Commercial Intelligence.
Timani Herald Office, Monday Evening. AUCTIONEERS' REPORT. Messrs J. Mundell and Co. report sales for the wook ondcd Saturday, 6th February, as follows : — At tho Geraldino monthly salo of stock oil Wodnesday thero was an average entry of stock sent forward, but owing to harvostmjj operations being now in full swing, and the dry state of tho weather, buyers aro unwilling to operato at owners' values, consequently at auction vory little stock changed hands. Tho numbers yarded wero 1161 sheep, 99 head of cattle and 23 pigs. The following prices wore realised for tho different, lots sold : — Crossbred sheep, 2-tooth, 7s j aged Leicester Rams, 10s ; forward store steers, j!5 15s ; 2-year-old steers and heifers, 4JI 17s ; cows, springing and in forward condition, £Z 10s to £i. No pigs were sold. At the Winchester Fair on Thursday there was also a dull sale. Of their entry they sold 195 half-bred sheep, 2-tooth, at 53 9d ; 4 heifors, in forward condition, at £•% 5s j 4 2-year-old steera at £2 17s 6d ; 6 yearling* at .£1 3s ; and 5 calves at 12s.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3546, 9 February 1886, Page 2
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182Commercial Intelligence. Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3546, 9 February 1886, Page 2
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