STOCK REPORT.

Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 96, 11 December 1869, Page 2

STOCK REPORT.

Messrs Driver, Maclean & Co. report — Prime Beef , 25s 6d to 30s per 1 OOlbs. Prime Mutton, _$d to^ 3d per lb., in town. • ' Store, Cattle — Mixed mobs, ££> 10s to £4 15s ; do. bullocksj, two to four years, £5 to £6.' ' Gpod, Dairy Cows, £8 to £12. Store Sheep- Ewes^ 2, 4, and 6 tooth, '7s6dto 8s each ; wethers, 4, 6, and 8 tooth. 6s 6d to £s ;. w.eaners, equal sexefy lls per pair. Messrs. "Weight, Stephens©!*, and Co. report for tie w,eek ending the 4th inst as • follows : — Fat cattle None yarded ; prime beef, we quote at from 27s 6d to 30s; middling, 25s per lOOlbs. Fat ahe'ep. — We sold by auction 400 head shorn, at prices equal to lfd per lb ; and for delivery, 250 half-breds at 2£d per lb.' Fat lambs.— ss head half-Breds brought at auction 8s 64 each. Store cattle. — We have no sales to record. Quotations : — Steers, 2 to 4 years old, L 5 10s to L 6; mixed mobs, L 4 10s to L 5, Store sheep. — We placed 2500 wethers at 6s, and quote 4, 6, and 8 s tooth mertno wethers, 6e'to' 6s dd ; mixed hoggetts, 6s 6d each. Horses. — There ie a moderate demand for both light and heavy descriptions. On Saturday we sold the first draft of Mr. M'Leish's shipment ex Australind, a very useful lot of eoachers and hacks; prices ranged from Lll to L 24. Current rates are : heavy draught, 'L 49 io Lsp ; medium do L2sto L 33;3 3; first-class hacks and light harness horses, L 25. to L3O j rcei'ul do, Ll2 to LlB ; inferior nominal.