AUCTIONEERS’ REPORTS.

Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 50, 10 March 1894, Page 12

AUCTIONEERS’ REPORTS.

T?he J. G. Ward Farmers’Association, Ltd.' report having held their fortnightly stock sale at Invercargill yards on the 6th inst. The attendance was smaller than usual, no doubt caused by the improved state of the weather which enabled farmers to stack gram. The entries in all classes were quite up to the average. For fat cattle of best quality there was good competition. We sold 4 pens of cows .and bullocks at LlO, to LlO 12s 6d, LI2, and Xl2 7s 6d, being top price for some time at “the yards ; medium, L 8 to L 8 ss, and cows L4to L 6. There was a fair entry of store •cattle, but the demand was only limited. Weaners ranged from 15s to 20s, yearlings .and 2-year-olds from 25s to 35s ; cows, L 3 to L 5, and well-grown mixed cattle up to L 5. ■Old cows and cattle in very low condition were almost unsaleable. Fat Sheep—A full entry with limited •demand. The butchers were easily supplied, and for fre?zing purposes the various works at the present time are well supplied. Only for prime fat lambs could good value be got, and several pens of sheep were turned out unsold. Lambs brought 10s 9d to 10s 6d ; store do fron 8s to 6s, according to quality and size ; best fat ewes and wethers, 11s to 12s ; ewes from 10s 6d to Bs. Store ewes brought 7s 6d to {s Id ; small and inferior almost unsaleable. Four to six tooth ewes ior breeding purposes are inquired for, but unless mixed with old scrags, few are offering. We held our monthly stock sale at Winton on the Ist inst., when we yarded a full entry •of sheep and a few lots of store cattle. The bidding was not brisk but prices realised weee slightly better than those lately rulling. We sold 141 wethers almost fat at 12s 4d, SOG store do at 9s lOd to lls 6d, 500 fat lambs at 10s 3d, 800 store do from 6s to 8s 3d; store ewes 4s lOd to 7s 6d for full-mouthed and broken ; Os 4d for rather small 4-tooth ewes. We offered a superior lot of Leicester rams, but passed the most of them, buyers preferring to wait for Winton ram fair on itith inst. Horse market —We sold on Saturday » shipment of 16 horses from Melbourne. These were only a medium lot, and having landed out of season met a dull sale. They were all disposed of at Ll 5 to L2O for the ■best, and L 9 to Ll2 10s for inferior sorts. “We sold a number of local horses at similar prices, the entry consisting of inferior to medium draughts, and a few hacks, for which 4herj was only a moderate demand. Land —We note more inquiries, though •sales are not frequent. On Saturday we sold it,he farm at Brauxholm lately occupied by Mr Bobert Patterson at L 6 10s per acre, Mr Walter Blakie being the purchaser.