Messrs Pyne ajtd Co. report for the week ending June 14th:—The total num ber of stock yarded on Wednesday com prised 7326 sheep, 279 cattle, 241 pigs. Fat Cattle—Hardly as good an entry in this class as has been of late, quality was barely so good as usual, and no advance on prices can be quoted. We withdrew a useful line of fat steers at £5 155. Store Cattle—Small entry with a poor demand. We sold oh account of MrT. Shand, cows in profit at £4 ; on account A. Boyle, cows at £2 to £S ss; on account .Mrs Lance, cows in poor condition at from £1 15s to £3 15s. Fat Sheep—Another full entry, with a weak demand, the qualities being hardly as good as usual. -We! sold O n account of Mr L. Gardiner, 60 ewes at 11s 9d, 50 at Hβ 10d, 20 at 10a 3d. Iβ wethers at' 13s Bd, 30 at 13s Ud, 25 at 14s, asd 50 at 14s Id; on account Balmoral Estate, 36 merino wethers at 9s 3d, 35 at 9s; on account a client, 11 wethers at 12s 3d. Store Sheep—A fairly large entry and good demand. We sold on account Mr Alex. Roberts 407 two and four-tooth ewes and wethers at 10s 7d. Lambs- Only a couple of pens yarded. We sold, on account of Air S. Gardiner at 8s 3d. At our skin sale on Thursday there was the usual attendance. We sold butchers' crosabreds at from 3a ,od,, to Sβ <lld; butchers* merinos, at from 3s to 4s "73;! 1 ull-woolled station merinos, from 5s to 6a I

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for the Ashburton district ffth?**"* end L n 8 -June nth as follows --On fe >* at the 'Ashburton yards iLu" Tne »«bili weekly sale of sheeJfSttJ, ,, total entry for theday "o*?& Igs i S sheep, 33 cattle, and 5 »?l 8 »! 2214 sheep 5 pigs, andTftg,!^l>3 were mostly of good qualff ".*.?&? •*§ ding throughout the sale enlrtSi the J , b »* sold very satisfactory to P sft2» a ? d •& fat crossbred ewes f rSm ,[»« fat nieniio ewes. 