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Temuka Leader, Issue 1529, 23 December 1886, Page 3

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AUCmONEERS’ EEPORIV Messrs Grade/Maclean, and Adam report, for; Ibe past; fortnight,,Bndin« es follows ; Horsei.—Atthe timaku Horse- Bsaanr . ob the 4th inst., orirWtjywas,small and, ’ transactions liiaW. ' On, Saturday we 'Entered dvei 4jQ.ho«d for aide, add these, s %itH a few exceptions,’ were a very v * common lot. All the' beat draughts Were .at a .shade under-late values,. but aged and inferior in both draught add light classes are almost unsaleable at any fi We qnote medium togqoifdraugha, £l3 to £24los*, aged and inferior, £7 to £10; hacka and light harness horses, medium’to good, £ll to: £l6, (no firsfc» clam Offering) ; light and weedyf£2to £7. ■■ • tit; . Sheep—At Pleas’iht Point on the 6th lbst.,the entry waaehtirely composed of ■tbrtaV" A few lota' of young sheep changed Hands but sales Were difficult -to effect At Wasbdyke bn the /16th, the 4 fat pens were well fiijed with good quality/ ani notwithstanding the local trade being til present, prices were not so good by It pcr v head t as on former sale iiMhese ! yards.. There was no business done in ■ ■ store sbeep. -■? We sol d on account of Messrs Ballour,Page, Edraiston, Mitche'l, Armstrong, and'Orbell 46 wethers at 7s, : 38 at 7s 41, 36 at 6s, 34 at 6s, 40 owes at 6s, 100 at 4s 6d. . Cattle—At Pleasant Point monthly sale there wst e g6od supply of fat and stores. The former were in fair demand and for the latter competitiou was lively, resulting in neatly every line being' sold. We ‘disposed of 4B bead as under At Makikihi on the 13tl| init. we sold over 50 head, ' end et Wasbdyke on the 16th iost, weyarded end sold over 60 head, the demand ' for Stores’ being slightly better than for some weeks paat., Prices realised Were for calves, 10s ; tP/l7s, per head • yjarlinga, 24s to 30#; two-year-oide, £3to £4 sv; . Vthree-year?old..,Bteers, £5 to £6 6s; fat to £B. mfmmmmmmmmm ———— * CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKETS.

At the Addington yards on Tuesday, for the convenience of all interested, it was considered’ advisable to hold the sale of- stock a day eirlier than usual, there was certainly not an avenge attendance or buyers, and it BBMned pretty well agreed , that the jltsatßfioo wai not required. Fairly good lebtries of fat stock, w ere yarded, th|. dumber of store sheep and cattle was not heavy. /Fat cattle A good entry, principally medium weights and quality, demand not very keen, very low values ruling. Steers sold at from £5 5s to £Blos, heifers from £4l7s 6d to £6lss, a speciality being a beautiful Hereford heifer, which elicited keen competition, was secured for £10.: Beef can. be quoted at about 20s per lOOlbs. Store — A small entry and very little -inquiry"shown." Prices unaltered, - -Fat r„ sheeps A: fairly .numerous entry, large '^pbrtien l ifltossbrecl ewes. Demand very prices very much in favor? Of ‘ buyers, though some very high prices. - Were reached. A pen of grand •.quarter.-, back withers fetched‘l9s 6d per head,

■mailer pens fetched 13a ■ 6d and . )ss; .. while a pen of 'Hampshire cross wethers :’;in m->gnififceht condition} fetched 16s per head ; mother -sorts as follows.:—Prime crossbred wethers from 7s 6d to llsj - medium sorts, 6s to 6s 9d ; crossbred ewes from 4s to 7b, being for best mutton * : lU' per lb; ewes, Id and Fat lambs—A fairly good entry; demand pretty keen. Prices varied from 5a 6d to 10s peir head, according to size and quality* Store; Sheep -A few pens of ■young crossbred sheep entered, > .moderate"- enquiry shown. A line of fat crossbred wethers sold i.; at ,6s ; hoggets from 3s 7d to 4s 4d ; lines qt twdstooihs 4s 3d to 4s 9d. Very few pigs we r e entered and a poor enquiry shown. Prices very low. ' a: DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS. The following is the report for the week ending Tuesday -Wheat—The wheat market this week has been exceedingly quiet. Very little business has passed, and though holders pf best milling samples are still adhering tio late prices, a few parcels of medium to good have been disposed of during the v fsst few days at lower prices than have been obtained (quality considered) a week bt two ago. Quotations are —for best . milling, 4* Did to 4s lid; for extra choice, Id more ; good to prime, 4a 8d to 4s 9d ; medium to good, 4s 6d to 4s 84 ; inferior and fowls' wheat has been in over supply and prices lower, (for beat 6d per bushel), 3s to 3s 94 (ex store, sacks ; A Considerable business has been done in theee during the past week, at

about last quotations. bright milling have been in the most demand- Quotations are : For prime heavy ' milling (bright), la B£d to la Short feed, la 7sd’.to ' Is 8d ; f diseptored apd long oats,' Is 6d ‘to Is 6d ; mikty, Is 2d to Is 3d (ex store, bags in). Barley—There is very little demand for malting, the season being now over. Quotations are nominally for malting, 2» 9d to;3*; feed and milling, 2s 3d to 2a 8d; ; Seeds—A: slight demand still continues to ■ exist for small retail lot# ; and as shocks are light late quotations are obtained. Potatoes--There lias been a,little more enquiry for. good. jDerwents this week, but owing,to.’theVveiy low prices, which, had to be accepted lately suitable lots are scarce. New potatoes are coming to haod frefely, and selling at £4 10s to £8 10s per too.' J Shhspskins—On Monday country dry low to ihedium, brought 9d to 3sij db do merinu, 8d to - 2s 9.1 ; fullwoollod crossbreds, 3s 3d to- 4s lid ; do .Ip-merino, JJ,s.to 4a 3d ; dry pells, id to. 6dgreen do, 8d to Is; lambskins, Is 23 to is-6d.; Hides—lnferior and bulls’, IJd to 2d ; light; 2sd to 2fd ; medium, 2|d to 3d ; heavy (in'- good condition, free from offal and cuts), 3M to 3sd per ib. • Tallow—For inferior and mixed, 12s to 16,3 ;■ medium, 16s to 18a; prime caution, 19s to aOs ; prime parcels fit for shipment, a shade mofs"; rough fnt—inferior, 6s to 7,5; medium, 8s to 10s; best mut* ton; lls.tp l2s per cwt, DXJNEDIH STOCK MAEKBTS.

At the Burnside Yards on Toes* day the following business was transacted : j Fat Cattle—Only 151 head were yarded, comprising medium to good and prime heavy-weights. Competition Was weak, resulting in a declinb of 20a to 21s per head. Best bullocks brought £9 10s to £ll 12s 6d ; medium to good, £5 10a to £9 and t cows,in proportion. There .will bo no stbck sales* held ‘at Burnside- Oext week.—Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold fot Mr Andrew Grant (Temuka), 6 bullocks «lfrpm£B 2s 6d to ,£8 10s ; for Messrs M’Qove'rin and, Hardy (The Hook), 6 bollocks an from £6 12s 6d to £9 ss. Donald Reid,« and Co. sold foc Messrs M’Goverin and Hardy (The Hook); 6 prims bollocks at £7 lbs to £Blos, averaging £8 2s 6d. ;; »’•• -it' ’' ■■ ' ‘/"-v :- ;r - Fat Calves—l 3 were penned, which sold nbder gdbd (tofopeUtibb &tfrom7s 6d to 255.' :; v. FatSheep—A large bomber wAa penned, vit., 2295; of these about 500 were tnSrino wethers and ewes, only medium, the bahmee being crossbred a, nearly all. shorn. A large proportion of these were ;KOpd to prime quality ; othr-rs medium and light. Competition was fairly active, thq lot beings, disposed ..of; at prices about equbl ,tp last week’s. Best crossbred wethers, in tbo '‘Wool, brought 12? 01 to 13s ; do do, shorn, 8s to 9« 3d ; ordinary to good, 4s 9d to 7s 9d ; best crossbred ewes, sho»ti;’ 7s ; to 8s 9d; ordinary, 5s 3d to 6s 9d ; merino wethers, shorn, 3s 6d to 5s 9d ; do mixed, in the wool, 7s 6d, L. Msclean sold for the executors of the late Mr : M. Stndholme (Wairoaite Estate), 200 crossbred ewes at Bs. Fat Lambs T-1404 were penned, mostly good quality. Prices realised were much easier than last week's. Best brought 18 6d to 8s 6d—one small pen, very heavy, 9s; inferior to good, 3s 3d to 7s 3d, j»ig B __2()2 were penned, representing various sorts. Suckers brought from 6s 6d to 12s 6d ; one prims lot, bred by Mr Robert Winktield, Hillside, brought up to 17s ; porkers, 26s to 35s'; buconers, 36s to 48s. —Donald Reid and Co. sold for Messrs McQdyerin and Hardie, 35 at 17s to 43a ; for Mr H. Oldfield (Temuka), 33 at 20a to 245. Store Cattle—Wright, Stephenson and Co; sold 30 three year-old bullocks in low condition at £5.108, aod 14 at £l3s.

Horse -Market —. Wright, Stephenson and Co. quote as follows First-class draughts at from £lB to £24; medium, £lO to £ls ; good saddle and light harnessrborses, £l2 to £lB ; light, £8 to £lO j light and weedy, £llos to £5. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Melbourne, Dec. 21, The Melbourne Manager of the National Mortgage and Agency Company, Limited, of New Zealand reports on the Ibcsl grain market as follows t Wheat baa a downward tendency, 4S gd to 4s 6d ; barley, quiet, 8s 9d to 4s 5d ; -NeWiZealaud oats—-Feed sorts are in betier demand at from 2s lid to 3s ; •milling sorts are in moderate demand and firmer at 3s to 3s Id ; Under bond, 2s Id to 2s 3d, : .