out, the yards were cleared at the follow* ing prices^- Yearlings,: well grown and very even l^oiOfi. t0 . ,44s each ; mixed lots, ranging from two to three years old, mixed sexes, at X2 15b tojE4,jpa j .BtoM; com f rom £4,t0 £4 15s, kceordM&to-eondihion.' Privately, sold dur« in? the week, 50 store bullocks, in forward icon* dition, afc*(rl(Jsperh«»a- J^ ■ iii ' Jl! - Fat Stock Sales.— We held a sale at the June* tion on l*t inst, when-24-he»dof prime cattle were offered^^ on- account -^f James ( Gait, Esg. These unfortunately met a dull tale, the market being glutted. /The 'cpye, which were extra good, l»r«mirht froni "£9/t6 £9 17<'6d, and the bnllocks, '^1 Kfo>£V\ 15s per heid for iterate weightui ;,' One extra" heavy-weight fell to the bid Of Mr Leck?e at £15 15s; > At r oar- regular fortnight ly.eale on .the,* tb, 20 head prime bullocks, and abqnt;^ sheep There was fair coinpct'itiqn; for theVJcatfcle : ; which were, all sold at,pru«s;ninging fromdelO 7s od to £14 6s perHad. * Only ptie pen of shorn "sheep, mixed Bexep,^^^s^o3^!^cfi., r^Alr:sheep 1 in; the woo'tiycre'tTirriedbii^ unsold..',' ; r J ■ '' - : - Tat Ei i nWi^ i We wM aiiruck-loacl of AO at the Baflway-S&tidrivn 6tb: ( inßtis "at from'Ba'ito 9s encKP'Ho ■lzs£i; t x*P rj^^.^ .~^o-- f :>~ -^: Btore!Shhe|^W(B-Hay^c:en^uinc^fo^^^ cuss of stock^fibut owJdk -toi'tho scarcity of grass hitherto; an<J the stiff prices asked by vendors; but little buK;uei»B liiw been done. J^ma—SinwwHrJatjt report we t»y« P"W th<?

ywelVEßq[« at £8 lfe§j^'iacre.Bi?Wt^jV sold anjmimproved sra^»ii on |flpiLßMp.Coia;i in JauuftCT*^ Il4nutp]^^|#i tba f oHowing sain fox the week At ThornburT Junction : on Tueeday, the 6th yards, where we submitted jjvm 300 head of mixed cattle and a few*he«p. !l There was a fair BpinW^thm^t nrtbMi'f6rJ»in^me^pi6t, re* suiting in all the Btoctbeing^W, with the ex- - ccption of some half •doren-Bteers. The follow ing are the pricw realised t—Freflh^conditionedi griout JKUI |*t) r £6 'U>|Meb-ii fstorebtoock^tl^ofp^yearsc|!d,f^^ ;15s to £s,(pach;;yeaxliagß tp*#6 years OW,'' from 40a to'iba^^ l ihr*c.part« ? fat, £|6 ejshjTst<rte cojrs, |E3each. eFat cattle::] mediumvreignt steers; £7 1o£8 ; heifers, U 17s j to £6. .eachi fat. crossbred ; wethers, lls 6d 5t eacH^sn^nr- " We quote'fat 1 caiiile 30s ;' ime^,^ sMp^rlo(5 Mp^rlo(« s Fa^i3lfeep^ime ; : ' qnalifcyl sliorn, 2d; In the 'wobli'Sa^er lb^ >■ Country Sale-^-At theiGreenhilte^on^he 7th ; inst.. we held an xmt«Ssex,Tfedsale T of Bheep^horses,- fc hdusflhoM «ff«ebj; &£l v TJferWrtfßß?a capital attefld^nce J& rjßßulting in everything "being Bold at ' saiißfactpry prfceei. -The, chief feature- in the.. Bale, a»mixed Hot 'of sheep in ttie> -wbol,vfor the ; most part crossbreds, comprising ewes with * '„ lambs, _and . hpggets,-Teali6eclall jround, 18s:10dr }' Horsesr-^- moderafe, demand j.stiU exists'f or., really gftqdldraugMfliock; \?hilfit' ( for ■ light.'tor,; inediumj there is no'^de'matid whatever.: v The day '. >after f tn^'inveScargill snow' ! we J snairsubraitto "? auction a lot of good^horses, both" draught and . well-bred: hacSsi-'^-'-'- -° ••' > Propettiesi-^With the exception of a few* suburbair sections, we ;have r nO" Bales", to /r repprt it O »:< Jr,, dui •. - -'• '