STOCK REPORT.

Dunstan Times, Issue 974, 17 December 1880, Page 3

STOCK REPORT.

Mr Donald Stronaoli (on beliilf of the New Z aloud Loan and Mercantile Agency Comimnv, Limited) reports as follows fur tile week ■ n ling Decembers hj : Fat Cattle —2lt) head were yarded at Burnside to-day, of which nb mb 2> were stores. The supply being a very full one no improvement was realise 1 upon last week’s low rates Bullocks realised from L 6 t > 1.10 17s 0 1 per head, and cows L 4 to 1.7 7s 01. The stores were disposed at from L.l lOsto L 3 17s 01. We sold drafts on account of MrJ, Bnckla id and others at ? roin 1,0 IVs 0 1 to Llo2s 0 I far bullocks, and 1.4 ns to 1,8 10s for eons. We quote prime heef 22 i 0 i per lOOlh. Fat aheep were in good supply. 2243 heal were offered, and said at from 7s to lls 3 I, showing a decline on last market. We soM on account of Mr Bnckl.nl, SO head at 7s : and on account of Messrs .1 andS. Wilson (Oam iru), 81 hei I at 9s 01. Q lotatioils for best mutton, 1(j 1 to 2 I per Fit T, imbs—s3o wore penned, which found buyers at from ns 0I to i)s 01. We sdl drafts on account of Messrs Buck’ml d (>s 0 1 ’o 7s 61, and J. and 8. Wilson at 8s to 0 ■ Od. F.is Pigs. —123 sold at from 27s to CDs each. Store Sheep.—We hive buyers for go id young cross bre Is, an 1 also for merino ewes just full-m attned. Wool Te’egraphic advices down to the 4fh hist, show that notwithstanding certain temporary fluctuations, prices mi the whole were maintained at about previous sale rates. Sheepskins.—At our weekly auction nn Monday we disposed of a moderate catalogue at goo 1 p-ioes. Batchers' cross-lire,! skins realise 1 from 5s 3lto 0; S I ; mu-inoi, 3.s 7 I tons 7d ; lambskins, Isfil to Is 71 : pelts, 01 to SI; skins and pieces, at per lb, 1} 1 fo,)|dd. Hides.—Tnq market is. very firm at last quotations, at which we have inhale sales of ad eonsigoiiu n’s coming to hand. T*liow.--We report sal -a of fair quality 25spercwt.. which we quote as, market value, Hough fat is worth ioi to loi. Grain.—Wheat: Good mil'ing samples are being hiqnir -<1 f >r, and would fetch .unquotation of hist week, but the market is almost bare of this description. F>r medium sorts hiTl fowl feed the demviT is not so brick, but I'iices are not so qnntablv different from those of hist report, which we repeat : Prime milling. 4s SI ; me limn. 3s 0 1 to 4 ; 31; fowls’ fee l, 2s to 3s per busied 0 ti-.s : Some parcels are bnn g ship ied, but tin- demand fo - local cmsnmptinn is extremely quiet. 3Vo quite pi ne milling Is 7d,; feed, Is 41 to Is Cl per bushel. Birley: No business to report.