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Globe, Volume V, Issue 570, 17 April 1876, Page 2

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Messrs 11. Mat sou aud Co. report on the live stock market, &c, to Saturday, the Hth ot April They have to apologise to their country constituents for the non-appearance of their usual weekly 'stock report, aud plead press of business, they now give a resume of their auctions for the past fortnight. On Tuesday, the 2slh of March, ai Walsingharn, Lecston, on account of C. >V . Mmchiner, Ks<i, they held a clearing sale ol the \\ hob of his live and deadstock. There was a numerom attendance of purchasers present, and biddings throughout the sale were comparatively Jjn>k. ioiauglit mares and geldings sold from £l2 to £00; two-year-old colts and hllies, from £3o’to £37 108; foals, from £l4 to £lO. Imploraents of husbandry realised lair rates, whilst fo> pigs and miscellaneous articles fabulous rales wet < obtained. On Wednesday, the 29th ol March, at the Addington market, 175 head ol cattle am 7150 sheep were penned off for the week s Our sales comprised 119 head of cattle aud IbCi'.sheep, for Messrs Bell, Garforth, Henderson O’Callaghan, W. B. Andrews, W. Ml ), f. •> Shaad, O. Buncan, C. K. Mackie, T U. 1 otts, am J. Unite, .vli'.m we disposed m tat eaille lioin ... los to £t) 12s fid and £ll 17s (51. loiing slo.' h. extreme • ,t«*. fat sheep from Os toils od. cross bred, fat iambs to 9s, fat merino ewes to os, am ordinary cutis at usual price,. On * iiursuaj, tb 30th of Mat oil. at our wool si ores, i large entryc wool, shejp skim, hides, tallow, and ron-li .a came to hand, and full rates we c obtained lor a lots submitted Best pe,ts to 3s Id, lambs io3s hides, 4 Jd per lb. On ■ rid ay, the 3ist oi March, a theLeeston monthly market, wejardfd and soli IJjJ Sheep, 137 pigs, 133 Uejifl of cattle, and I'.

horses, for Messrs Whit' 1 , Dudley, Graham, Williams, Willis, Withers, Rennie, Deardcn, Munson* Withell, Lawry, Byrne, Loe, Skilling, Johnson, Patterson, Craig, Philips, Davis, Bitton. Lemon, McClure. Mullins, Donaldson. Bourne, Mellraith. and Manson. The whole of the cattle, pigs, and sheep were disposed of at ver r satisfactory prices ; only a few of the horses chan.red hands. On Saturday, the Ist of April, at wool stores, we disposed of several tons of mustard S3cd at 4d per lb. On Monday, the 3rd of April, we held a clearing sale at the Tai Tapu, for Mr John Bell, when there was a targe attendance ar.d spirited competition throughout; 120 head of cattle, 700 sheep, 30 horses, 120 purs, and a large collection of farm implements, were disposed of. Mileh cows and springers averaging from £l2 to £ls per head, working oxen £l2 per head, fat cattle £7 12s tid to £8 17s till, young stock £3 5s to £t 7s 6d, fat wethers to 14s, fat ewes to 10s 9d, cross-bred lambs to 8s 6d, horses from £2n to £4O. Pigs and sundries at usual high rates. Ou Tuesday, tlie 4th of April, we held a clearing sale for Mr William Balmforth, near Weedon, of horses, cattle, &c, &c. There was an average attendance, and spirited competition throughout the sale. On Wednesday, the sth of April, at. the Addington market, we yarded 97 head of cattle, 4556 sheep, for Messrs T. Laine, Henderson, Ncevc, Cunningham, Ferguson, Early, Kinley, Metcalf, Amos, JO. Clinic, George Holmes, J. Davis, John Gebbie, Samuel Garforth, John Man son, Eaglcsome, Dickenson, Kerrison, O’Callaghan, SI ittery, Hall, Parish, and ethers, and sob'—Fat cattle from £8 to £9 7s 6d, springers to £l3 10s, and young stock at late rates. One line of 47 store steers at £ti 12s od. In sheep, wc sold —Fat cross-bred ewes from 10s Cd to 10s 9d, fat lambs to Os tid, fat merino ewes to 4s Id, ditto wethers, ordinary, to 6s. On Thursday, the tith ol April, at onr usual skin and hide auction, a large quantity of ox hides and moderate supply of skins came forward, for which fair prices were realised. On Friday, the 7th of April, at York Farm, Shaud’s track, we conducted an auction of land, live ami dead stock, for Mr F-ank Merchant, when we disposed of his 180-acro farm for £2745 ; 924 cross-bred sheep at from 9s to 11s, and lambs to 7s, per head ; 3u horses at from £25, £47, £49, to £SO ; yearlings, to £2O. Farm implements and miscellaneous articles realised well. Oats ranged from Is 8d to2s 2d per bushed. Outside we have disposed of several thousand merino ewes and wethers, at from 3s 3d to 4s 9d per head ; also, a line of ISO head of store cattle, at to 10s pci head. In land, we have sold several town sections, at various rates* also, two acres more of Ellis’ land, at £3OO. At Mr R. Wilkin’s weekly skin ami tallow auction, Mr Aikman reports a fair attendance of buyers, and prices little if at all under those of (he previous woek. Sheepskins, 3s 9d to 4s sdcnch; pelts, best, 2s to 3s 3d each; inferior 4d to Is 100 each ; lamb skins, best, 2s to 3s id each ; hides, fresh, 3?,d per lb; do salted, under 401bs, 4jd per lb; over 401bs, 4d per lb; calfskins, 6}d per lb, sound ; cut, 3d per lb; rough fat, 2d to 2?,d per lb; very faulty, lid per lb. Messrs Clifford and Roper report on tlieir usual weekly sale, April 15th, as follows :—Milch cows. £5 to £7 10s; calves, 3< to 13s. Pigs (wcauers), 6« to 9s; small stores, 12s to 16s; stores, 18s to 30s ; fat piss, 458 to 535. Poultry (per pair)—Fowls, 2s 3d to is (id; ducks, 3s 6d to 5s 9d ; geese, Gs to 6sGd; turkeys, 6s to 10s. Fair attendance. J. C. Corr and Co report on the live stock market for the week ending Saturday, Isfh April, 1876;—At our yards at Rangiora ou Tuesday 27 head of cattle and 5 horses came forward for sale. The entries were on account of Messrs O’Halloran, Green, White, Shaw, Davis, Head, Broker, and others. The cattle yarded were principally dairy cows and fat stock, the whole of which wc sold at the following prices.-—Three-year-old fat bullocks, £9 15s; fat cows, £8 ss; dairy cows, for which there is great demand, from £ti Ids to £l2; horses—ordinary light draught, from £lB to £27 10s; light saddle and harness horses, from £ls to £2l. J. and R. 11. Campbell report for week ending Saturday, April loth, as followsWc sold ar Tattersall’s on Thursday, the 13th, on account of F. Britton. Esq, a large number of good draught stock, when ihe following prices were realised:— Draught mares, from £3C to £72 10s; do three-year-old colts and lillies, £22 to £42; do two-year-old do do. £l4 to £32; do yearlings, £l7 fo £33; do foals, £ls to £2O. The well-known entire horse Major was purchased by Mr Taylor for £2OO, and Uan’tin Ro> in we placed privately immediately afler the sale for £2lO. On Saturday, 15th, at our usual sale, we sold ou account of Messrs Wilson. King, and Co, Tasmanian draught mares from £ I t to £52. Owing to a long and rough passage, these mares were in low condition. Superior heavy draught mares, provincial bred, £55 to £01; medium do marcs and geldings, £23 to £32; unbroken colts and fillies, of which a considerable number were sold, from £25 to £3ti, according to ago and quality. A large number of inferior haek.s ami light harness hors, s were offered, hut the demand for this class of stock is very limited. Wc may quote fair hacks and light harness horses from £lti to £22; inferior, almost unsaleable. Melbourne.—Tin* “ Argus ” of the oth instant report-: —ln the import markets business continues tom detain an appearance of considerable heaviness. There is little inquiry of a general character, and the sales effected—with the exception of sugar, which was disposed of publicly to some extentare unimportant. Breadstuff's arc firm, bui owing to the small quantities placed cn the market for. sale, transactions even at auction are of very little account indeed. Flour is moving off privately at. £l2. At the public sale this forenoon, however, there was nothing ataT offered. Wheat is wanted, but while wc have little to report as having been done privately, we can refer to only 250 bags having been disposed of at auction, when 5s (id to 5s 7d was realised tor milling qualities, and 6s sd was paid lor a fine sample for seed. The following, relating to the state and condition of the London market, is taken from the “Mark Lane Express” of 2- tli February The grain trade tor the week has been dull and uninteresting; imports have been moderate, although it is doubtful whether the stocks ou hand are as large as have been imagined. The warehouses are probably fairly filled, notwithstanding the steady depletion which has been iu progress since the end ot 1875. We are now approaching a period of critical importance regarding supplies. The large fleet from south-eastern Europe, which has recently been an incubus on trade, has been almost cleared up, and the stoppage of shipments from ice-bound ports must greatly reduce supyilies. Add to this the diminution of farmers’ stocks, and we can reasonably con - clude that the plethora will shortly be over. A feature of the grain trade now is, that our near continental neighbours are not so well supplied, and a relaxation of rates here would lead to an enquiry from there. Altogether, the trade seem; healthy, subject only to contingencies of more than usually open weather and increased supplies, which now seem improbable.’’ Oafs show no change. Under the hammer, 230 bags were disposed of at prices ranging according to quality, from 2s lOd to 3s 3d and up fo 3s 4td. Feeding barley has been sold at 3s 4d fo 3s od. Maize, tine new, is selling at 4s 6d in ordinary routine sales. Fijigrown was sold at 4s 4d. A good deal of interest was evinced in the result of the sugar sales this forenoon, and from the fact that the market had been so completely cleared of Mauritius, fine grocery descriptions attracted a large attendance of the trade, and as extreme a price was realised for fine whites as could be got, considering that Victorian refined is not more than £36. The cargo offered comprised 8880 bags, of which 4810 bags were allowed by the auctioneers to go. Low to good grainy yellows realised from 20s 6d to 3ls 3d ; finest yellow counters brought 32s to 32s 6d. medium yellow crystals were, placed at 30s 6d, and good to tine counters sold at 35s to 35s 6d. Of the balance, which was withdrawn, sales are making privately. Teas are moving off steadily, some 500 half-chests congous were iii one instance placed at up to Is 9d, and smaller parcels have also been gut rid of. Keioscne oil has been quiet for some time past, but wc learn of parcels being now under negotiation.