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Southland Times, Issue 1628, 3 September 1872, Page 2

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Messrs Deiteb, Stewabt, and Co. report for the week ending 28th August :— Fat Cattle. — The market to-day was supplied • with 9"> bead, from fair to good quality, and .prices obtained were scarcely up to last week's rates. Bullocks brought froni £5 7s 6d to £9 2s 6d, and cows from £5 5s to £7, or equal to about 25s per lOOlbs for best quality, and 20s to 22s 6d for ordinary to fair. We sold 42 head at above . rates;, other sales, 28 head and 27 head, withdrawn. We have also placed 40 head privately at full rates. "'> Fat Sheep. — 630 cross-breds were penned today, only 100 of which were sold — price, 22s 6d each. The balance we withdrew. We quote prime mutton at4d to 4£d~per lb. We have sold 500 for iorward delivery. Store Cattle.— We have buyers at our quotations, and at which we have placed 100 head in various jmall lots — say £2 10s to £3 5s for bul- -..." locks 2 years and upwards. Mixed lots, £1 15 a to £2 ss. •:•/-■ .... Store Sheep. — There is an active demand for every class of sheep, particularly cross-breds, for v paddocks. v lit the Clutha Ferry, on 24th inst., ■we disposed of 2100 merino wethers (culls), at 7s 6d each, and 115 crosa-breds at 12s 3d each. Wool. — The public telegraphic advices from the home and' American markets, per Nevada, at Auckland, to-day, are conflicting .in their ; tenor, and are rendered almost worthless by the omission of the Hates of the various despatches. We gather from them that the Jane-Juiy sales, which' opened on the 20th of that month, were charac tensed, during -the. first eight or ten days by an absence of animation, French and G-erman buyers operating very sparingly, and washed and scoured 1 "wools maintaining about the prices current at the previous sales, while greasy suffered to the extent of to Id per lb. ; As the sales further _ progressed; competition became^ more spirited, and tbe.rateß current for all descriptions were folly equal to those of • the April-May series. Before, however, accepting definitely such favorable intelligence, we want confirmation of it by the Suez mail, .now due .at Melbourne. The American markets continue exceedingly languid, and reports from Boston state " all that London advices have done bo far has been to check the downward tendency in prices." Sheepskins. — Our usual weekly sale to-day ■was very well attended. The biddings were Epirited, and all lots offered were disposed of at most satisfactory prices, say, merino skins at 3s 9d to 4s lid, and crossbreds up to 5s 8d each. Hides also continue in fair request. Our eales compose 120 medium weights, not in first class order, at from 14s 6d to 16s 9d each. Tallow. — Only 5 casks were offered, which after brisk competition, realised £31 10s per ton. New Zealand Hemp — We note more frequent enquiry for this fibre, but have no sales to report. Advices from the home markets are still encourag- " ing to*producers. Medium being quoted at £35 to £38; good, £36 10s to £45. . Grain. — Wheat is in, slightly better demand, but without any alteration in values, which we quote at .-5b 3d to 5b 6d for prime samples. Barley. — None offering. Oats are more freely enquired for j fair feeding qualities at Is lOd to Is lid, and milling and seed samples at 2s to 2a 2d. .. , " .; : :>-v, . . -