THE SALE YARDS.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 28, 21 January 1875, Page 4

THE SALE YARDS.

HoitSKS.'^i-There still exists a ! good 'demand for ' heavy draught stock. Wright, StepheniMm & Co., jast week 'sold .the fo lowinjj lots ex'Omeo, ftoni Melbourne :-rrQn account" of Mr- John' 'Treatrail 33 draught colts and fillies, at from ,£37 to *75; r oh account of' Mr* Wm. ' Burrell.t 12 heavy, draught mares. 1 at lrom.^so to £80. and a prize draught mare at £U9, the purchaser of the latter beingr Mr Wm. faiilespie; on account of the exeeutore of the. late Adam, M'Leod,, 10 horses, which were eagerly competed for, and fetched from £:« to £"70. I hey quote h«avy draught mares, first class. £7u td" £100 ; do, medium, &5u to £iiO; hoavy draught gelding, first class, £05 to £76 ; medium, £45 to £f>o:.' light draughts, £30 to £35; g..od hacks and lisrht harness horses, £25 to £30 : medium do, tla to £18 ' lt^htand inferior, £5 to £11.' On the 12th in-i? , Maclean Bros.i sold lo light draught horses at from. 43 > to > 57 each. ■-.■■" , ... Store. Sheep.— Wright, Stephenson & Co»,have several enquiries for youny merino wetheri' and ewes and cross-breds They sold i ÜbOU merino we f .hers, full-mouthed, at 5b (3d; 2;t>O cross-breds, 4 tooth, at 10s 6d : and 2>)o cross-bred ewes, at Us. They quote- Merino wethers, fua-mouthed,suto Os; do, mixed a-jes, 6s to 0s (id ; mei ino ewes, •£ »nd -1 • tooth, Ss to 9s ; do, full-mouthed, 4s to ss;'croFß--breds, 4-tooth, JO3 fid to Jls ; do, 2-tooth, 83, to 9s Manlean Bros.' report :— We have Btill JiUiierous enquiries for youno morino sheep of all sortl, also naf-bred ewes ..and wethers, but as yet very fw lots have changed hands. We quo'e 4-tooth' halfbreds, 10s to 10a 6d; 2-tooth haif-breds, 8s to 9s; half-ored iambs, 7s 6d to 83 ; merino ewes (4-tooth), 7s to 8s ; wether». 4. 6, and 8- tooth, 5s Od to 6s. Henry Driver, reports:— l have a large number of orders for young- merino sheep of every description ; but, as there is little disposition on the part of flockowners to part wi.h this'class of sheep, little business will be done unless considerably higher prices are paid this season than have ruled during the last two or three years. Isold last week between <Hhk> and 7<K)O merino ewes and wethers, and oro>s-brcds, at followxnfr prices, say from 6s to 7s for merino wethers, according to ages and qtiivlity ; 4s 6d to 5s td for good sound full-mouthed merino ewes: crossbreda, two-tooth, 9s to 9s 6d ; four-tooth, los to iOs 6d, ■ ; Stork Cattle.— On account of (he abundance of pa*ture there is still a larye demand for stores of all descriptions, and any lots coming forward meet with ready sale at lull market rates. On Tuesday, 12th instant, Macleau Bros, held a sale of l:w head of stores at J innert Farm, North Taicri, which were disposed of at the following prices, viz, -—Steers £0 Lib to £S ; heifers, £4 Ids to £5 : mixed lots, £-i 17s to £i, which they quote as present vlauefor good stores. Wright, Stephenson & Co. also report a good demand. '1 hey quote— Bullocks, 3 to 5 years o:d. H->ss to £6 10s; t-payed cows, £\ ; mixed lots, £1 15s to £3 5s Henry Driver sold last week 2uo. His quotations are— Bullorks, £5 los to £5 10s • spaved cowh, from L4 to L5 each. Fat LAMB^.-An over-supply came forward last w ? ■ u^""'"ff a decline in prices. 3 '5 were penned, which fetched from 6s 6d to 10s. Wriaht. Stepheneon & Co. sold 17<) at these rates. Maclean Bsos sold 100 on account of vendors, at from (5s 6d to 10s each. Henry Driver so,d !50 at the same quotations. * Fat Shbbp.- There wa9 a very larse supply penned, consisting of about 15 or 1C various sorts All pens of really prime quality, brought fully late prices ; inferior sorts could onlz be got rid of at considerable reduction. Shorn cross-breds brought from 12s 6dtol.is; and yery prime merino ewes, shorn, 13s to Us ; shorn merino wethers, 7s (3d to 9s 6d; do in the wool,. l*s. Henry Driver quotes prime quality mutton at, sav, for ha:f-breds 2}d to :id per ib ; merinos, ;>id He sold, the yards 350 croas-breds and merino ewes at full ratos and placed 400 for forward delivery. Wright, Stephenson &Lo sold 4id cross-breds at 13s to Hs Ad Thev quote prime quality ha f-breds at 2Jd per lb ; do. merinos, -^d. Maclean Bros, sold 08 > merinos and croaa breds, merino wethers, 7k 9d to 9s ed : merino ewes, 13s to 13s 6d ; oross-bmls, l^s 6d to lfis. They quoie prime cross-bred mutton-, 3d per lb ; dJ>, Fa 1 Calvbs.- Very few- pfime quality are coming forward, demand for which is U ood A few medium quality were forward, which realised from 20s to 60s each, according to size and condi- \^ n^ ie \vTl B , ol i\ b l Henr y Dri v«-. «tt from 153 to 6)a Wright, Stephenson & Co. yarded 10, which so d readily at 2 3s to 55s each. Fat Cattle.— An unusually fsrse supply of nearly 20J head were yarded at the Kaikorai on the lith just , of which number 170 were sold. In order to quit this larye number a considprable reduction on 1 are quotations had to be submlttvd to. Best bullocks brought from L8 10s to LlO 10a ; do cows firl 0 "?^ 7 !^ °%? r>S r? y , equalto lrom 258 t0 27s Od per lOOlbs. H. Driver reports : I, do not, however, look upon this as a permanent reduction in value for prime quality beef, the low prices obtained bnnjr entirely owing to the large number that happened to come forward. He sod on account of Messrs Thomson, Frew, Brow" , and others e» head at top prices, and placed 30 'head privately Wright Stephensou * Co. sold on account of Messrs Shftnd, A lan, and Henderson fa fMt^' r ß6s f ° Lll for bul>ocks > and "ora L6l7BfidtoL9 for cows; prices equal to W6s per lO'ilbs for good qu,rity, and 22s Od for medium So Maclean Bros, sold 6< head on «ccount of Messrs Smith Brothers Inch Clutha. Anderson, and other/ at above quotations. They also delivered 40 head priVßtci^ •