INVERCARGILL HOUSE CATTLE AND SHEEP MARKET.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 31, 18 January 1864, Page 2

INVERCARGILL HOUSE CATTLE AND SHEEP MARKET.

■• (FEOMrCAEEY 'AK D GTIjIES'mONTHI.T 7 CIECX;EIK) 'Since bur last' monthly report; there ha.ye been extensive transactions hi stock of a^Faescn-qtionß, 1 •imported' cattle and -sheep finding ready aale at satisfactory prices^the shipments being;cleared off as landed/; and- an active inquiry"' for consignments; coming^'forvraifac-^-We^ave had very considerable •arrivals'of liorses of .first-class and Regret to report a -very- great" decline" in the 'TaTueof alldescriptions.rpMtic^aflyTof; tlie li>ayy .draughts, caused By the great fail in carriage to the Lakes,cartage,being.soJow"*tEat carriers little. in.oro than" make -the'Tresent rates pay for feed ; arid, until a change t^kes place,,we do not;see;'ariy :pr6spect of improvement ' iri 7 the 'value' of "heavy" draughts. Genuine weight-carrying hacks.arein demand, and 'eommanS f gpb3 prices. s vVf . ■"' -;-•,* •*?,,'.*.' '_*' ' \ \ . A.AWe have made extensive 'sale's 1 of working bril- 1 locks : dbrihglite latter part of ':the i year, i tt'.liigli rates forjfirst-class.tedms's'.'but ofiate the 'inquiry i has fallen pff'arid'the- supply is iriexcess of the. de.Prices have' given wayj and we report'difficulty in clearing off the balance of the t shlpinents in our hMds'ibrsaleat 'anything. like- a fair figyre. We are advfeed of shipbierits of cattle-'arid-isheep, which we loot for hourly^ Ewes^re spuglitafter^ and.'we have considerable orders 'on hanS-.A'' "■

tTgood class ofrhnfse-**, principally draughts, and liaveiSwiide -large 'ahlea ex Star of Victoria yrivid Indi|£fjppm Launceston .; Yarra^from Circular ■'{ Head ; 0 j&niippblfei*^^ Hp^rt^lVwriiJ ; all llandedi^nrst-cjrt^jcoriditlojiv "^jO-ri^lies have . o^fcßicl-mrd^muiQWs^lot, ex "qaidia, which: rea!iz<s:fi*dm L3spftL!74lQs;Ciptnin to L^ahH L^Oli^SilOflrawiughts; Ifcße " Cußiinoppiite, at-aLlo to [tSaffjor ihrp|; the lSU.r'oi/Px*»naVvL l 23|if) L3 , Jsf6^hnck^?ahH.X4t^ r^'i^s%t^^ugiila^^Tfcarfi*6^f6n account of Mr 'Parker, £20 to L2s'fur hHcft^an;;l^L3^to,L38 for light draughts. The Yrti-ra^lweirf 'very puperior, and those placed realise-i froth -L4O '.to L66"for 'teavy'drau-: htS;«arid -L-23 toL34" tor'good h neks" * 'Werqubte the~f6ll6wing as' ourj'markefc rates: — FrsJ-c!as3 'heavy ilraugbt fmares, L65 to '-L 7 5:: Second-class superior IwaVydrauijht'horses *L4o 'to s X55 ;~-Tuird>class~draus**ht -ho.-nes,- L3O- -to- L4O ; -hacks,-- first'-^ toL2S;A yAyyA 'AAA, L. yyyy.yl- ' V-" — -Wokkiso Bullocss— We have sold, <>x Cosmopolite, five pairs at £52 lOs. Ex India, very superior, three pair's, at L65 j balance at 1.50. ' Ex Star Jofi Victoria, Gve pairs,' L45 r to L6O, and several teams .of Provincial. afc JboQ to ;L€>s 'per pairvand harness bullocks at -L76 ! to'Lßo per pair-/ P : ovincial"first-c!asß harness, L7O to L3O ; ditto yoke, LSO to L 65; Ship cattle,- LSO to L6t); 'second-class, L3o. t0.L15. SrottK CATXtErr-We have made sales of Provincial mixeii. cattle afc_LL2 up-to Ll3j and ship cattle, realised lil2 10s up tp : 1% W.The rates aire : --Sliip cattle., Inrge frame, JKyearSj up to 6 years, Ll2 lOs to L 13.; mixed ;K ts^LlO^tb Lll ; Provincial large framed^steers, r Li3,t6 Lip.-- i -y Milch" Co\V3— We have "placed'several lots of ■good, milkers. at-trom.Ll9 to L 25, and, have anjexterisive sale at Wallacetown'bh the 2Sth inst. We quote first-cUisss milkers, i2O. to ;L2Q ; s'econdcinss ditto, L 25 to 1-18. . Fat CATTLS.-r-There is good demand foir prime beef, .which commands, from 65s to 70s per 100 lbs, at which rate we. have sbM.dtiring the month, : aniican place ia mob or two, at the present time "at^full "rates.' "":* . ; Fat SnREP^-r-We . report the sale of 300 fat shorn wethers at 38* ; '500 aXyiWy. 200 at 4ls 6d ; 20pafc42s; 200, ex' Wui-ren, Goddard, at 9d per pound, which is : the . value .of . prime mutton. First-c.liiss wethers, shorn,, 37s 6d' to 41s; ditto unshorn, 40i to 42j. ...'., . ■'.■■■■. Store SaE!*. —We have 'sold' three shipments "arrived this mouth -at*26s to 27s for wethers, and 28-3 for Merino ewes, and liave made sales at same rates to arrive, .and 303 to S2s for half-bred I Leicesters. '