CHRISTCHURCH LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3017, 14 November 1891, Page 2

CHRISTCHURCH LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

The Sf.w Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report under date, (-111; 1 srcn 1 m'li, November ti. — Storo Sleep.--I Irani growing weather continues, and iiliiin l ! mce of feed i-, to bo soen everywhere ; but. till after shearing wo do not exuiany transactions except mi a .small Yesterday's was rather a poor supply, both as regards numbers and quality, but a good e'oiranuu was nmda at very .sati.ifart'iry values, cross-bred hoggets selling paiticil hly well. Piiees realised were: I'or cross bred lionets, lis 8d to 13s lOd ; shorn two-tooths, a small lot in very forv.' i d condition, Us I'd ; cross-bred ewes and lambs ltis to His 7(1, and aged merino wethers lis. — !\it sheep; A very m 'derate entry was penned (notwithstanding its being a double in irknt). consisting of a good proportion or sh .rn sheep, chiefly crossbreds, merino wethers iu the wool also bnins* lareely represented ; a few pens of nie'lium to iaf.-n-ir wo Hy cross.breds of tho same description, Competition was good throughout, but nothing approaching excitement. Oil account of tile smail supply, fihoni v 'iiee;i unde decidedly better values than those in tho woo!, viz., f,,r wethers and maid mi pwhs liis to His flj ,-ind 17s, for .-ii'dl peri; merino wethers (-horn) (b Bd, c. ■ o'vd wether-*, in the los to 22s li i ; 110 own Us to 1,75.--Fat lambs: The largo entry iii"f a somewhat, weaker dein aid. Values range,i fiolll OstolSsSd.--J" it Ci'tl.': T'lo 'I ef entry was the only department, of the yards in which tho olf-et. of the double mirk«t was apparent. Q , ilitv >v.is not, however, well represented, and ' his >ri >y in s >ni > nvisure account for a ■-11 -"1' I in ■i s H 111 vho -] 1 1 • 1 r<' • 'o •! 1 „» ~| ,|i, ,ii v l ; • 1:; I' £$ 10» I I .i s t'.'i V-, ■ 0 - i -I V ■ , . f !■ I V " ifoti... V-'t'i'o jitiaJc i'J 18« 1