ADDITIONAL LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3607, 22 April 1886, Page 2

ADDITIONAL LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

(By TKEmmAPH.) OHRIBTOHORCH, April 2t. At' the'Addingtah live stock market to-daj there were: large entries of cat tic, and fairlj Inrjje entries of shoop yarded. Xb° attenijano? of buyora was an avorago one.

CATTLE. Fat. — A large entry from medium to gooc quality camo forward. Tho demand was verj slack. A portion was tnrned ont unsold Values aro unaltered. Steers sold at frorr £i 15 to £7 12 6d, heifers .£3 17s 6d to 5a fat cowa 43 10a to .£6. Beef, from 17a to 18s per lOOlba. Store. — Thero waa a' very large entry but! m store 3 and dairy stock. An outside bnyoi or two imparted soino animation to lines ol grown cattln, and good clearances wore made, Three-year-old steers sold at from £1 2a 6d tc £5 sa, according to condition, heifera from £i 12a 6d to £i, two year-old cattle from 403 tc 47a 6d, yeai'ling3 20* to 253. A largo nnmbei of dairy stock were offered and fair business done. Cows very near calving sold at from £0 15s to £9 10s, and tho same m profit from .£3 5s to £7 153. • - ■ SHEEP. Fat. — A fairly largo number was yarded, and tho demand was middling. Tho bost sheep havo improved slightly. Medium Borts aro unaltered -in value. Crossbred wethcra aofd from 8s 9d to 12s per head, mixed sexes (Is 3d to 3a, merino wethers 3s 9d to 7s per head; being from Ijd per lb, according to quality. i Store.— Only a moderate entry. Values are unaltered. Merino owes from Is 6d to 2», lambs from, 2a 6d to 3a; full-mouthod merino Wethers 3a. :. '■ Fat lambs wero m moderato entry. Sale's word made at from 3s (id to 6s (3d per head. ■ "" rios. i There was a large entry) atid the demand waa not very briak.