STOCK SALE. Messrs Sharp and Pickering report a very large attendance of the public at their sale at the White Hart Hotel, Richmond, yesterday and full entries of Bheep, cattle and horses. Fair market values ware obtained for sheep and cattle but horses are still difficult to sell. The following prices were realised : — Fat Sheep : 45 at 11s 3d; 25 at 9s 3d; 100 at 9s; 187 at 8s 9d; 50 at 8s 6d; 62 at 7s fid; and 180 at 7s 3d. Middling Fat : 44 at 88 3d; 81 at 7s 6d; 42 at 7s 3d; 41 at 6s 6d. Stores in Wool : 67 at 8s 6d. Crossbred Ewes : 39 at 7s 6d. Stokes : 380 Merino at 4s 6d; 53 at 4s, fiO at 3s 6d. Lambs— 2s at 7s 9d, 88 at ss. Rams — Romney Marsh, £3 2s 6d, £2 17s 6d, £2 12s 6d; South Down, £2 7s 6d, £1, 15s, £1 12s fid, £1 2s 6d; Leicester, £2, £1; Crossbreds, from 10s to 20s. Ram Lambs — 4 Shropshire Down at £2 each. Cattle— 3o head bullocks and cows at £6 ss; 6 two and three year olds, £5 10s; cow, £10; heifer and calf, £7 7s 6d and £7 ss ; 2 steers, £6 Ss 6d each; 5 steers, £3 17s 6d each; 15 calves, 30s each; 30 two and three years, £4 5s each. Sundries— Mare, trap, and harness, £55; plough mare, £14; saddle mare, £7.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 49, 26 February 1880, Page 2
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240Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 49, 26 February 1880, Page 2
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