STOCK REPORTS.

Mataura Ensign, Volume V, Issue 243, 3 April 1883, Page 2

STOCK REPORTS.

J. 0. McArdell (on behalf of the B. and 3T.Z. llortgage' and Agency Company) reports that at Lumsden on. Tuesday, 27th ult., he hold sale of stock, comprising ICOO merino' aria crossbred sheep. Owing to tue short notice given of. the sale, the attendance was small. ,The i bidding, h'ow«ver,' was spirited, and oacli lot sold at the jfollowing prices :-^3oo crossbred lambs, at 7b; -pal, io, 3s 6d; iflO^cossbrad ewei, 2-toothed, at fe Wjaii^ 1H)O merino ewes' aid wethers] oull, at'39 lod eaoh'.i At Pi i« Bush, on tho 22nd ult., he held a stock sale. Ow|b|s toithe alterit^on, k of ,d>te of-this aale,"iircons6gfaence of the E^te^^^d^Sjjejeralj entries; of stock %tt not co ne forward. Tlierq'was a fair attendance, Resulting in every lot being soid'a'i satis/aotory prices, excepting £h«adof cattle. Crossbred" lnmbs made 7s 3d each; ,ferj)3sbred ! ew6S,'9s'Bd • do.' wetli'ers, 9s 7d ; fat ewesand : .(Wethers, lls 4d each; steers, 18 montlis to two years ofd £3, 6s ( each;; heifers, same age, £3. '■ : '■ ■ • > ; * ,b.. I«., Martin : ,(N.M. ; an^ ■ A., ,Co.) reports;— At 'our JSdendale sale, .on the2Btji, wo had a very large attendauco'of buyers, and sold "'every thing tinder the' hammer'' aCverydsatisfactdryi -prices; fully ,700(1 sheep] being' yai-dec}, niauy^^ whicb. were rather, inferior in .quality. .■2-tooth ewos "and_ wethers, brought from 7s t 9d to 9s; good cfossbre'd'famfis '(about - 25&0)', 'brought from {$s' ; 2d' 3 ''tojSsrGdi^cullSj^sr.tO/.esjjOld merino ewes '(full:'anai brokeuX.-ls Od to 4s lid ; Brtooth crossbred, do, 83 4d ; Leicester ewes, mixed ages, 25s'; do ewe lambs, 21s Gd > ,Vajn)lanibs, t .345.f z">ti- : .<;.u%. )- - !•-.•' ■,■;■, ■, v> ■ ;-, .-.',. ta a^l^,, reijpjit^haying^heid ,a-sale of. sheep at their yards oil Saturday last, when tney had a g^od f akendanco 'bt buyers, and sold .'the following lots , : • - ( 46$.m"eriiy)Jwe,thers fjiUr^nd; broken :inoutUed,'4s'iCd 0a1c1ij.,420 merfnoe\v^s.^o, 4g 7d ,to. 4s, r .9d. eac^; 274 drofs bred ewes', full and broken mputhod* 6^8(1;, 100, olfliiieAlScwe's.T^s 1 10d'j ! '6ne'peii' of"'* 2-tobth merino ewes,' 6s ,9d each,; 12. long wooled rams 'at from 83- to 23s do. t Privately .they have sold 200 crossbred ewes; 93 6d' each ;'' 150' merino 'do, 4s Gd. ; 200 trdss-br'cd lambs,.7s:' .'■,:•'.:':,'.•■ . .'/■■ -■ '■■ •■■'■■ J. 8< Simeon having sold at^iis yards on Satur . day/ March 31st, one mob' of crossbred lambs, at 7s 9d 'Sach^oneinobof ste'ers,JE4 lss per head;^ one mob of ! 2-year-old steers, 60s per head ; 0110 mob of dry cows,; £3 per .head ; one mob of calves, 15s each. Mr Nesbitt's Canterbury horses did not, arrive in time for tho sale, 'Which was very unfortunate, as the demand was quite e4ual tc 1 the number', advprtisei. ' i- ' ' "