Commercial.

Opunake Times, Volume II, Issue 76, 26 March 1895, Page 3

Commercial.

—i—•—. Mr Hiifrton King's Weekly Report. (^tfifc.—At Stratford, on Tue da;-, 1 am pledged to report that there was an impi'oyedt demand for all classes of stock, bidding being animated throughout, and nearly every pen was sold at a slight advance on late rates. A few good lines of forward bullocks came forward and were placed at satisfactory prices. Calves made from 17s 6i to 27a ; yearlings, £1 10s to £1 13s ; 18 to 20-month steers, £2 to £2 3s 6d ; 2 to 2£-year ditto, £2 9s 6d to £2 15s 6d; 23? to 3-yeav, ditto, £3 Is to £3 lis ; 8£ to 4|ryear ditto, £4 2s 6J to £5 ißs; fresu-conditioned ditto, £5 ss'; : &year. heifers, £2. to £2 7s ; springing ditto, £3 to £3 18s ; heifers in calf, £2 17s 6d; store cows, £2 5s to£B ; fat. cows, £8 10s to £3 17s 6d. A line of fresh, full-mouth ewes made 2i 6d. - •

At Waiwakaiho, on Thursday, the yards were fairly filled. There was a good attendance of buyers, and though prices did not show much improvement, there was plenty of demand, and nearly every pen sold at the hammer after healthy competition; in fact, one or two buyers of young stock went home short of requirements. Weedy calves made 8s 6d to 9s 6d; ordinary weaners, 14s Cd to 21s ; calves to yearlings, 26s 6d to 355; 12 to 15-month steers, £2 2s 6d to £2 6s 6d ; 20-month do., £2 12s ; 2to 2£-year do., £3 4s ; 2i-year fresh do., £3, 175; 18-montb heifers, £2 4s to £2 l&s; store cows, £2 10s to £3 Is ; springing do., £8 16s. Sheep.—Se vet al small lines came forward, but the demand was not brisk, though most of the pens were placed at fair prices. Cull lambs made 2s 2d ; good do.. 5s sd; wethers, 7s 8d; fuH-niouth ewes, 3s 6d.

Messrs Nolan, Tonks and Co. s Stock Report. Our supplementary sheep fair was held in the Hawera yards on the 19lh instant. Considerably more stock than advertised came forward. There was good enquiry for lambs and forward wethers, and prices ruled somewhat similar to last sale, but for other olasces competition was not so keen. One pen of superior 2-tooth ewes fetched 8s 6d. Most lines were (lisposed of at the hammer or afterwards. • The asual monthly sale at Kakaramea took place on the 21st inst. We had a large entry of both cattle and sheep, but bidding for most pens was slack. We quote— At Hawera Sheep Fair: Woolly lambs, 8s lid to 4s 4d; shorn lambs, 8s to 8s 6d; 2-tooth ewes, 6s 6d to 8s 6d; 4-tooth ewes, 7s 8d to 7s 9d; aged ewes, 8s 8d to 5s ; fat ewes, 5s lOd to 7s Id; 2-tooth wethers, 6s 6d to 7s 6d; fat wethers 75,9 Jto 8s Id. At Eakaramea: Weauers, 17s to 28s; yearlings, 28s to 35a; poorconditioned heifers and calves, £2 4s to £2 lis ; cows and calves, £3 10s to £8 15s; forward cows, £8 10s to £3 12s 6d. " Sheep: 2-tooth ewes, 7s 3d.

Egmont Farmers' Union (Ltd.) Report.

There was a large muster of cattle at the Stratford yards on Friday, the 15th instant. The attendance was good and bidding spirited throughout, so that moat lines changed hands at the hammer. We quote: -Forward steers, £8 17s 6d to £4 5s ; 2 to ,2£year steers, £2 7s 6d to £3 ss; 18-month to steers, £2 to £2 ss; yearlings, mixed sexes, £1 lis to £ll6s 6d; fat cows, £8 15s to £4; dairy cows and- heifers, £8 12s 6d to £4 17 6d; store cows, £2 lis to £2 18s 6d; 2-year heifers, £2 10s to £2 15ff; weaners, lis to 15s. The usual sale of stock was held in the Glover Road yards, Hawera, on Wednesday, the 20fch instant. Although the advertised entry was very large, the number of stock yarded far •weeded it. A fair number of persons were present at the sale, but bidding waa not so brisk as at previous sales held during the month, so that many of the lines offered were turned out unsold.

We quote : Fat bullocks, £5 14s to £6 8s; forward stees, £3 163 to £4 5s ; 2 to 2syear steers, £3 to £3 10s; , 18-month to 2-year steers, £2 10s to £2 13s 6d; yearlings, mixed, £1 10s to £2; fat cows, £3 15s to £5 13s; store cows, £2 13s to £2 18s 6d ; dairy cows and heifers, £4 to £4 lis ; 2-year heifers, £2 7s 6d to £2 10s; Tpeaners, 12s 6d to 15s. Sheep : Lincoln ewes were passed in, not reaching the owner's reserve.

Christchurch Markets. Cheistchurch, March 20. Fat Cattle : About half the usual supply; demand limited; prices about the same as last week. Best ox beef, 20s; cow and heifer, 16s to 18s per 1001 b. Stobe Sheep : A very heavy yarding, including some good lines, but owing to the continued dry weather prices suffered a further fall of fully Is per head on last week's prices. Lambs ■old from Is 6d to Os Id; 2-tooth crossbreds, 8s 9s to 7s; young crossbred ewes, os 3d to 7s 7d ; full-mouth and aged, Is 6d to 3s 3d. Fat lambs: Another heavy supply met a dragging market, with a fall of Is to Is 6d per head from last week's'prices, ordinary making is 6d to 6c 9d; freezers and prime, 7s, M to 10s- Bd. Fat sheep : A ftSl market; competition very dull, with a drop of fully Is per head. Crossbred ewes, 4s to 7s sd; mixed crossbreds, 6s 6d to 8s sd; wethers, 7sßdto9s|9d. - Mmib Hunter and Nolan's Report. Auckland, March 21. Gbaw, seeds, horsefeed: A steady demand has existed, and the supply has been sufficient; values unaltered. We quote: Maize, on wharf, Is lid to 2s per bushel; ex store, 2s 2d to 2s

'3d ; dun oat.-, Is 9d -;- feed oats, 2s; rye grass, 2 s (>d to '6i ; new local, os 6d tj 4i Gi; southern, 4s 3d to os ; cocksfoot, 6s to Si; ra'eu chaff,-£2 Os to £2 Jss per ton; bran, £2 12s 6d per t"i.>. Wool, hides, skins, tallow : Average quantities met good demand. We quote :• Tallow, lOs to 17s per cwt; sheepskins, Is 3d to 2s 2d each. Cattle : There have been few stores brought; forward, and litt'e demand has existed. More fat beasts would have found purchasers at prices in favor of vendors. At Newmarket, on Tuesday, competition was good all through the sale. Prime ox beef reached 21s per 1001 b ; cows, 16s to 19s. Sheep: A good .many were penned at Newmarket on Tuesday. Barely the previous week's prices were obtained. Wethers sold at from 9s 6d to lis 91; ewes, os 6d to 8s 6d ; lambs, 4s 9d to 9s. Pjgs : Again only porkers were yarded, which sold at from 183 to 27s 6d each. Messrs F. R. Jackson and Co.'s Stock Report. The general opinion expressed at our sale on Wednesday last was that prices for sheep were much firmer and better, and in this we concur. At Waverley we cleared out all offered. We quote: Cattle —At Waverley : Good bullocks, £4 to £5 Is ; stores, £2 6s; heifers, £2 to £3 Is 6d ; calves, 15s ; yearlings, 275. At Wanganui: Fat ewes, 6s to 7s ; wethers, 8s 6d ; ewes and wethers, 2-tooth, 6* 7d ; fullmouth ewes, 4s 7d ; lambs', in wool, 4s ; shorn, 3s ; culled, 2s 6d. A pen of Shropshire Downs ewes made 15s, and pen of pure-bred Lincoln ewes, bred by Mr Robert Hair, made 21s. Pigs : Baconers, 25s to 30s ; good porkers, l6s to 21s; smaller sorts, 7s 6d to 12s 6d ; yoiii:g pig J , 8s to 5s 9s. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co.'s London cable : Wool : Since opening of sales, greasy merino, medium and inferior, and scoured merino, medium and inferior, at par, at per lb higher. The sales gain firmness as they progress. Up to date bales have been sold. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, Limited. Received by cable by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agencst CoaiPANY (Limited), Wanganui. (Quotations corrected up to Feb. 22.) Frozen Meat. Lamb—Prime New Zealand per carcase sfd per lb Mutton —Canterbury ... B£d ~ Wellington ... 3d „ Tallow. Fine mutton ... 24s Od per cwt Good beef 22s 01 ~ Hemp. Medium N.Z. is worth £l6 0s per ton Wheat. Average... ... 24s Od per 4961bs Longberried ... 253 0d ~ F.a.q. to • arrive . iron ship, c.i.f., new crop ... 22s 6d 4801 b Butter. Fine Aust. qlts. 90s to 94s per cwt