SHEFFIELD.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11498, 3 February 1903, Page 6

SHEFFIELD.

Tlie monthly market waa lield at Bb* -i field on \Friday, when" 4000 sheep and Iwnta ~•/ | came to hand, the greater portion being .4 ". lambs, the bulk of which were rape sort*. Fat cheep were poorly reprteented, abou* * %,' 200 forming the &itry,-.ail. of which tta* ~' •; in small odd lots. Stores consisted, of «.w**i' ewes and lambs, and rape lambs, no watibra being penned. Tibe attendance of tvaoKi _, , was fully up to the average, but only frfloMU ' , number of dealers put in an appearaftca. \ Competition, excepting for line* of breefcn| 1 , c ewee and good sorts of ewes and lambi*' ww- -. ~ spiritless, and but little baaincaa ire» d«« at auction. Price* w«re:—Freexem, ligM. '';$ weight, mixed sexes 14e 6d to 16a 6d, maidM -'• ewes 14s 5d r fat lambs 13s 6d to 14« M, ■ j, light unfinished 12s 34 to l2a lid, f*t«**f ':-'" f bred ewes 13s to 14* 7s for b»t, otbtn \i* 10e to 12s, rape lambs 108 5d to 12s, itoret * j. 7s lOd to 9a 7d, two-tooth crossbred* (mixed -, -' eexee) 13» Id to 13s 6d, crosebred **c*.* '?-? 12e 9d to 13s 6d, halfbred do (four, tix, and •• '"- ;> eight-tooth) 15s 4d to 15s 7d, «rot*bred ewet >, \ and lambs, good sorts 9s to 10s Id (oil. count. a .- .J ed), merino «w«e and lambs 4e 6d to 6* f«U .. ; i counted), boilers to 6d- t^ Cattie—Tste yttxling consisted of 60 lieaf , -' of ell classes. The 1 competition vu ke*n, and all lots sold wa'J. IWe-y*ar-old tteea ''/.p. made £7 17e 6d to £8 &, thrte-ytw-old r -A heifers £5, two'to two and a- haH-ye»». / old steers £5 Iβ to £6 2s 6d, eighteen mondt* 1 . v | to two-year-old £4 4s, fift«en to eighteen- 3 months £3 Iβ to £3 7s, yearlings 38s 6d to , « 575, springers, heifers £5 15s, cow* £5 10* to £56 7s 6d, oawe m milk £6 10s.. __ ' 'A Mr W. WrigjA's farm, known as Bluegae , '|i , Park, situate about four miles from Tetnuk*, -; and containing 925 acres, was nearly aX jfU ',"$ in Timaru on Saturday at price* ringing from £9 10s to £11 10s per acre. Thede- ; msod for land in South Canterbury is jtiU > rery etrong. ■_.__ w ..-...> r .^ fcJ> ' v