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__■_. —.— r^t , __ .GERAT.piNE STOCK'KALE. " ; At: these yards, yesterday \ there /eras a. very.^.small yarding of; sheep find cattle, aadOtne Bale ttrouglipßt/was iiot brisk, -only & few pens of sheep T)eing sold under the nammer. Prices were : as follows : Cattle: One fat heifer at £5 55, : 2 forward" steers at 283 Is, 4 small store steers at 345,' 5 steers at £3 Is, -1 -bull at yearling" steers at' 18s, 1 cow in profit .at £4 10s, I'cow in profit at £5, 1 heifer at £2 ;3;springing 1 , heifers at £2 3s. Sheep, 926 were yarded; .'" 22 fat ewes at lis 6d (passed), 23 fat ewes .at 13s 6d 8 fat ewes at 10s^3d : (passed); stores, 200 wetheßSi ; .afc 12s \6d (passed);"' 280 4-tapth 1 J.2s. 6d (passed), 151 ewes at 1454d,13..ewes. F and 4s j (passed)- "82 eweS and 1 80 lamfe -at 8s 6d - 8s :9d. I Pigs: Stores, 2 at 8s 6d, 4 at "7s, 3! at ss, 1 at 13s, T at' v l4s '6d,* 4 r weaners I at 55,. 2.-at-5.5;. .•,',■.;.;:•' r ■ .-.-,/ i LIVE STQGS: MARKET. . -r';■'"..*.' Per-Press "Assteiation. • p!;: - r jJannary 3.--4.s',.@"dington live ;stock~mkrk'et torday' - fairly eitries of'all classes : the opening. cl'-;i4d^;esportr : tra4e iii i|ii-lamrJef; there was 'aV numerous attend-. ajioel,r.. : ".':Fat cattle';sold, at a-little below the ;prices ruling .a" fortnight "ago 1 ; and the sheep ;offered : niit-with- a good saley!;' 3?a£ lambs ;met'witb'-Mtl«a?-a. drag-g-. mg?:"saJfcj.as buyers -were 'd3im•■.in' keeping to . I6w>:limits, and-, a : nnnxbep of lines' were, .Fat eheep: being in short supply priefs-were firmer.;, There was a fair-sale for>jtore and dairy", .cattle.;; • Pigs were sale at ■/ ;r. ; > ; : few lines of wethers and evres ani:.lambs, totalling about 1200. formed the entry, of store sheep, and they met with a gather abetter demand: :'. . Sixty-eight 4tooth wethers made 16s 6d, 420. ditto 15s, 200;:2rtooth wethers.' 135.7 d, 126 ewes and lam]bis. 10s. Therfe' was'a large yarding of.fat lambs,, ahMt.2pOQ* being offered. Some of "the buyers were operating, but a numbei%=of sellers were not satisfied' with the prices offered and thus some lines were passed. About 600 .0r.700 were "taken for freeztogv-at 12s 8d to 15s', and- tegs up to 15s 6d, while, several lots of unfinished lambs r irere bought to go on rape at lis 7d to 12s Id. There was a' : small of- fat sheep '• barely sufficient for qnirements of. butchers with'the result that price's, especially for ewes, were firmer. The Grange of prices was—Prime wethers 17s to 19s 6d, others 15s 3d to 16s 9d, prime ewes 16s to 18s, extra to 19s 3d, others 12s to 15s. :Gattle—There were 216 head of fat cattle penned, a considerable proportion being light weights. The sale was somewhat irregular and prices were hardly equal to those; realised at the previous sale. Steers made.£7 to £ll 7s 6d> heifers £5 to £8 7s 6d, and- cows £4 ; 10s:to £6 55.... A gooiL yarding of-calves .sold, at 7s 6d'to 425. There was a fair demand for store cattle, and sales, were effected as follows— Yearlings 18s, 15 to 18 months 25s to 365, steers £2 10s to £3 6s, ditto heifers.£2 Is to £2 17s, 6d, 3-year-old steers £4 6s (ten passed, at £5 2s 6d), dry cows £1 to £3 10s, good dairy cows £B. .others down £o £3.105. ' Fjfcf: here.' was a fair .entry, of pigg. and S F <#fat about °m« 32s. SrirJSf °^4|%W^aii^rbnry;AgricuiSet stores 10s. fd, 16s 4s"V6d;,to 8> 6d. ? :

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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12870, 4 January 1906, Page 4

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COMMERCIAL. Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12870, 4 January 1906, Page 4

COMMERCIAL. Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12870, 4 January 1906, Page 4