COMMERCIAL.

Southland Times, Issue 18818, 11 May 1920, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

CLEARING SALE. k

Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report having held under ideal weather conditions an exceptionally successful clearing sale at Benmore on account of Mr R. C. A. McNicol. There was a large proportion of the fanning community of the district present and everything sold under the hammer was keenly competed for. As Mr McNicol is noted for keeping only the best lines of sheep buyers had the opportunity of securing some of very good quality. Everything sold realised top prices, and Mr McNicol may be congratulated on having had a record sale. Following are a few of the sales:— Sheep—34o 6 and S-tooth ewes (good) 34/6, 440 lambs 20/8, 207 wethers at 57/3, 5 B.L. rams at 4 gdineas; 2 Romney rams at 31 gns; 10 cull lambs at 16/-. Cattle.—Poley cow £l2, roan cow £ll 15s, 3 calves £2 19s, 38 18 months cattle £4 2s. Horses.—Bay gelding £46 10s, bay gelding £49 10s, bay gelding £45, bay gelding £47 10s, brown mare £43 10s, bay mare £34, bay gelding (aged) £22 IDs, stud mare £55 10s, colt foal £IS 10s, hack £ll 10s, bay mare £4O. Implements, etc. —Dray and frame £3l 10s, dray and frame £42, d.f. plough £27, swamp plough £45 10s, disc plough £26, disc harrows £l9, roller £22 10s, scuffler £lB, chain harrows £2l 10s, G-leaf tine harrows £l4, swing plough £3 ss, drill £2O, binder £3l 10s.

OAMARU MARKETS. OAMARU, May 10. Wheat continues to come forward in lines of a few hundred sacks, and as it comes passes into the hands of millers at full Government rates. Oats have shown a slight hardening tendency during the week, but the amount of business recorded is small. A Gartons have changed hands at 5/1 and 5/-, and B Cartons at 4/10 and 4/11, all net at country stations. Inquiries arc coming more freely from the North Island, where Auckland speculators are evidently endeavouring to cover their forward sales. But the prices offered have not sufficed to induce holders to sell. A little business has been done in Cape barley at G/9 net at a country station. A lino of oatensheaf chaff was placed at £7 net, delivered in Oamaru. There is still nothing doing in potatoes in a wholesale way. There is a better tone in the stock market, particularly in respect to sheep, and inquiries are now being received for good classes. Some sales of substantial dimensions were made, duel amongst them being one of 1200 fat and forward lambs at 25/-, and another of over 1000 fullmouthed ewes at 10/-. Other sales were made at the following prices:—Four-tooth ewes, 33/5 ; mixed four, six, and eight-tooth ewes, 30/-; full-mouthed ewes, 22/5; full and failing-mouthed ewes, 18/6; rape ewes, 17/-; fat and forward wethers, 30/-. There is a little inquire - for cattle, but practically none are offering. A line of fat bullocks was sold at £l7, and a line of mixed sex yearlings at £2.