ADDITIONAL STOCK MARKET.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1422, 2 December 1886, Page 3

ADDITIONAL STOCK MARKET.

T Lyttelton Times r-j i it» Hat Hie Metrop.jil.;» . ;tl~)ards were well snppliod with f..t stock on Wvd.u*-day Of store shiep Ihi re « as t ut a in den te entiy. but sto:e ca’tle came forward in large numbers There was m t m to thsu :»u avi-ra-g-.i atd n -e.

Cattle —tn: tbor largo snpt-’y of fa» catilo yarded. The su e was du'l, and little or no a terivion ion late rates was •’i • ab! -. ■ ■'oi'-d steei-s Fold at from £7 10: in £8 15s. ana c w« at from £5 to £B. We quote beef :.t f- in to 21per ICdl’i. A argo number of s ore c-’.tt e came *o hand. beve- al g " d lines wore

on 'ff--. ai d the.o ‘m a no ic able im-provt-meot in the cor di ’on of most, lots v f ir y brisk d> imnb w.-.s shown, a; d h--111 jir port'on < f (he sop-.ly wis ciispor■><! of at sn'isf. c‘oiy <li -ps. -Ite 18 sn dat m £4 2- 61 to £5, ar,d cows up t > £5 1C?.

li.“ p — h» entry < f hit sheep wa<* a.>sin iiimian us. 'I ll • quality, with few exceptions, was only second rate, t e ,n-a er par' f the fiippiy emanating of cross bred The d mod for good cross-b ed wethers well m detain d and realised prices slig l tiy in ariv nco r f la»t week’s rate?. For ewca however, the enquiry was very limited, and a decided re. uc ton m values las to be reported. Cross-bred wethers, cf good qualify, brought from 9i Hr- ; second-: a' from 7? 6d to 8- Gi. Ewes tohl at from 5i to 9 3 A Jin- of cr. fs-bred weihers in the 00l realised l”s G b Good mer nos so d in to 9s. and men. itm* 1, ts from 4s to Gr W c quote sir. rn motion at p->r hr > ot many lets of store sheep wei e penned The bidding was extremely dull, not much huainers wai done, and prices were, if anything, lower than at recent sabs. A line of 4-tooth crose-breds realised 6a, and 2-*o- th cross-breds brought from 3s 7d to 4s 61

Pigs Only a moderate number yarded We have no alteration to note either in prices or demand