STOCK REPORT.

Dunstan Times, Issue 977, 7 January 1881, Page 3

STOCK REPORT.

Mr Donald Stronach (on behalf of the New Zeal ami Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited) reports as follows for the week end ins December 22nd : Fat cattle.—2oo head were vartled at Hurnsiflo today of which aho'll 50 av>re stores. The trade not hiving exh i sted 1 ist week’s simplics, the demand atas languid, and previous prices were birolv sunported. Fit ffullncks realised frdm Tifi 2s fid to 1,10 7s (id per head, and fit cows 1,5 to I,S 17s 6d. We sold drafts on account of Messrs P. ' orsan and Wm. Shand at.1.7 15s to 1.8 for cows, and 1,7 15s to 1917s ud for bullocks ; also 01 head yountr stores, on account of Mr Murdoch M‘ I.can-in, at from 13 to 1.5 12s fid. We quote prime’beef, barely 22a 6d per 1(101?. Fat calves.—Six were sold at from 14a to 31b 6d per head. Fat sheep,—Onlv 853 head were penned, consisting of (158 cross-bred and 200 merinos. Notwithstanding the smallness of the supply, biddings were entirely without animation, in 'consequence of butchers heinq still in stock. Crnss-lireds sold at from 7s fid to 9s 9d : and merinos, Cs (id to 7s 9d per heul. We diseased of drafts on account of Mr I. ('. Buckla d and Messrs .1 and Si Wilson, at 8s 3d per held. Quotations for best mutton three half-peace' to Id three farth’ncß per ft*. Fat lambs,—s77 were penned, .and sold at from 5s to 10s fid. On account of Messrs .1. and K. Wilson we sold 87 rt ls9d ; ofMrJ.c, Bueklind, 102 nt 7.4 3d; of Messrs vicTiming nnd H dlcv, Seadown Estate, 44 at 9s 3d o9sCd; of Mr Wm. Shand, 83 at 7s fid to Bs. , Fat pigs.—72 head were sold at from 15a to 3Gs each. Store sheep.—We could place a considerable number of young merinos and cross-brcds at satisfactory prices but thus far few arc offering. Store' cattle nrd in fiff demand. Wc sir'll sell about 100 head of quiet well-bred cattle at Mosgicl Yards on a huraday, the 13th January. Sheepskins.—At our weekly auction on Tuesday •we disposed of several lota, principally station skins, prices scarcely supporting quotations qflast week. Cross-brcds fetched 3a 5d to 5a 7d; merinos, 2s 7d to 4s 9d; lambskins, la 7d ; pelts up to is each, and skins in bales. 5 and seven eights’ to 7d tier lb. Hides.—We quote at hitherto fid and three-fourths per lb. for wet-salted, and 20s each for butchers’ green hides. The demand eohfin es good Taliow —Quotations aro nominally the same as last week, but buyers arc indisposed to operate. Hough 1 fat has been sold nt 1.5s to His per cwt. Crain.—Verv pttle is doing to any description. Prime simples of wheit are wanted, and would fetch 4s <M; rA’edinm qualities arc difficult to plrro nt our 1 ist quotation of 3s 6d to 4s 6d. Inferior neglected O its —Nothing to report. Quotations, nominally, la Id to la 6d for feed ; Is 7d for milling. Barley.—ldo inquiry.