COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1021, 24 October 1882, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

TBIARU MARKETS.

Ll>-S'i's Maeli-;in uiui St.-w;u - l report for !o‘ past wvek as f® : l>>ws:~ Horses;—A .‘•■mailer entry of horses was on .Saturday received at their yards titan has been experienced for a good few months back, only 35 head having been offered at auction. This, they expect, is on account of the important s de taking place the day after the Show, viz., Thursday, owners keeping It mk their stock for that sale. The demand at their yards on Saturday was dull, 19 bead changing handsfrora £25 ro £3O for good draughts, £l2 to £lB for light and inferior sorts.

Siieep.— At Winchester last Thursday they yarded over 1500 cross bred hoggets, ill of which they sold, one lot of 350 by auction at 10s od, another lot of 1100 they placed pPc-'d privately at a satisfactory price. Fat sheep —They have made no sales of importance since last week, and quote prices but little altered

since then

CatTo.—But litkio business is at present buino done in sloro c:\fctie. Owing to the .scarcity of feed and the backward spring few dealers or farmers can be induced to nurchase, and .where sales hare been offe-ted prices are low. They have no change in values since last week, ami no lots of any importance huvs cluing d iiamls.

CHRIS TC IT lIR CII MARKETS,

Messrs Robert Tftlki-i and Co. report— At. the Addington yards last Wednesday, 4442 sheep .mil 458 head of cattle came forward for the week’s supply. There

was a good attendance of the trade, and biddings wete animated throughout the sale. Fat sheep- A small entry to hand, the bulk of which was comprised of prime quality descriptions. Tim biddings were

brisk compared to late sa'cs, and the various lots offered found buyers at satisfactory juices to vendors. The demand for both cross-bred and merino ewes with lambs at fo >t was very keen; several

drafts (iu backward condition) changed hands at satisfactory rates. In fat cattle a large supply came forward, principally good quality suits Biddings were not quite so animated as it last week’s sale, owing to the large entry, but nearly every

lot offered found buy. r*. at prices a shade b.dow late rat -s. We solon account of various clients, prime cross-breds at 17s and 17s 3d ; shorn merino wethers at 7s Gd ; fat lambs f-o:n 8s 31 to 9s 3d ; fat steers from £6 7s Gd to £S 18s ; do cows from £7 5s ; do heifers from £5 7s Gd to £6 ; a draft of three-year-old steers in forward cyndition £5 12s Gd ; do heifers (in backward condition) at £3.

On Thursday we held the usual weekly sde of sheepskins at our New Zealand Wool Stores, at which (here was a good attendance of buyers, There was a dull-

ness in tiie competition, which caused a drop i r > the prices as compared with late quotations. We catalogued and sold 2983 skins. Butchers’ cross-bred, large, 5s 9d. 6s 41, 7s ; do do, second quality, 3s 9d, 4s 4d, ss, os 9d ; do merino, large, 5s scl, Cs, 6s 6d ; do do, second quality, 3s 93, 4s 7d, os od ; do lambskins, Is, Is 3d, Is 6d ; country cross-bred, largo, ss, 5s 7-1, 6s 2d ; do do medium, 2s, 3s Id, 4s Id, 5s ; do do, small, Is 2d, Is 7d, 2s ; do merino, large, 4s lid, 5s 6d, 6s ; do do, medium, 2s, 2s 103. 3s lOd, 4s lid; do do, small, Is 2d, Is 7d, 2s. Fat—Best quality, clean and well saved, to 2§d per lb ; second quality, 2id to 2fd per lb. Tallow, in small lots, from 2|d to 2|d per lb ; for second quality up to 3jd per lb, and 39s per cwt. for best quality. Hides, sound and dry, at 4d per ib ; ordinary salted 3|d per lb ; damaged, at 2£d per lb. Calfskins sound, at 4d per lb ; cut and damaged, 2d per lb