ASHBURTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Mr E. G. Stavely (for the New Zealand Loan ond Mercantile Agency Company, Limitod) reports on tho Ashbnrton live stock market nnder d^te lst September :— Sheep— A fairly large entry and good demand, especially for yonng crossbreds. Not many fat sheep yarded, of which the "Winchmore crossbreds, sent to band by Mr Stitt m excellent order, and sold by ourselves, easily topped the market at 17s 3d for wethers, and 16s for ewes. Other fot crossbred wethers mado 14s 7d and tls 10s ; merino do. 9s 9d ; forward merino wethers, 7s 4d to "slid; medium crossbred hoggetts, 7a 3d, 10s ld, and lis 2d; good well-grown hoggets, lis fid ond 13s ld ; aged merino ewes, m lamb, "sod and 7s 9d. We sold a line of good merino ewes, m lamb, at 8s Ixl ; fourtooth crossbred ewes, with large percentage of lambs ot foot, 18s 6d ; and do do, mixed ages, mado los. Cattle — There was a larger entry than nsual, and fair enquiry for all brought forward. Fat heifers realised np to £6 15s o piece.
(Bt Telegraph.)
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Timaru Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 3412, 3 September 1885, Page 2
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183ASHBURTON LIVE STOCK MARKET. Timaru Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 3412, 3 September 1885, Page 2
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