COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Volume 1510, Issue 1510, 9 November 1886, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

AUCTIONEERS’ REPORTS,

TIMAKU. Messrs Grade, Maclean and Adam reports fprjhe past week ending Saturday as follows; Horses—At the Timatu Horse Bazaar our entry was smaller than for some time back, and the quality both invdraught and light horses, with a few exceptions, was belo-v the average, consequently only a small proportion changed hands. We- have inquiries for good young draughts, but aged and inferior are "difficult to .sell 'at any price. We quote medium to good at. from £ls 10s to £24; inferior, £8 to £l2 ; light horsps, best sorts, from £l4 to £l6 10a; light ahd-W£fiiy,-£4 to £lO. Cattle —At Pleasant Point on Monday there was a few pehs of fat cittle and a. full yard of stores, the demand for the ioriner'was hot quite up to owners’,exedcfations, but several lines of good •tores changed h-inds as under; At yards on Thursday only a few oil.tlje cuttle in the fat pens were prime, these were keen/y com eted for, and sold at equal to 22s 6<l per lOOlbs. At Winchester on Thursday there were no fat cattle forward. Stores, however, were in-full Supply, but graziers did not display much anx ety.,to purchase. We sold calves and yearlings at from 12s 6d to 21svdo months io 2-year-olds, 31s to 4^s ; 6d per.tm.-id ; springing heifers, from to £5 iOs ; mikers, fiom £5 10a to £7 17s 6u. Sueep—At Pleasant. Point on Monday the,eniry was composed of stores only, fOfnWtiich there was veiy little compel - tion at auction, but.all the best lines ' subsequently.'ehangeii owners. At Washdyke -oh 7 Thursday the fat sheep entry was lhe largest for months past, and as toe InbuTbutchers weie.«l! on the ground every 'ioe *as sold ;a few lots of good hoggtts'also fon rid buyer-. We sold on •cutuut of'Mess's Page, Ed mieton, Grant, Quinn, and Al ah, 25 crossbred wethtrs att l3i 9d ; 30 at 11s 3 i • 30 at 11s ; 117 »du ! -70 hoggets at 15h each. ! Sheepskins —Ai our saies oh'Wednesday we catalogued over 1590 skins. There wash good attendance of buyers, •lid prices were throughout the sale favorable to sellers. Bert buichers’ skins realised up to . s**ll d. •CHRISTGKQKGH WOOL SALES. -The New Z -aland- Loan and -Mercantile Agency 0* inpany report their opening wool sale of the season at Christchurch On Tuesday. There was a good attendance of buyers, spirited compi-tiiion, and irioijl, satisfactory ,p'ices, were; secured.. 894 bales were brought forward, t f which 763 found buyers at up to 10£ i for greasy ha f-bred, 91 'or nteimo »n-t crossbred. Scouted croi-abrait nmde 13d, half-bred merino li £i. Toe wools general'y were light and m good couditicu.