LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1194, 7 November 1882, Page 2

LIVE STOCK MARKET.

j Messrs M. K. Miller &Co., Napier, report j for October, 1882. as follows:—The lambing ' this year has been very good, strong and I generally even lots of iambs. The increase ' will range between 70and80 pex* cent., being 'in round numbers an additional million to our flocks. Wool export should be about 35.000 bales. Sheep.—Transactions in sheep just now limited in consequence of high prices demanded by breeders. With a large number at our disposal we have only sold about 9000 crossbreds to leuve the province, as against 23,000 last year; and 5000 merinos, as against 11,000 for the same period. We have had numerous buyers for store wethers from other provinces, but they will not buy at the present prices. There being only Is 6d to 2s difference between prices asked for fat and stores, Cattle.—Storeshave been very difficult to sell, but from feed becoming plentiful, and recent sales of fat stock ; as these move off they will have to be replaced by stores, which will tend to make the price of stores advance ; indeed a good demand may be looked for if the weather continues favorable. Present quotations are—Cattle : Fat, 17s 6d to 20s, upward tendency ; store steers, yearlings, £2 to £2 ]ss ; two-ycar-olds, £3 5s to £4 2s 6d ; three years, £4 5s to £5 each ; heifers, IS months, £2 to £2 15s ; two-year-olds, £3 to £4 ; cows, £3 10s to £8 ; dairy cows, £7 to £8 10s. Sheep—Merino wedders, 2to 4-tooth, 7s to 7h 6d asked ; 6-tooth, 6s 6d to 7s ; 8tooth, 5s to 5s 6d ; aged, 3s to 4s. Crossbreds : Fat. Ils6dto43s; stores, 2 and 4- ■ tooth, 9s 6d to 10s 6d each ; 6-tooth, 10s ; 8tooth, 9s to 10s each. Ewes, 2 and 4-tooth, 9s to 9s 6d ; 6-tooth. 8s 6d to 9s ; 8-tooth, 7s to Ss.

Several station and farm properties have been sold by us since the issue of our last circular notwithstanding the gradually tightening operation on the money market. We have now some first-class properties of freehold and leasehold, stocked and unstocked in the market. Some very desirable investments among them.