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Southland Times, Issue 1522, 12 January 1872, Page 2

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Mesgrs Driver, Stewart, & 00. report for the •week endin| 6th January : — '*-i.± Fat"(Dattle. — A fair supply came forward, coneisting of 50 head^f a large proportion of which were of good quality, realising from £4 17s 6d to £8 10s for bullocks, and £5 to £7 17a 6d for * cowa. We quote prime beef at 21b to 22s 6d ; ordinary, 16s to 17s 6d per lOOlbs. ] Fat Sheep. — Only 200 medium wethers and 16 lambs were penned. The former brought 6s, lambs, Bs. Prime merino wethers are being offered at If d per lb ; ditto, half-bred, would realise prices equal to If d to 2d. ] Store Cattle. — We have enquiries for 2 to 3 year old steers and well-bred breeding cows, -while mrSßd-herds are neglected. Store Sheep.— Merino wethers, two* tooth or four and six tooth, or ewes four and six tooth, are wanted at %s each, and half-breds at 5s 6d to | 66 ; ditto lambs, at 4s 4d. i Wool. — Our usual weekly sale was held at our warehouses, High street, on Wednesday, and brought together a fair attendance, including several buyers on foreign account ; and the competition throughout was fairly spirited, but more ' especially for light conditioned greasy and well ! washed fleece, several parcels of which brought extreme rates. The catalogue comprised 2055 bales, of which 800 were sold under the hammer, and of the remainder aconsiderableportion has since been placed privately. A sale was also held on 4th inst., but only 28 bales were disposed of at auction, vi 2: — Wairuna, 11 bales greasy hallbred, at 14id; MCO, 17 do do fleece, 12f d. The following clips have changed hands privately during the week ; — -Mararoa, 200 bales greasy fleece, at 13d; Logan, 120 do do do, lod; Wairuna, 61 do ido do, 14a ; W & JS over Kyeburn, 230 do do do, 12d j Tapanui, 100 do do do, I3fd. "We quote the range of prices as follows : — Greasy merino, 10£ dto 12f d j do half-bred, 11 id to 16d j do pieces, 8f dto 10$ d; washed half-bred, 20d to 21 fd ; do fleece, 19^1 to 20id. Buyers on American account have been operating freely, having taken a large proportion of the woola sold. Iheir purchases, however, have been chiefly, confined to the lighter conditioned clips, the tariff of the United States almo3t precluding operations in the heavier sorts. For these latter, however, there is a fair demand by local fellmongers and on Home account, which demand has been somewhat improved by the favorable aspect of. the Home market at date of last advices. . Grain, &c. — The Evening Star of the same date reports :: — The market in milling wheat has become very bare ; buyers are to be j found for good samples at 5s j lor second-class lots there is little inquiry.. Oats are dull ; mill-

ing qualities are quoted at 2s 2d, but at this figure there are not extensive purchasers ; feeding sorts are in fair demand for shipping at Is lOd to 2s. Malting barley is -wanted at 3s 6d to 4s, there being bat little available ; damaged parcels are scarcely saleable at Is 6d to Is 9d. Flour meets with a first-rate town sale, at £13 for approved brands. The orders from northern provinces are also increasing, and the Otago brands are generally well liked. Trade lots are firm at £13, and we do not think that, owing to the ligbtnesß of stocks, a less rate would be taken for parcels. Oatmeal is quiet at £13 10s. Pearl barley is at £17 10b. Bran is very scarce, but has not improved in value, £2 15s. Pollard is wanted at £3 155. Hay. £4 10s ; chaff, £3 15s ; straw, £2 5s ; potatoes (new), £8. Retail prioes only : Fresh butter, in § and lib prints, for first quality, 7d to 8d ; second quality, 6d to 7d per lb ; powdered and salt butter, 7d per lb ; fresh butter in lumps, 6d per lb. Butter is very plentiful, great quantities coming in every week, and the principal retailers are salting down. No enquiry after salt butter in kegs, and several parcels well got up have been sent to try the home markets ; several farmers are also sending home their season's stock. There it no improvement in the cheese market, and the stock of last season is still very heavy — for the best quality, 6d to 8d per lb, second quality, 4d to 6d. Colonial hams, Is per lb. Side 'and rolled bacon, good quality, lOd perlb. English hams and bacon almost unsaleable, as well as English cheese. Eggs are very plentiful, and retailing at lOd to Is per dozen. R. W. Capstick reports that he held his first wool sale in his wool and produce store, adjoining the Bank §f Otaao, Milton, Tokoaiairiro, on the 30th December, when he disposed of the following lots : — 2 bales of merino and crossbred (greasy), at Is 2d per lb ; 1 bale do do, Is to Is Bid ; 7 bales do crossbred (sandy) do lOd ; 6 bales, merino do, Is ; 2 bales do, pieces and locks, do, 7£d ; 1 bale do, black and sandy, do, B£d ; 4 bales do locks, do, 4f 1 ; 2 bales, do do do, 5Jd ; 25 bales of washed wool withdrawn, Is s§d ofiered. The bidding was spirited, and if the wool had come forward as anticipated, higher prices would have been obtained, as it was, vendors were well satisfied with prices realised.