STOCK REPORT.

Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 90, 30 October 1869, Page 2

STOCK REPORT.

Messrs Driver, Maclean & 00. report — Prime Beef, 25s Gd to 30s per ] OOlbs. | Prime Mutton, 2|d to 3d per lb., in town. Store Cattle— Mixed mobs, £4 10s to PA 15s ; do. bullocks, two to four years, £5 to £6. Good Dairy Cows, £10 to £14. Store Sheep- Ewes, 2, 4, and 6 tooth, 7s Gd to 8s each ; wethers, 4, 6, and 8 tooth, Gs 6d to 7s ; weaners, equal sexes, 10s 6J. per pair Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co. repoi fc for the week ending (he 23r<J insf. a.* lollops :— Fat C.itJ' — The market to iinue» well supplied ; two dial'ts were yarded, very prime quality, and brought prices fully equal io 3(h p r loolb> ;we aWo &old privately 70 infill, delivered in town tit 30s Tliis nny be hiken .-s the present market value lor nrime quality ; mid Iling, 25s per lOOibs. JT.it" shi-rp — The frutle is weli srocKed with middling q>>al ty, very pvime enning to h mil ; we f-oiil for delivery in town 5.'0 in wool ai 3'l per lb, and 300 shorn half-breds at 2£<i. We quote prime mutton 3a per lb, inferior Ituie o\-< r si ore rates. Fat Lunhs — We have sold for delivery GOO at from 7s to 7s 6.1 each. Store Oat ile— ln consequence of the large number foivecl into the maiket through fcareity of grass, there is a considerable iedue ion in Ihe mlim of this c!a« of stock ; ih ro is, however, a deman J for good 2 to 3 year old sleers for paddock fattening, other rle^eriplions fire much sought ufter. We sold at Mr ltobinsoa's, Lake Waipori, 140 head as follows:— 3 year old bullocks, L 6 i ach ; 2 yea a from L4to L 4 10s ; yearlings, 'i">a to L 3 ; dairy cows, from L 4 10s to L 9 l<s, a cordins: to quality ; these prices may be t men as present quotations. Store sheep Very few transactions have taken place,, partly* owing to shearing being near at hand ; we --old JSOU store wethers, 4, 6, and 8 tooth at (>s 6.1, ;md 1200 at 6s 9 1, and two small drafts, in goo I condition, at 7^ each Hoi's s - There are enquiries for young draught stock and U9eful uiS'aiding hacks. We quote hi-avy draught L 55 ioLSO; medium, 1,2") to I -*>s ; interior, Lls to LiO ; firsts e'a«^ hac'-vsandlivtht ha-nejs horsea, L 26 to Ljs i useful, Lls to L 22 ; inferior, L 8 to I*l2.