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Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 403, 24 October 1884, Page 2

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AUCTIONEER'S REPORT. I. S. Simson reports having held a stock . ale : at his yards, 1 Gordon, on Saturday, the ] Sth inst. . Owing to the ipclemeucy o. tbe weather, most of the sheep were not offered. He sold 200 merino .wethers at 7s 10d.<* ■•--• WEDNESDAY'S BURNSIDE MARKETS. Fat Cattle.— 2l3 yarded, owe-half of .-wliich were gGGdr^tQ prime,, :lhe : balance little better than stores."^ For "really prime l,r<'f com'petifio'n'was bvis_fy^i.nd last week's value***, fully maintained : Ifitfan'oi* bea.«ts; ' were on the contrary dull ol'isale. Best bullocks brought from 1.7 2s Cd t'Y>|Ll 2 1 Ha, one prime pen heavy weights' Llf*s#&Gd ; cows, L-8 2s 6d to Ll2 2s 6(1. Prim^gvWggf • qhri.v.l at 275 -6 d;: medium and good, '2^ r.lQOlb, „-;,* ; Fat Sheep. — The market completely Vl glutted,' no' IeSS than 3901 having t)ct.n penned, of which 144G were merino-^and crossbreds; of ihe latter 4j50 were ■ V iotfr'Ue gheais.r'The number was considerably ' .ibeynnd the requirements, and but for Ithe. * ' .demand for freezing purposes, and^the' withdrawal of several pens, a big reduction •9R last week's rates would have £o bs re-

jorded. As it. was, sheep all round were ,ower by from 2s to 3s per head. Best cross-. are^,in the wool, brought 18s 6rl to J203 .9«.i;7 :>tl|ps, \<&ss to 18s ; shorn, lis Gd fo^-i:SV: Jd; meKnos, 10s to 16s 3d ; mutton quo. cd it^f^o^ld per lb. -._ ,-■.*-,. ,7^ .--.,,.! "t^ixJI^I^HORSMARKET. T ' | &§_ - \ - * ".: • • , '- i |||Mghtfj|t.phenson, and Co. ! report that Eotjlheir w;e&kly\£'aile last I Saturday only a limited n^beE,,ofj.Jiorsesj;c[ame forward. 1 "'■ good youn£"<_raugl_ts and.sti'ong light-, harness horses there was a brisk deuiaud, the tormer bringing, up. to L*2_ 10s, and the latter up to L 25,' ••"* They quote lirst-class draughts at from M(f^W^ms ; rmt6.v^rlj22 to L2s' ; good hacks and light harness horses, LIS to L 2 _ ; medium. Lit) to Llo ; light and we.dy, Lato L 8... ... _^. ..... .... -.-,. -^*. ...-=_ - DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKET. J. H. Kilgour, grain and produce broker, reports under > date October 22nd as follows: — Wheat. —The market continues quiet, and only very choice lots of milling are saleable; ;* which., I quote at 3s_dt> 3s 7.1 ; mcdi iim,' 2s 9d to 3s 3d ; fowl's feid, __•_" to 2s 6d, according to quality. ..•■-.'" .Oats. — The demand is hardly so active ; but as supplies are short, List week's quotations are maintained — viz., 2s 'Jd for bright short feed, and 2s lOd for milling; infciior to medium feed. 2s Od to 2s Bd. My sales have been at quotations. Barley. — Market quiet at recent quotations. Potatoes. — As shipping inquiry has nowceased, prices are unsteady. My *.ales t-iiice last, report have been at T.i". 5., but that cannot be given as the quotation to-day. Grass Seed. — Market quiet. Ryegrass, 3s 6d to 4s 6d, according to age of pasture : i cocksfoot, 3d to o^d per lb. j'' ' Babbitskins. — lhe demand is fairly active, •but, prices not so good as they have been 'lately. Chaff. — My sales have been at L 3 to L 3 l 5s ; and for extra good quality well cut, 1 L 3 7s Gd.