COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1064, 6 February 1883, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

TIMARU MARKET*

Messrs Maclean and Stewart report on Saturday last for the past week as follows

Horses—Their entry to-day was an exceedingly small one, an! business was confined to a few weedy hacks, there being no good draughts offering, i hey had several enquiries during the day for the latter class to supply pressing requirements. The market is comparatively at a standstill, and no im provement reed be looked for until the harvest is well over. They quote nominaly good draughts at £25 to £35 ; medium £ls to £2O ; nacks, £6 to £ls.

Cattle—They have no sa'es of fat cattle to report; beef may, however, be quoted at from 20s to 22s 6d per lOUibs. At Washdyke yards on Monday the entry of store cattle was emd’, and every pen was sold at prices showing a considerable improvement on bite rates. The demand for two and tbree-year-old steers still continues brisk, and any lots coming forward will meet a good market. They sold at the above yards a choice line of three-year-old steers at £3 5s per head, and cows at from £3 5s to £4 JOs.

Sheep—The only entry under this head at Washdyke on Monday was a pen of 84 cross-bred lambs, which they sold at 6s 3d per head, Privately they sold 120 fat sheep and 1000 merino ewes, full mouth stores at satisfactory prices.

Wool—On Tuesday, 30th January, they held their second sales of wool, when competition was keener and prices better than at the former sale. Only three small lots were passed in at auction, the bidding not having reached owners’ expectations. These were sub sequently sold, and prices throughout are considered fairly satisfactory. Country Sales—On Tuesday last they held a clearing sale on account of Mr John Hinkley at ills stables, Albury, of horses, coaches, buggies, harness, etc., but owing to harvest operations being in full swing in that district the attendance at the sale was limited, and most of the horses were withdrawn with a view to submitting them again on an early date. At Winchester, on Thurs day last they held a clearing sale of horses, coaching and livery stable plant on account of Messrs Smith and Mcllwraith, who are dissolving partnership. There was a large attendance of buyers, and prices realised were remarkably good.

CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS

Messrs Robert Wilkin and Co report; —At the Addington Yards on Wed - nesday, 8205 sheep, 2 5 head of cattle, and 46 pigs came forward for the week’s supply. Fat sheep—A large supply compared to late sales, a fair proportion of which comprised good and prime quality lots, for which the biddings were animated, and prices a shade in advance of last week’s rates were obtained. In fat lambs the biddings rvere dull, and owners had to submit to a further drop in prices ; while cioss-bred stores met a ready sale at late quotations. The fat catrF market was well represented with some good quality drafts of steers, which changed hands at prices equal to an average of 20s per IBolb. We sold on account of various clients, medium cro-s—hreds at 9s 6d. Fat land)? from 6' to 7s 9d each. A draft of 600 cross-bred hoggets (small) at 7s, i

! O ir Jilill six- ! Oolh crn-s-h)!{| (noo 9s 7d each. Fat cows to £8 ach, ditto heifers at £6 7s 6d ; store pigs from 17s to3l«, according to size. We hold on Thursday, in our New Zealand Wool Store. o , the usual weekly sale of sheepskins, etc., at which there was an average attendance of havers, and good demand for all h.ts offered. Woolly skins icah-id 4s f)d, 4s 1 Id, 5s 6d ; lamhskins, large, 2s 2d, to 2s 8d ; do, second quality, 4s 2d, Is Bd, 2s 2d ; nelts, large and early shorn, Is 91, 2s, 2s 3d ; do, medium, Sd, Is, Is 4d, Is yd ; do, small and la'o shorn, 3d, sd, Bd. Fat and tallow—'l he trade was well r • presented, and there was spirited competition. Sixty-one packages were catalogued, and all sold. Fat—Best quality cF.in an ! w«-B saved, to :Hd per lh ; s-cond quality, to 2£d peril l ; interior and healed at Jd per lb. Tallow —23 s (Id per cwt. Hides and calfskins not sold.