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Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 414, 2 December 1884, Page 2

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............ AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS. . Messrtf UarswelT, ■White'arid Co. report having?>h.e_ld. Tv f.'Uc v*\ fat and store stock at Wyndhami Yards, --n Thursday, 27th inst. The* past broken -^.ather ha v mfj delayed shearing prevented -i lot o£ sheep being forward, but the yards were well filled with cattle, a large number' being fat and in very forward condition, bidding was not as brisk as at our last sale : however, by auction and priyately-.we placid, most of the eatile at the following prices, viz : — Fat Cattle— ls bul locks,- LYTeacu; 13 do, L 8 10s a head ; 6 do heavy weight) at i 9 5-3 ; U heife'ra, at L 5 10s each. Store Cattle,:, Pen,, steew at 1.6, and other stores in proportion. Horses :We only mauled „tp^p lace ,4 out of the lot advertised at piizes l-angidg from L 9 to Llo 15s each. We..W-o'ild direct attention to a clearing sale on the farm of G. F. Richardson, Oak" lands, on 17ch December. New, Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., intuited) report' for the wedc ended JNov. 28, as .follows : — Wool: Consignments o? wool ate beginning to (Come fprward Er.jely now. We have »al ready receiVed a ffbbd many bales at our new warehouse in the' Creeaeut. Advices ivomsithe !hnrJdon t ',Miilb"iun9 and Christchurch marke.s are of a saiisf^ctory tenor. We antipicate"' «pi'rite'd : couipeiitiiin in the local sales tUw si •rt-.on. „ j Wheai; ffik]oa''<>i this cereal are very few, and difficult to effect. Wn quote prim<j whi'e velvet and Tuscan up to i)s 3d p«r biis6els towtt^li^ery.jv^red stiaw ii..d irqnnre head, 2g G^t,Oi^S|l'od| infyripr. id medium, Is tiit'62's tfo^do,' „.: . ,! ; Oats": Thisraarket remai'ieclfirm till yesterday, when a fall of from Id to 2<i per lushel was eX;pe,rjUjuced,, the Australian markets showing signs of 'weakness. Duriug the week j Bluff ,BtoeKs ! *bave bouu reduced by 12,000 sdcks. ' Tbe Sharpshooter torjk 8000 sacks for ami thg Muuapouu iVW B&<jkg to? '

Melbourne. Supplies are coming forward pretty freely from "up country." Since our la?t report we have disposed of acorsiderahkquantity of feed at equal to 2s 6d per bushel. E.o.b. We quote to-day : Milling, 2s 6<l to 2s 7£, f.0.b., bags extra ; good short fee 1, 2s 4id to 2s 5^A, do do ; good long f«ed 2s Bid to X 2s 5d do do ; medium quality, 2s ?d to 2s 4 1. Sheep : — We quote mutton shorn at 2j'l to 2£i. perlb. There is a moderate enquiry, for young crossbred stores , of b>th sexrs. Cattle :— We quote beef 20s to 2f>q per 1001 b, according to quality.. Well grown store steers and spayed cows are in request.