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Temuka Leader, Issue 1119, 10 July 1883, Page 1

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AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS. GEEALDINE. Messrs J. Mundell and Co. report on the live stock market, etc., for the week ending July 7th, as follows : The effect of the rough weather on Tuesday last reduced the number of entries at their usual monthly sale of stock at the Geraldine Saleyards on Wednesday, 4th inst, as we only yarded for the day's sale 32 head of cattle, 530 sheep* 15 pigs, and 27 horses. If wo are to be guided by the prices given and the competition shown at public sales, we are compelled to say that we have never seen the market so dull; for, considering that upwards of 100 persons interested in stock as buyers and sellers attended the sa!«, we sold a very small portion of our entry at the following prices : Fat Cows—£6 10 ; steers, in forward condition, £5 si; cows, in full profit and springing, from £3 to £5 ss. Score cattle we could not sell at owners' values. Sheep —Fat crossbred ewes sold at 10s 6d to 12s ; in store sheep we could not obtain owners' values. Store pigs, at 8s to 10s. Horses— Draught : We sold privately at from £22 to £24 10. At Winchester Fair on the following day we have never before seon s> small an entry of stock, as our entry comprised 16 head of cattle, 158 sheep, and 4 pigs; of which we succeeded in selling 3 fat cows at £4 27s 6d, and 4 pigs at 10s. We are of opinion that the fortnightly sale here is not going to have a satisfactory result.

At our rooms, Geraldine, on Saturday 7th inst., the following prices were realized for produce:—Potatoes, per sack, 4s ; flour, per sack, 21s ; sharp, per sack, 9s ; bran, per sack, 5s ; chick wheat, per sack, 4s 6d to 7s ; green pork, 4d per lb ; Hams, 7d per lb ; sides, 6d ; cheese, 7d per lb ; onions, per lb ; butchers fat, 2|'lperlb. TIMAETJ. Messrs Maclean and Stewart report for week ending Saturday as follows • Horses— Tbeir entry to-day was the smallest for some time back, and with few exceptions in draughts the quality was inferior, heally good draughts were in demand, and all sold at fair values, the top prise of the day being £44 for a very fina four-year-old draught gelding the property of Mr Owen Murphy. Old

and inferior draughts are ui<saleable at any price, while the demand for thorough good workers is improving slightly, They quote—Best dnmghts ut from. £25 to £44 ; medium, £l6 to £2O ; hacks and light harness horses, from £8 to £l7.

Cattle—At Studholme Junction month'y sale'on Monday the entry was a small one, and the demand for beef was brisk. They sold 30 head steers and heifers at from £6 10s to £7 10s, and a smtll lof of yearlings at 40s'. At the .Wash'dyke yards on the same day, the entry avis under the average, and with the except tion of five steers every head was disposed of at full rates. Fat steers realised up o £8 per head ; cows, "in iniiic and springing, from £3 7s Cd to £ll 10s ; one and a half yenr old cattle, at 45s ; calves 21s. At Winchester, on Thursday there was very little business done o i account of the farmers in the district being busy, at home getting their who it sown, and were therefore unable to at tend the sale. They quote beef at 23s'ppr lOOlbs.

Sheep—There is no alteration and very little business to report in store s'Me>>. The demand still continues dull, with ittlo prospect of improvement:.'before spring sets in. At the 'Vashdyke, tluy sold merino ewes in Limb at 5s Id, and a small lot of merino withers at 4s 1 W ; cross-bred wethers, fat, at 13s 9d. At Winchester, they sold a line p£< merino wethers, grand quality, at lis.

ENGLISH MARKETS

London, Jaly 6

Consols remain at 100§. New Zealand securities as follows-—5 per cent 10 40 loan, 106£ ; 5 percent 1889 loan. 104£; U per cent 18791904 loan, 102; 4 pelcent inscribed stock; 103. The, wheat market is unchanged, Adelaide wheat, ex store, 4G* ; New Zealand do, 42s to 455. Adelaide flour ex store, is worth 335. • The total quantity of wheat afloat for Grout BiiUin ia 1,770,000 quarters, being 50,000 quarters less than last week. Australian tallow— Best beef >4ls, best mutton 42s 6d. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydnry, July 6. New Zealand wheat remains at 4s 3d. New 'Zealand oats have advanced to 2s 6d. Maize, is worth ,2s lOd per bushel, and Sugar Company's No 1 pieces, £35 per ton. Adeiare, July 8 % Wheat remains at 5a Id. The market is steady. Deliveries during the week have all been on a", small scale. Town flour, per ton, is worth £ll 4s to £ll 10s ; and country brands," £lO 5s to £lO 10s.