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Temuka Leader, Issue 1326, 11 April 1885, Page 3

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AUCTIONEER'S REPORT. TEMTJKA. Mr K. F. Gray reports for the week ending Friday, 10th April, as follows : On Wednesday he (in conjunction with (he N.Z. (Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.) held a cleariug sale of stock and implements at Kynnersly, the property of 8. D. Barker, Esq., who is relinquishing funning. There was a good attendance of bnyers, all parts of the district being well represented. Good prices were obtained, and the sale was a very successful one. Sheep— 333 crossbred lambs sold at 4s 6d ; 113 ewes and lambs (culls) at ]s 9d each ; 300 crossbred ewes at 6s 3d ; 73 Leicester ewes, at 9s ; 41 Romney Marsh ewes at 9s 3d ; 36 Norfolk Down Ewes at 12s 3d ; 88 Shropshire Down ewes at 12s 6d ; 91 do. at 13s ; 53 do. at 15s j 111 crossbredj ewes at 6s 9d ; 31 Southdown Ewes, at|Bs 9d. Lambs -29 Leicester ewe lamd and 17 Romney Marsh ewe lambs, at 5s 9d ;■ 13 Norfolk Down ewe lambs, at 6b 7d ; 55 Shropshire Down Lambs, at 10s> 3d ; 53 do, at 15s ; 5 Shropshire Down ram lambs, at £2 ; 15 do, at 38s ; 5 do, at 15a 6d ; 14 at 8s ; 13 Southdown ram lambs, at 17s 6d ; 12 Leicester ram lambs, at 7s. 5 rams at 3 guineas ; 1 at 2 guineas ; 5 at 1\ guineas; 12 at 1 guinea. Cattle—Milch cows, from £3 10a to £6 15s ; 11 2-year-olds, at £2 5s ; 7 yearling heifers, at tl Is ; 4 calves, at 10s 6d ; Polled Angus bull, at £3 15s ; Ayreshiro Bull, £2 2s Gil. - Pigs—Sows, with liUen-: 1 at £3 8s ; lat £2 7s 6d ; 2 ut £2 Is ; 2 at £2 ; I at £llss.

Grain—Grey oats, Is 2d • per bushel ; Canadian oats at Is 3d. Seconds wheat, 5s per sack. The implements realised fairly good prices. On Thursday the Ram Fuir under the auspices of the Temuka and Geraldine Agricultural, and Pastoral Association was held on their grounds at Winchester. There were yarded 258 rams and 799 ewes, of wnich his entry consisted of 79 rams and 799 ewes, on account of Messrs Andrew Grant, John Paterson, J. T. M. Hayhurst and others. There were a good many farmers present but not many sales were effected. He sold as under 6 Border Leicester rams at £2 2s; 7 English Leicester Earns, at £5 s>. Tho balance of his entry failing to reach the owners' reserves were pased in. He also sold 350 first-da3S ewes at 108; 143 crossbred ewes at 58 6d, and 306 do. at

4s 3d. OHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE.

The Corn Exchange report for the week ending Friday evening, the 10th iust. : The holidays have encroached to a large extent on business during the past week, and transactions have therefore not been numerous. The tone of the market has not been in any way affected, and all lines, with the exception of barley, which is a little weaker, remain unaltered. It is almost needless continuing to repeat the fact of so much grain coming forward in bad condition, nevertheless we would still urge on farmers the propriety of using greater care in classing, on account of many good lines being depreciated by being placed with inferior lots. The following are the latest quotations ; Wheat.—Sound dry milling, 2s 6d to 2s 3d ; chick wheat. Is 6d to 2s, f.o.b. Oats.—Bright milling, Is lOd ; sound short feed, Is 9d ; inferior and discoloured, Is 5d to Is Bd, t.o.b. Barley.—Prime malting, 3s 3d to 3s 9d ; second quality, 2s 9d to 3s; feed, Is 9d to 2s, Christchurch. Grass Seed.—Clean farmers' parcels of rye, 2s 6d to 3s ; machine-dressed, 3s 9d to 4s, f.o.b. ; cocksfoot, 3§d; damaged lots, 2d to 2|d per lb, f.o.b. Hairy Produce.—Butter, 7d to 8d; cheese, 4d to per lb, f.o.b.

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKETS

At the Addington yards on Wednesday large entries of all kinds of stock were yarded for the day's market. The fat sheep were of all kinds and.quality, more than were required by local traders. Sales very dull throughout, many lines being passed unsold. Crossbred wethers sold°at from lis 3d to 15s, d > ewes 10s to lis 6d, merino weathers from 6s Sd to 9s 3d, being a shade under 2d per lb on an average. Store sheep—A dull inquiry, not sufficient to clear a third of the entry. Crossbreds were sold at from 5s to 10s 3d ; do wethers, 10s to lis 3d. Lines of lambs at from 5s 6d to 7s 2d. Merino ewes, 4s 3d to 6s 3d. The store cattle market fairly supplied ; not much business doing. A very large entry of pigs met wth a good demand, at late rates. The fat cattle market was not opened for sale by auction until half-past four, and by that time nine-tenths of the stock had been disposed of privately. A few head were sold at low rates.

DUNEDIN MARKETS.

At the Burnside yards on Wednesday, 170 head fat cattle came forward, threefourths of which were merely medium quality ; a few pens good to prime, and the balance inferior. Best bullocks brought £7 to £8 12s 6d; medium, £5 to £6 15s ; inferior, £4 to £4 17s 6d ; cows, £2 10s to £7 ss. Beef, 15s 18s to for good ; 20s to 23s for prime. Fat calves 19s to 235. Fat Sheep.—2239 penned, of which 217 were merinos. Best crossbreds brought from 13s 6d to 16s 6d ; medium, 8s 9d to 13s ; merinos up to 8s 9d ; 134 crossbreds belonging to Mr M. Quinn, Temuka, brought from 12s 9d to 14s 3d. Mutton l|d to 2d per lb. Fat Lambs. Competition was very keen, best pens bringing up to 12s 6d ; others, 7s 3d to 9s 6d. Pigs. Bacon pigs sold up to 645, porkers to 395, and suckers 8s to 17s. Wool.—A few bales offered on Tuesday sold at,|for greasy crossbreds, 7d to 7§d greasv [crossbred lambs 6£d ; and greasy merinos at 7|d per ib. Sheepskins. —Dry croßsbreds (low to medium) brought Is 3d to 3s; full-wool do. 3s 3d to 48 9d ; dry merinos (low to medium), Is 4d to 3s Id; do full-wool 3s 3d to 38 4d ; dry and inferior pelts, Id to 2|d ; green crossbreds, Is 6d to 2s Id ; do merino, Is 6d to 2s; lambskins, lOd to 2s Id. Hides.—Heavy weights, 4d to 4£d ; medium, 3d to 3|d ; cut and slippy, 2d to 2£d ; green hides, 16s to 225. Tallow.—lnferior to medium sells at 18s to 20s ; medium, 21s to 23s ; good to prime, 24s to 25a ; rough fat, lis to 17s per cwt. Wheat.—Parcels are now coming forward moje freely, but owing to the interruption of business by the holidays, transactions have been limited, and millers continue to show a disinclination to offer for large parcels. Quotations: Prime milling (velvet and Tuscan), 3s 2d to 3s 3ijjd ; red straw, 2s 9d to 3s ; inferior and fowl feed, 2s to 2s 6d. Oats.—The new crop is coming to hand rapidly, but the demand is at present limited. A line of really fine old oats sold at Is IOJd per bushel; prime milling (new), Is 9d to Is lOd j short Is Bid to Is 9d ; Danish and long oats, Is 7d to Is 8d ; inferior, 3s 3d to Is 6d. Barley.— Malsters are operating with great caution. One parcel of 1800 bushels from the South has been sold at 3s 3d (bags extra), and another from the North at 3s to 3s 2d (bags extra). Grass Seed.—No transactions. Potatoes continue to arrive in large quantities, and quotations are now 50s to 55s for prime Derwents.

AUSTEA.LIAN MARKETS. Melbourne, April 8, The Melbourne Manager of the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand, Limited, reports on the local markets as-follows: Shipping wheat is rather weaker at 3s Si'l i" 3s 9'l ; malting barlev is at 3- 9d to 4s ti'i. New Z 'alanfJ oais : feed, 2* 8«1 to 3s ; milling, to 3s Id ; ditto niidur honl, 2s 2d to 2s 41. Ryegrass is quiet at 3s Gil to 4s 3d ; cocksfoot rather weaker a ! . 4d to 4jd.