Commercial.

Clutha Leader, Volume III, Issue 131, 12 January 1877, Page 4

C o m mercia l.

*■ *• ■•- ii '.' Mr Robert Grigor reports for -the week-end*: ' | ing 1 1th January :— ;i ' •'■'. -"-''* *---•-' '.-'.-: ,| | I sold at my yards, Balclutha,- on Fri'lfiy last. V . ti 4 f > 2-year-old * heifers, itt: £4 ,2s' 6d to A£i .its 6d 1 each, . according to size and quality ; 4.-$ full- I nioutbed cross- bred^ ewes at 5s each, L'nd 42 cro3s- | bred lambs at 5s fld"; also, two hacks at £9 aad | ;£l4 oach wnre disposed, of. , [g I alao held, an unreserved sale of cattle on ac- f count of Ja tries Pollock, Esq,, at my yards yester* | ■"day. The attendance of sjraziprs and sottiera was \ large, and biddina* very spirited. Tho cattle yvere f disposed of as follows : — No. 1 peti, 12 steers at | £5 10s each ; No. 2 do. 7 steers at £7 each ; So. | 3 do. 4 cows at £5 15i each ; No. 4 ; do.. 15 steers 1 at £6 17s fid each ; Nn.' 5 do' 10 steers at £5 7a | (3d each ; No". 6 do. 17 steers 'at £7 5s each ;'• No. '{■ 7 do; 13 steers at €9 each ; No. 8 do. 12 steers at | £8 7s fid each. . This was a specially finelofc.'-tO | head of which were fat, the balance being, froin i; half to three-quarter fat. ---■---.-.. | I would draw attention to my usual fortnighlly | sale on Friday next, nt. which I anticipate a li! considerable number of store sheep will be I bjV>uqht'forwavd. * . ' ' *. •••■»-.» | - "Wool.,- I am. happy to inform my clients .that | prices of all descriptions of wool are 'keeping i; firm. Tiie prices so far realised are nearly equal | to last year's 'returns.- -.--■•■• ,' •;"•.-■; -..-..-;; | * ; Grain.— Wheat out of the market. Barter — | milling, 2*3 6d to 2s 9d • malting, 3s' 3d to :V6d. , | Oats —Trie Dunedm market is at "present ratl-er ' f overstocked. Good feed,- at Balclutha,- Is. Bcl to h Is 9d j .Qiilling, Is lOd perbushjUl. : . ' . >. . Mr Henry "Driver (oii behalf of ihe' New Zea- '*" I land Loan and Mercantile I 'Agency Go.) reports. \ for the week ending January 10, as follows: -----; A\- t ;_.Pat Cattle.- Although 'only about 'l4o head' *' •were yarded (vhioh is.not an excessive supplyk^ •the trad; bought very, cautiously.' haying sujy- A i plied themselves to a considera^le-f-x^enPfr-irh ' ]. j'irivate' sources* during the *• past we\*k.';'jc*>i*-- -.- I _ sequeittly.late quotations werf barely maintained, I best bullecks rt-alisine; Ll(» 10s to Ll4; docows, '*■■ L 7. to Lit. We 'quote fris' per lOUlbs as the '•■ price realised for prime pens. At tbe yards wo ( sold, 40 iietul,. and placed a few small lots duriu**> tV>e, >veek* Fat O lives.— 25 were penned, and sold at from-. , 20s to 60.**, according t-> siz^and quality. ■'.' , i Fat Sheep. —170*> came forward, chiefly good qu-ility cross-bi'eds. and soli at rather b'abter rates than last week's prices • say from B.*? fid to . .* lis for cross- bmls, and 6s to 7s for merino —or equal to 2*ll per lb. Fat Lamhs. ~ The large simply of 500 were penned, portions of wliir.h, had to be turned out. Those w**-* sold-mUised from 4s to 10s 6d,. Ac- , cording to size and quality. ./.'-'"'* ... "Store Cattlo'.— Owing to the unusual abun- *" ' dance of! grass at this season, good stores con- f tinue in demand, and during the week we have sold 200 head nfc up lo L 9 for bullocks,' aiid to .„ ' L 6 for cows. We. shall sell at Mosgiel, . on Fri-' y'<lay, I2fch insbj, 200 head of superior, quiet, well- f grown cattle. ._.'•'. •" ; Srore Sheep.*— Transactions- have not been of ;* sufficieut importance to warrant tho. quotation '; of reliable rates. We think the follpwing prices are likely to be accepted by bo ! h buyer.-**! and sel'ers— sny cross-breds four and six-tooth, 7s to 8^ 6 1 ; do two- tooth,' 5s 6d , to 6 -i 61; do . ewes, two and four-tooth, 6s 6d to 7s 6cl ; merino e>yes, two and four-tooth, 5s fid to 7s ; do full mouthed, 3s to 4s ; do wethers.' two, four; and 'six-tooth; 4s 6d to or 6d ; do':full-mouthed,-3s 6;1 t0.4-* 61. ; Sheepskins.— -,Qu.r weekly auction sale ' this -efternoo** dr^Ny'STlarge attendance of buyers' who competed briskly for pvery lot; atadvanced rates. ■ \ ■A c catalogued 1900,.a11.dry skins, which brought) ' for cross-hrt'ds, 4s <5d to ss' 3d' each, and 7|-f per. \ lb; merino.--, 4s 3d"to 4s 7d. and 7d per lb; lambskins, ls 3d to ls;4'l, and pelts, fid t0 .6.1 each. Hidrs were in active demand and good supply, 'dt " We offered 250,' which brought -light inferior, 7 ' l'"*s to 13s 6d ';■ medium. 14s tdl9i fid; or 3.V1 to ' 4d pci; lb ; for wet-salted calfskins, 2-J to 4s-each. ; Tallow. —We offered sevei-al parcels and single j ca«ks ; demand is active, prices slightly advanced; ? ; very inferior sold at 255; medium quality '29i ' Gdt.o3os. . ' :- .. Grain.— Wheat and flour unaltered in va^ue ordemand. Oats aTe steady st 2s 2d to 2s 3d fped-; milling. 2s 4d. Barley, feeding scarce nt 25.6.d : ,t.0,,' ■ 3s ; malting, 4s to 4s Gd- not much demandl'^^, WOOL SALE. . ' • '<•; Messrs M'Lean Brothers report as follows : — We held our first wool sale of the season at our warehouse, Prince-s-stieet South, on Thursday afternoon. There wiis a.large attendance of buyer<. wool-grovyers, merchants, and others interested ; the c-impetitiou was spirited, and full prices were realised throughout. The* as .siutment of wool offered -was prood, sound iv staple, and for the mosi part light in condition. Greasy cross-bred brought fronrN^d ■ tw ll§d; greasy merino, from 84d to Ild ; washed fleece, ls 2d to ls sd; scoured, 15d to 191, tiie .latter figure being for a choice lot scoured by Messrs * ;W. and T.Connor, Tokomairiro. Several large "clips were passed in, for the sale of which we:are nosy in henty privately. We catalogued 86*2 bales and 72 bags,* and sold 415" bnl-s and 40 bags, as per price catalogiri annexed :— . > > Greasy locks, WI, 1 bag, 2Jd ; pieces, WI, 1 bag, 8&1 ; locks, PA. 4 bags. 2d.; locks, HR,. 1 hae. 1 -f'l ; locks and pieces, circle in heart, 1 bale, , Bid; locks. .TWS; 1 bale, 4d ; -locks and pi.'ess, WB conjoined, 2 bales; 6Jd '; lon g wool, W oVfe'i** - WAT, 1 basr. .9§.'l;. merino broken, Wover! !: W A T, 1 f adge, 9*d ;. . locks', , "Ul va , Downs. I fadge, 3|d ; pieces nnd bl-ack; Wli, .1 bug, sjd ; pieces; JC, 1 bag, *6d ; pieces and locks. ABi 2 bags, 4Ad ; pieces, VVO, 2 bag**t, 6-Jd ; Lec«ister, JH conjoined, ,2, bags*, lOd ; merino, JH' cm- " joined, lbnlo, 10^*1 ; merino, Rf s O, lbiile.-10-J'! ; merino. JC, 1 bale.. 10|d; half-bred, D-cLM. I bide, 9^.1 ; half bred. TE conjoined, 1 bale. 10-Jd; mixed fleece, J: Strachan,.! bale, I'Jsl; cro«bred, M. I bale. 10.Jd ; Romney fleeo-**, SS, 5J bales,' 9§d ; Leicester, HD, 2 bales, 9g 1 ; crossbred, JS 3 bal.-s, 10-4.1 ; cross-bred. WI, 2 bales, UljM ; cross-bred. 8, 4 bales, 10§d ; cross-bred and merino, AP, 3 balos and I ba;, lOJ I; crossbred, O, 3 bales and 1 fadge.lOf 1; cross-bred, T & C, 2 bales, 9|d; c-osbren", horseslio^. 1 bale and 1 fadge, 9d ; mixed, M . 1 bale. 9jjd ; pieces, M, I bale, 3Jd ; ctoas-bred, dot in D, 1 b.ile, 1 0*^-1 ; cross bred. Wß cmjoi»ed, 3-bales, 9id ; Leicester and half-hred, JB. 6 bales. 91d - ; half-bred, AT; 5 b.des and 1 bug, 9id ; hulf-brfid and merino. At o,7 b*d*-*-s. 9jd ; lialf-bred and Leicester. M, 8 bales, lOd ; half-bred, GG.' 12 bnles, 10-Jd ; half brpd and meiino, H over P, 6 b-iles, lU^d; merino, M, 3 bal-s, 10*1 ; rams, M,-l bag, 9d ; black, and locks, M, 2 bagsl^uV/ cross-breds, M in circle. 5 bales, 9^l; crons-bra , / ' red l-I, 2 bales, 9£d ; mei*ino,-red H,'2 bileß,'9*J.l ; cross-bred, PA, 6- bales and , one bag.- 9<id ; merino. PA, ,8 bales, B^,i ; cross-bred, circle" in heart, 9) i ; merino, circle iri heart, 4 h-tle*, 9*| I; ' cross-bred, AT conjoined, 6 baleß.'SAd ; merino, AT conjoined, 3 bales,' 9d;* pieces, AT conjoined, 1 bale. 4sd ; black. AT conjoined,*! bag, ti.l; locks, M, 1 bale, ' s|d ; Tjec'eis^r, N,'2i bales, 9^.1 ; cross-bred, M, 3 bales, 9-Jd ; crossbred,*JHS,s bales,- .%l j-cro^s-bred, IS, " 2 bal m and 1 hair, lOid ; cross-bred, SB, 3. bales, lOgd ;' cross-bred pait merino, GI, 4 bales, 10^1 ; cross- : bred, WW : over X, 5 bales, : 10§d ; merino, WW over Xi.l bale, 10d ; ; cross-bred, A, J5 bales and I fadge, 9id; crossbred. CO, 13 balef>, Hd; pieces. A, 1, O-JdVct-osi-bred, wheel, 4, 9-jd ; mfrino. J over SW, 23j.9d; cross-bred. J over . SW, 21, 9i-,V, ])ieces, .7 oyer SW,'9,. 7J:f; Leicester and cross-bred, WJA, 6, 9|d ; locks, WJa, : 1 , s*^d ;- ct bss-bred," wine-cup, 24.^ BJd ; merino, wine-cup, 4, 9jd ; cross-bred,' JP- conjoined, 9, lOjjd; .Leicester, .fltt, 5, 9g! ; cross-bred, H, .12 hales, 10£ d ; merino, Hi : 3 bales, 9gd ; merino, Ulva Downs, 6 bales, 10-^d ; miked .and pieces, Ulva .Downs, l,bftlo,'7*Jd ; ciws-.bred, Farqiihar,, 2 ; bales, lid; cross, bred. WC,'2 bales', litlv cross-b'rod, WLj 2 'bales', 9-fd'; croas-bred^Jl*),!?; , biles and 2 bags, ( ! gd ; ctoss-bred, DO, i bjiles,.* f\ / II gd ; cross-bred, AB, 3 bales, 9d ; looks, WAM,' ' / 1 bale, 2d ; colted, half-bred, 1 bale, 7?d ; cross- 1 bred, SS in circle, 2 bales. 9|d ; merino, R' in ff 1 i heart, 1 bale, 10](d ; merino, JF, 1 balo,, 92, d

tnerino. CI bale, 9|-l ; pieces, fl; 1, 7^l ; halfbred, O, I b-de. 9|l; h-ilf--»red, R B >vri». '1 bales and 1 bag, lOd ; half-bred. H, 2 bates, 9J-1 ; half-bred.- JB. 6£ bales, 10| 1 ; meri- o, JB. 2 bales, 9jjd ; cross-bred, TJ. 5 bales, I'-d ; Lei-, •cester aud cross-bred, WAM, 14 balas and 1 bag. 10|d. ' *•* ' -■

Washed.— Locks, Win D, lbig, 3|l ; pieces, Win D, 1* bag, 7d ; h-df bird, a in ciiT3l*\ 3 bales, 16H ; half-IW, W in D, 6 bales, 16d ; "half-bred, F, 4 bales, lof. I ; Leicester, E, 6 bales, 15d ; half-bred, L' in diamond, 2 bales. 14d ; Leicester aud cross-bred, G'3. 4 bairs, 10-Jd; -cross-bred, H, 2 bales. 15-J I ; pieces, B£>, 1 bale, Sfd ; cross-bred and m-iriuo, A, 2 bales, !s£d. Scoured. — Pieces, cross in circle, I -.bale, 7d ; 9, Ist combing. 2. 2nd combing, 2, .Ird combing, 2, Ist merino, WTO, in box, i 5 bales, ls 7d.